Devon Graye

Devon Graye
Graye at the Canadian Film Centre event in L.A. Photos in March 2015
Born
Devon Graye Fleming

Mountain View, California, U.S.
Alma materAmerican Conservatory Theater
Occupation(s)Actor, filmmaker
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​

Devon Graye Fleming is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying teenage Dexter in the TV series Dexter, as well as the second Trickster in The Flash. He also wrote the 2019 horror film I See You.

Early life

Graye was born in Mountain View, California. He was homeschooled by his parents, while moving around California. Although Graye is American, he lived in the United Kingdom for all four years of high school before moving back to Pleasanton when he was 16. He studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.[1]

Career

Graye began his career on the stage, leading as Stanley in a stage adaption of Louis Sachar's Holes. The show played at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from September to October 2005.[2] He then moved to Los Angeles at 18 in hopes to begin his acting career. After just three months, he was cast in his first role with ABC's A House Divided alongside Dylan McDermott. Just a few months later he would be cast in the hit American crime drama Dexter, portraying the younger version of the titular character.[1] He would appear in multiple episodes from 2006 to 2009.

Graye played Luke in the 2008 Nickelodeon television movie Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, a companion film to the sitcom Drake & Josh.[3]

In 2010, he starred longside John Cena, Patricia Clarkson, and Danny Glover in WWE Studios' film Legendary. The film opened to largely negative reviews. [4] He would also have a supporting role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Avalon High, an adaption of Meg Cabot's Arthurian fantasy novel.[5] The following year, Graye lead Brett Simmon's horror film Husk[6] and the drama film Exodus Fall.[7]

In 2012, Graye had a guest role on the second season of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story. His character, Jed Potter, was a demon possessed teen facing off against Jessica Lange.[8]

He would appear in the 2014 remake of 13: Game of Death, alongside Mark Webber, Tom Bower, and Ron Perlman.[9] He also had a role in Tom Dolby's Last Weekend.[10]

In 2015, he was cast as the second Trickster, a copycat to Mark Hamill's character, in The CW's series The Flash.[11] He was also cast in the LGBTQ+ drama Retake, replacing Luke Pasqualino.[12] The film, where Graye portrays a young male prostitute, was released in 2016.[13]

Graye wrote a thriller screenplay titled Allison Adams, which was featured on the 2016 Black List for most popular unproduced screenplays.[14] The following year, his script for I See You was picked up and set to be directed by Adam Randall, with Helen Hunt set to lead the film.[15] It premiered in 2019 at SXSW to generally postive reviews.[16]

In 2020, it was announced that Graye's spec Switchboard would be produced by Matt Reeves, Steven Schneider, and Armaan Zorace. The film centers on a young female switchboard operator who finds herself communicating with and possibly targeted by an active serial killer.[17][18]

The psychological thriller The Madness Inside Me was released in 2021, with Graye portraying a murderer being stalked by his victim's spouse. It received mixed reviews.[19][20]

Graye had a supporting role in the 2022 psychological horror film Hypochondriac, directed by Addison Heimann. He acted alongside Zach Villa and Madeline Zima.[21][22] He also had an appearance in Jordan Peele's Western science fiction horror film Nope, as paparazzo Ryder Muybridge.[23][24]

Graye had a brief role in the second season of Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, before being upgraded to a recurring character in 2024 for the third season.[25][26]

A sequel for the hit 2015 science fiction psychological thriller Circle was announced in June 2024, with Graye writing the script.[27]

Personal life

Graye is gay and began dating actor Jordan Gavaris in September 2013.[28] They married in 2018.[29]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Her Best Move Boy No. 1
Scar Paul
2009 Call of the Wild Ozz Heep
Lure Tyler Page
2010 Legendary Cal Chetley
2011 Exodus Fall Dana Minor
Husk Scott
2012 The Discoverers Jack
One Bad Thing Guy Short film
Eden Adam
2013 Last Weekend Luke Caswell
Khumba Zebra # 2 Voice role
2014 13 Sins Michael Aka "Angry Little God"
Dissonance Carson Short film
Eden Adam Short film
2015 I Am Michael Cory
2016 Search Engines Bert
Retake Adam
2017 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Christian
2017 Sightless Dectective Bryce Short film
2018 The 100th Victim Earl Fuller Short film
2019 The Teleios Act Paul Short film
2020 I Blame Society Taylor
2021 The Madness Inside Me Francis Tate
2022 Hypochondriac Luke
Drawn Into the Night Tyler
Nope Ryder Muybridge

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 A House Divided Daniel Sampson Television film
2006–09 Dexter Teenage Dexter 9 episodes
2007 Close to Home Spencer Gordon Episode: Internet Bride
2008 Wisegal Nino Narrator Television film; voice role
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh Luke Television film
Bones Robbie Timmons Episode: The Finger in the Nest
Novel Adventures Miles 2 episodes
CSI: Miami Noah Campbell Episode: Wrecking Crew
Leverage Michael Clark Episode: The Bank Shot Job
2009 Saving Grace Luke Keeler Episode: Do You Believe in Second Chances?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Craig Mason Episode: Ghost Town
2010 The Deep End Josh Chapman Episode: Nothing Personal
Avalon High Marco Campbell Television film
2011 Red Faction: Origins Leo Television film
The Protector Sam Campbell Episode: Pilot
Alphas Matthew Hurley Episode: Anger Management
2012 Body of Proof Jack Gordon Episode: Mind Games
American Horror Story Jed Potter Episode: Tricks and Treats
2013 Major Crimes Ryan Keller Episode: Risk Assessment
Longmire Dacus Whitish Episode: Carcasses
2014 The Night Shift Pvt. Wilson Episode: Coming Home
2015 The Mentalist Ethan Bittaker Episode: The Whites of His Eyes
2015-18 The Flash Axel Walker / The Trickster 2 episodes
2018 S.W.A.T. Pete Episode: The Tiffany Experience
2019 L.A. Confidental Bobby Inge Television film
2021 PEN15 Roger Episode: Luminaria
2023-24 The Lincoln Lawyer Julian La Cosse 9 episodes
2024 Grey's Anatomy Brandy Hauser Episode: I Carry Your Heart

