He was popular, played in the band Stüdz with his friends Peter and Danny and Degrassi OG Spinner, and he even dated Keke Palmer when the singer played herself in one episode. He played Sav Bhandari on Degrassi: The Next Generation.Īblack joined the iconic teen soap in Season 7 (2007) and graduated from the school (and the show) in Season 11. 'I saw the kid playing Simba on stage and I thought, 'I can do that, nothing special there,' and then two weeks later, I saw auditions in the newspaper and I asked if I could go, and I lucked out and got it,' he said. He told Talk Nerdy With Us that he asked his parents if he could audition after they went to a performance. In 2001, he landed the role of Young Simba in the Toronto production of the musical The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theater. He was a child actor, getting his start in various commercials and ads. He played Young Simba in The Lion King musical in Toronto.Īblack was born in November 1989 in Toronto, Canada.

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Though many may be seeing him for the first time in Ginny and Georgia and Maid, the Canadian actor has been starring in beloved roles on Broadway and television since he was a kid growing up in Toronto. Along the way, Alex receives help from an old friend and new romantic interest, a kind-hearted single dad named Nate (Raymond Ablack).Īs Nate, Ablack reprises the heartthrob role that he became Netflix-famous for in Ginny and Georgia earlier this year. After leaving her abusive boyfriend, Alex (Margaret Qualley) has to find a new home and job with very little resources, while also fighting for custody of her two-year-old Maddy. New Netflix drama Maid, a heartwrenching show about poverty in America, follows a young single mother as she fights to create a better life for her daughter.

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