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Alkoya Brunson is known for:

  • Hidden Figures
    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
  • Vacation
    Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.
  • The Birth of a Nation
    Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

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Biography

Alkoya Brunson (born 22 November 2002) is an American actor. He is widely known for his role as Kenneth Vaughn in the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures. He has also gained acclaim for his season 4 turn as Adam on The CW series The Originals. He made his first on-screen appearance in 2013 in the TV film Let the Church Say Amen. In 2015, he appeared in the comedy film Vacation as Gary Peterson. He subsequently appeared in the 2016 historical drama The Birth of a Nation. In 2016, he appeared alongside prominent actors Mahershala Ali, Taraji P. Henson, and Nate Parker in the films Hidden Figures and The Birth of a Nation.