Brandon Mychal Smith

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Brandon Mychal Smith (born May 29, 1989)^[1] is an American actor best known for playing Bug Wendal in Gridiron Gang, Li'l Danny Dawkins in Phil of the Future, Nico Harris in Sonny with a Chance and So Random!, Stubby in Starstruck, Lord of da Bling in Let It Shine, and Marcus in One Big Happy. He won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Little Richard in the 2014 biopic Get On Up.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

Smith won a Family Television Award and Young Artist Award in 2007 for his performance as Tayshawn in The Ron Clark Story. His other credits include the 2006 production of Gridiron Gang as Bug Wendal, and a recurring role as Mario in Unfabulous. He starred in the 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie Starstruck. He also performs the song and music video "Party Up" for Starstruck. He was a competitor on the Dancing with the Stars sequel Skating with the Stars but had to withdraw due to illness. He produced Maxrank's track "Winna Girl".^[5]

Year	Title	Role
2003	Grind	Skater
2006	Gridiron Gang	Bug Wendal
2006	The Ron Clark Story	Tayshawn
2007	Weapons	James
2010	Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale	TJ
2012	Let It Shine	Lord of Da Bling
2014	Sacrifice	Kaz
2014	Get On Up	Little Richard
2015	Hoovey	Donavan
2016	Dirty Grandpa	Tyrone

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The District	Darren "Junior" Fox	Episode: "Payback"
2004–2005	Unfabulous	Mario	9 episodes
2005	The Shield	Nathan	Episode: "The Cure"
2005	That's So Raven	Razor	Episode: "Extreme Cory"
2005–2006	Phil of the Future	Danny Dawkins	18 episodes
2006	Without a Trace	Trevor	Episode: "Blood Out"
2006	Gridiron Gang	Bug Wendal
2006	Lucky Louie	Jason Plumbey	Episode: "A Mugging Story"
2006	Bones	Kid #1	Episode: "The Boy in the Shroud"
2006	All of Us	Deke	Episode: "Love Do Cost a Thing"
2006	The Ron Clark Story	Tayshawn
2007	Zoey 101	wrestler	Episode: "Wrestling"
2009	The Forgotten	Billy York	Episode: "Football John"
2009–2011	Sonny with a Chance	Nico Harris
2010	Starstruck	Albert J. "Stubby" Stubbins	Television film
2011–2012	So Random!	Nico Harris
2012	SNAP!	Himself	Host
2013	Social Nightmare	Daniel	Television film	4 episodes
2014	You're the Worst	Sam Dresden
2014	Get on Up	Little Richard
2015	One Big Happy	Marcus	Main Character

Year	Artist	Title	Role
2008	Demi Lovato	"La La Land"	The Director
2009	Daniel Curtis Lee ft. Adam Hicks	"U Can't Touch This"	Boy
2010	Sterling Knight	"Starstruck"	Stubby
2010	Brandon Mychal Smith	"Party Up"	Himself

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