Demetrius Grosse Biography, Age, Height, Net worth, Actor, Banshee, Movies, Tv Shows, Wife

Demetrius Grosse Biography

Demetrius Grosse is an African-American actor and producer born on February 26, 1981 in Washington, D.C., US. He is best known for his role as Rock in the feature film Straight Outta Compton, Emmett Yawners in the Cinemax television series Banshee, Errol in the FX television series Justified, and Baron Samedi in NBC’s Heroes.

Demetrius Grosse Age

Demetrius Grosse was born on February 26, 1981 (he is 38 years old as of 2019)

Demetrius Grosse Height

Demetrius Grosse stands at a height of 1.88 m.

Demetrius Grosse Net worth

Demetrius Grosse has an estimated net worth of $15 million.

Demetrius Grosse Education

Demetrius Grosse attended Gonzaga College High School where he pursued his acting career. He later joined Howard University College of Fine Arts where he finished two semesters. He further went to study and performing both classical and contemporary drama with the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.

Demetrius Grosse Parents

Demetrius Grosse parents are not indicated in his records.

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Demetrius Grosse Wife

Demetrius Grosse is married to Ashley Nicole and they were blessed with 2 children.

Demetrius Grosse Actor

Demetrius Grosse began his acting career soon when he joined high school. He is filming on HBO’s upcoming series Westworld based on the 1973 film of the same name. He is known for taking on many characters from various background and of all different genres. He made his acting debut in Numbers and is well known for his roles in Straight Outta Compton, Saving Mr. Banks, This Is Martin Bonner and Banshee. He also made his appearances in The Inheritance, and Hollywoo. He has credits for producing Last Cry for Katrina, Moonshiners, and A Quiet Fire.

Demetrius Grosse Banshee

Demetrius Grosse portrayed the recurring character Deputy Emmett Yawners for the first two seasons. Grosse’s character was the Deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff’s Department in the town of Banshee, Pennsylvania. Known as a family man and the moral compass of the show, Deputy Yawners fought until the end protecting his pregnant wife in the season 2 finale episode “Bullets & Tears”.

Demetrius Grosse Justified

Demetrius Grosse is justified to have potrayed the justified role of recurring character Errol Butler who is Ellstin Limehouse’s right-hand man in Noble’s Holler. Errol’s hand is also shown to be badly burned from lye, possibly by Limehouse for disobeying him at some point. In Season 3, Errol is shown to resemble Boyd’s own former right-hand Johnny Crowder, as he is willing to turn on his leader any chance he gets and attempts to make several power plays to increase Limehouse’s wealth and power, all without his boss’s permission.

These plays eventually get Errol kicked out of Noble’s Holler in the finale “Slaughterhouse”, but he returns to defend Limehouse when he sees Robert Quarles returning with Raylan Givens and another hostage. Errol takes a bullet for Limehouse and his fate is left ambiguous as the season ends. In the Season 6 episode “Sounding”, Errol is revealed to be alive and on better terms with Limehouse and is ordered by him to accompany Ava into gathering supplies at a hardware store in order to excavate Boyd’s money from a bank robbery to pay off Limehouse for a car. Bob then tases Errol when he refuses to cooperate and leave with him out of the store.

Demetrius Grosse Heroes

Demetrius Grosse has been potrayed as a recurring character Baron Samedi. “Baron Samedi” was the alias used by a warlord in Haiti who escaped from Level 5. Baron Samedi has impenetrable skin, which grants him a greater resistance to physical injury than an average human. His skin is a virtually indestructible armor, impenetrable by bullets, blades, or any other known weapon. When flown into a car by Nathan, Samedi is able to stand up unscathed. According to his assignment tracker profile, Samedi’s control index is 82%. His data analysis show his biological level at 80, cerebral at 45, elemental at 15 and temporal/spatial at 25.

Demetrius Grosse Religion

Demetrius Grosse religion is not yet revealed we will update you if found.

Demetrius Grosse Movies

Year

Title

Role

2006

Sofia For Now

Postal Clerk

2007

Studio

Mr. Banks

2009

A Quiet Fire

The Stranger/David

2010

Cartel War

Eric Carter

2011

The Inheritance

Ancestor Henry

2011

Slice

Detective Love

2011

Hollywood

Gangsta

2013

This Is Martin Bonner

Locy

2013

Battle Of The Year

Scott

2013

Saving Mr. Banks

Bartender

2014

Never A Neverland

Narrator

2014

Counter

Bayard Rustin

2015

Samaria

Bug

2015

Straight Outta Compton

Rock

2016

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

DS Agent Dave Ubben

2018

Rampage

Colonel Blake

2018

Love Jacked

Mtumbie

Demetrius Grosse Tv Shows

Year

Title

Role

Network

2005

Numb3rs

US Marshal

CBS

2005

Close To Home

Public Defender

CBS

2006

The Unit

Guard #1

CBS

2006

Dexter

Assassin

Showtime

2007

Dirt

Kenny the Assistant

FX

2007

CSI: Miami

Chuck Greene

CBS

2007

NCIS

Atif Nukunda

CBS

2008

Bones

Tucker Payne

Fox

2008

Heroes

Baron Samedi

NBC

2008-2009

ER

Officer Newkirk

NBC

2010

House M.D.

