13 Facts About Keiynan Lonsdale

Keiynan Lonsdale is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter.

Keiynan Lonsdale was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 19 December 1991.

Keiynan Lonsdale is the son of a Nigerian father of Edo descent and an Australian-born mother of Irish and Danish descent and he has eleven siblings.

Keiynan Lonsdale's first acting job was at age 16, with a dancing part in the film Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance.

Keiynan Lonsdale was a recurring cast member on the Australian teen drama series Dance Academy's second season in the role of Oliver Lloyd, being added-on as a regular character for the show's third, and final, season.

Keiynan Lonsdale was then a VJ on MTV Australia and New Zealand for just under three years.

Keiynan Lonsdale recorded and released a single on iTunes, "One and Only", in 2014.

Keiynan Lonsdale then played a supporting role as Uriah Pedrad in The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the second film in the series, later briefly reprising the role in The Divergent Series: Allegiant.

Keiynan Lonsdale then appeared in the historical drama The Finest Hours as Eldon Hanon, the youngest sailor involved in a rescue-at-sea in 1952.

In 2015, Keiynan Lonsdale auditioned for the role of Jefferson Jackson for The CW's Arrow, although the role was given to Franz Drameh.

In 2018, Keiynan Lonsdale played Bram in the film Love, Simon, based on Becky Albertalli's novel Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, about a teenage boy who struggles to come out.

In 2019, Keiynan Lonsdale starred in Camila Cabello's music video for "Liar".

Keiynan Lonsdale later came out as gay in a 2022 interview with BuzzFeed.