Marcus Henderson (actor)

Henderson was born in St. Louis to Leon and Barbara Henderson. He attended college at Alabama State University on a football scholarship and is a member of Phi Beta Sigma.^[1] While there, he saw a one-man show performed by Charles S. Dutton, which led to his first professional role as an uncredited extra in the film Honeydripper. Dutton wrote Henderson a letter of recommendation to Yale School of Drama, where Henderson graduated in 2011.^[2][1][3][4]

Henderson has said theater is "his first love".^[5][6] He has performed Shakespeare both at Yale and the California Shakespeare Company.^[7][8] Henderson's first role in a major motion picture was as the character Big Sid in Django Unchained. In 2016, he portrayed one of the henchmen in Pete's Dragon. In 2017, he had a supporting role in the film Get Out and a recurring role on Snowfall.^[9] In 2019, Henderson appeared in Juanita and is a part of the cast of Tacoma FD.^[10]

Henderson is married, has a daughter and son, and lives in Los Angeles.^[5][11]

Television series

• Rick and Morty - Additional voices