Ethan Herisse
Actor · Born September 23, 2000 (26) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Ethan Herisse (born September 23, 2000) is an American actor. He made his acting debut in 2012, when he starred as Nate on the television series Go On. He is is best recognized for his performance as a young Yusef Salaam on the Netflix original series When They See Us (2019) and for his performance as Elwood in the film Nickel Boys (2024).
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 23, 2000 (26)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Ethan Herisse's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heroas Elwood in Nickel Boys (2024)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ethan Herisse's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ethan Herisse's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Call of the Void(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Nickel Boys(2024)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Other Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
When They See Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Chicago Med(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
About a Boy(2014)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Mindy Project(2012)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Go On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles from 2012 to 2025.
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· When They See Us
- 2024First film· The American Society of Magical Negroes
- 2024First top-billed film· Nickel Boys
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ethan Herisse's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 7th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ethan Herisse work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ethan Herisse's MovieCove titles; Asante Blackk shares the most, 2.
- Asante BlackkShared titles: Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (2019), When They See Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Asante Blackk
- Caleel HarrisShared titles: Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (2019), When They See Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Caleel Harris
