Corteon Moore

Born in Winnipeg, Moore grew up in Toronto, where he attended the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts and the LB Acting Studio.^[2][3] In Toronto, Moore founded a movie festival at the Paradise Theatre with the aim of promoting the works of young and developing filmmakers.^[4][5] The opening event took place on February 11, 2023, with the screening of the 2002 crime film City of God, which Moore chose to show how the film characters face adversity in a place designed against them.^[4]

After turning 18, Moore moved out of his parents' home and lived alone in an apartment in Toronto's West End.^[6] He worked as a bartender and took interest in the Black power movement and Black pride.^[6][7] He later moved to the United States, settling in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in New York City.^[7] Moore joined the cast of From in 2022 and, in 2025, he took over two prominent roles in his career: the American comedy television series Overcompensating written by Benito Skinner,^[5][8][6] and the zombie horror film This Is Not a Test, an adaptation from a 2012 novel by Canadian writer Courtney Summers, where he starred as a main role character along with actors Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Carson MacCormac, and Luke Macfarlane.^[9][10]

An avid amateur cyclist, Moore splits his time between New York and his native Canada.^[2][6][7]