Hacinte

Fox

2011

The Cape

Marty’s Guard

NBC

2011

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Barry Vernon and Lieutenant Beasley

CBS

2011

How To Be A Gentleman

Officer Sims

CBS

2011

Shameless

Eddie Murphy

Showtime

2012-2015

Justified

Errol

FX

2013–2014

Banshee

Deputy Emmett Yawners

Cinemax

2015

Complications

Dan Brennan

USA Network

2016

Westworld

Deputy Foss

HBO

2016

Game of Silence

Terry Bausch

NBC

2017

The Brave

CPO Ezekiel “Preach” Carter

NBC

2018-2019

The Rookie

Det. Kevin Wolf

ABC

Demetrius Grosse Awards and Nomination

Year

Title

Award

Nomination

2009

A Quiet Fire

Winner of the Sirrocco Award at the AOF Film Festival. AOF nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film.

Nominated for the Sirrocco Award at the AOF Film Festival. AOF nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film. (WIN)

2013

This Is Martin Bonner

2013 Sundance Awards: Audience Award Winner for Best of NEXT for This Is Martin Bonner.

2013 Sundance Awards: The Audience Award: Best of NEXT. (WIN)

2014

Counter

Idyllwild IIFC 2015

Awards for Acting – Best Actor In A Short Film (WIN) & Cinematography -Best Cinematography – Short. (WIN)

2014

The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry

24TH Annual NAACP Theatre Awards: “The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry.”

Best Lead Male

2015

Samaria

2015 Student Academy Awards Samaria (Short Film)

Best Narrative

Demetrius Grosse Producing

Year

Title

Notes

2009

A Quiet Fire

Short Film, Producer

2010

Moonshiner

Short Film, Associate Producer

2013

Last Cry For Katrina

Documentary, Executive Producer

2015

Godfrey

Just Announced, Executive Producer, Director

Demetrius Grosse Video games

Year

Title

Role

2011

L.A. Noire

Jermaine Jones

2016

NBA 2K17

Washington Falls

Demetrius Grosse Twitter

Demetrius Grosse Instagram

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Demetrius Grosse Interview

What can you tell us about the origins of your character’s nickname “Preach”? Or do we just have to wait and see?

Demetrius Grosse: “It’s a nickname he inherited growing up in Long Beach California because he has always been the proletariat of his peers and he’s literally the son of a preacher-man.”

Your character’s given name is Ezekiel Carter. I have a son named Carter. After watching The Brave, will I be proud that my son shares a name with your character? 

Demetrius Grosse: “Absolutely! Some of the greatest of our contemporaries have the name ‘Carter’: Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter, Dwayne ‘Lil Wayne’ Carter,  former president Jimmy Carter, and even Carter G. Woodson, who is the father of Black History Month.

I think the writers chose the name Carter because it has a good vibe and has dual-syllabic ring to it. Blessings to your family and son Carter. I’m sure he’ll be a great one.”

What do you hope the viewers gain from watching The Brave?

Demetrius Grosse: “Honestly I’m happy if every time someone tunes in on their phone or online on the computer, or in the rare instances they get to watch it on a television screen, that they are entertained first, and come away from the show having had a good time while having a deeper appreciation for the service men and women who do this stuff for real.

I also hope the show inspires people to be brave in their own lives. Even more, I hope that our show helps to tear down the barriers of stereotype, prejudice and racism in and outside of the military and that we all realize that we all depend on each other regardless of the superficial things that are often fabricated to categorize us.”

Should fans expect non-stop tension in each episode or will we find lighter moments as well?

Demetrius Grosse: “Sure, all work and no play makes any team very dull. So yes, when we’re on a mission and things are going down-to-the-wire you can best-believe that the tension never let’s up. The pace is exhilarating.” 

I understand ‘Preach’ is a “Communications and Technology Expert”. How tech savvy are you in real life, Demetrius?

Demetrius Grosse: “Well Jean and GB sacrificed a lot so I could earn a degree from arguably one of the top two Tech schools in the country  in Carnegie Mellon University. I remember doing a lot of my student jobs in the robotics Institute building and in the Cyert center.

I can remember working on doing simple coding at like 11:30 at night just to make $8.15 an hour and being fascinated how I could turn  words and alphabetical and numerical symbols into actual graphics.

So technology and robotics have been an interest since varsity. But if you ask me how to operate the expert settings on my laptop or the finer workings of social media on my cell phone, I’m a little challenged at times.”

What did young Demetrius want to be when he grew up? Anything like any of the occupations of your characters past and present?

Demetrius Grosse: “Growing up I never really focused on a particular occupation, but I wanted to be conscientious of culture, a survivor and self-sufficient. ,When I was growing up, I enjoyed healing and caring for animals so then people told me I should be a veterinarian. So eventually I started studying things in that realm and worked at a few kennels. Anyone who knows me will tell you, I was a late bloomer, but ultimately I was pretty athletic, so I started playing sports like soccer and basketball and I thought I wanted to be a basketball player and be like Mike [Jordan], like a bunch of other kids that grew up in my era.

I liked doing voices and shape-shifting situations and making people feel good through stories and making them laugh, so people said I should be an actor. So I thought I wanted to be an actor and did over twenty plays. I was a “shop boy” at Eagle barber shop in DC on Georgia Avenue and I was pretty savvy with the clippers. So I started cutting hair and people said I was pretty good. So when I went out to LA I started cutting at Legends on Fairfax.

But the first thing I can ever remember really wanting to be was a Ninja and that was apparent in all of my costumes for Halloween up until about age 13. And, in a very cool way I get to play a guy whose lifestyle and dynamics with his teammates share a lot of the same elements that those Shinobi dudes embodied way back in the day in feudal Japan while I’m on a show called The Brave through a moniker we’ll call ‘Preach’.” 

Source: somanyshows.com

Note: This biography is based on the available information as of 2023, and real-time updates or developments are being updated by our editorial team.