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Titanfall 2 Titan Pilot
2019 Days Gone Additional voices

Audio

Year Title Role Note
2018 Exeter Ben Podcast drama; 6 episodes

As writer

Year Title Notes
2019 I See You
2021 The Girlfriend Experience Staff writer; 4 episodes
2025 Circles
TBA Switchboard

Stage

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2005 Holes Stanley Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco [30][1]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominate work Result Ref.
2013 Gen Art Film Festival GenArtist Emerging Actor Award The Discoverers Won [31]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zack, Jessica (September 8, 2014). "Known for dark parts, Graye plays 'sane person' in drama". SFGATE. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Hurwitt, Robert (September 30, 2005). "REVIEW / FamilyStage's 'Holes' knee-deep in kid mystery". SFGATE. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Actor Devon Graye arrives at the world premiere of Merry Christmas... | WireImage | 114960830". www.wireimage.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Moore, Roger (September 9, 2010). "'Legendary' wrestles with flaws and poor acting". Deseret News. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Avalon High (television)". D23. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Fernandez, Borys Kit,Jay A. (September 3, 2009). "Three join After Dark's 'Husk'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Gold, Daniel M. (April 21, 2011). "Siblings on the Road". The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Smith, Nigel M. (October 11, 2012). "FUTURES: Teenage 'Dexter' Devon Graye on Going Mental for the Second Season of 'American Horror Story'". IndieWire. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  9. ^ McClintock, Pamela (October 8, 2012). "Ron Perlman Joins Cast of Psychological Thriller 'Angry Little God'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Bravo, Tony (May 4, 2014). "Party time after debut of Tom Dolby film 'Last Weekend'". SFGATE. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Phegley, Kiel (January 14, 2015). ""The Flash" Adds "Dexter's" Devon Graye As The New Trickster". CBR. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "Gay Indie Film Retake Gets Greenlight After Receiving Funding Boost On Kickstarter | Crowdfund Insider". www.crowdfundinsider.com. December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  13. ^ Wallace, Marlon (January 3, 2017). "Movie Review – Retake (2017)". WBOC TV. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  14. ^ Wiegand, David (June 6, 2017). "Co-star Gavaris' goodbyes to 'Orphan Black' and all the clones". San Francisco Gate. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017. fellow actor Devon Graye ("Dexter"), whose "Allison Adams" screenplay is on the Black List compilation of promising unfilmed scripts
  15. ^ Geier, Thom (June 7, 2017). "Helen Hunt to Star in Indie Horror Thriller 'I See You'". TheWrap. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  16. ^ Harvey, Dennis (December 5, 2019). "Film Review: 'I See You'". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  17. ^ Kit, Borys (December 4, 2020). "Matt Reeves, 'Paranormal Activity's' Steven Schneider Team to Produce Period Horror Thriller 'Switchboard' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  18. ^ White, James (December 6, 2020). "Matt Reeves Producing New Horror Pic Switchboard". Empire. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  19. ^ Moore, Roger (August 31, 2021). "Movie Review: Widowed shrink discovers "The Madness Inside Me" after her husband's murder". Movie Nation. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  20. ^ Muir, Nathaniel (September 3, 2021). "'The Madness Inside Me': Psychological thriller with a twist". Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  21. ^ Hughes, Kat (March 15, 2022). "Interview: Devon Graye & Madeline Zima discuss their roles in SXSW stunner 'Hypochondriac'". The Hollywood News. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  22. ^ Duffy, Steve (August 5, 2022). "Actor Devon Graye on How Queer Horror Film 'Hypochondriac' Personifies Trauma | EDGE United States". EDGE Media Network. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  23. ^ Bower, Justin (July 22, 2022). "Nope: 10 Movies & TV Shows Where You've Seen The Cast". ScreenRant. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  24. ^ Grinwald, Adam (August 6, 2022). "'Nope': Who Was that Guy on the Motorcycle?". Collider. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  25. ^ Cordero, Rosy (January 18, 2024). "'The Lincoln Lawyer' Season 3: First-Look Photos Drop As Production Begins; Devon Graye Set To Recur Alongside Neve Campbell & More". Deadline. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  26. ^ Hibbs, James; Moss, Molly (October 24, 2024). "The Lincoln Lawyer cast | Who plays who in season 3? | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  27. ^ Hailu, Selome (June 14, 2024). "'Circle': Netflix's 2015 Cult Horror Film Entering Production on an Indie Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  28. ^ Jung, E. Alex. "Jordan Gavaris On Why He Waited to Come Out". Vulture. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  29. ^ Shulman, Randy (September 5, 2022). "Jordan Gavaris Jumps into the Deep End of 'The Lake'". Metro Weekly. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  30. ^ Hartgrave, "Buzzin" Lee (September 30, 2005). "There's A Few Holes In Holes". Beyond Chron. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  31. ^ ""The Discoverers" Co-Stars Devon Graye And Madeleine Martin Receive Emerging Actor Awards At The 18th Annual GenArt Film Festival". ShootOnline. November 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2024.


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