Mini Biography
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Reid stars in the very anticipated Joe Bell (2020) opposite Mark Wahlberg, and Connie Britton as Jadin Bell which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2020 and will be released in theaters 2021.
If you were at Sundance 2018 you might have seen him as the lead in Wyrm (2017) which was nominated for a short film grand jury award. He is the lead of the television series Play by Play (2017) created for GO90 3 seasons now streaming on the ROKU channel. If you a fan of Netflix's You (2018) catch him in Season 2 as Goetz.
He has had many network appearances like ABC's The Fosters (2013) on Freeform, Criminal Minds: Devil's Backbone (2016) on CBS, Training Day (2017) on CBS. You can see Reid in many indie films like SYFY's Santa Jaws (2018) which has become a fan favorite Christmas movie. Also he helps save the day in the family adventure movie F.R.E.D.I. (2018) which he won Best Young Actor in a Feature Film is streaming on Netflix.
Reid is a skilled black belt martial artist and hand to hand fighter with specialties in weapons, having trained in several styles including extreme martial arts from an early age.
Reid loves every aspect of the film industry and is an avid writer and also directs his own content his first was Flikker (2018) which has won several awards including the Stella Adler Excellence in film Award, and his most recent project, as a starring vehicle and showcase of his martial arts skills Jaeger (2020).
Trivia
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Reid has practiced martial arts since the 4th grade.
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Reid is an avid writer and has written many shorts and full length screen plays and of those has completed filming two, one short and one micro-feature.
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Reid was home schooled from the 4th grade on and graduated early. He was an autodidact from an early age researching and learning about things he was interested in which has helped him in his writing as well.
Quotes
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You can't wait for things to happen, you have to fight for what you want.