Devon Terrell

Devon Terrell Currie (born 23 October 1992), known as Devon Terrell, is an American-Australian actor best known for playing a young Barack Obama in the 2016 biographical film Barry.\n', '

Terrell was born in Long Beach, California to an African-American father and Anglo-Indian mother (née Saxby). At age 5, he moved to Perth, Western Australia, growing up in Forest Lakes. He attended Edith Cowan University, specialising in drama education. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2013.\n', '

Terrell\'s first role was in the Steve McQueen series for HBO, Codes of Conduct, which was canceled after the pilot was filmed. Terrell then sought an audition for Barry, feeling an affinity for Obama as both are of mixed race. He said that, when once asked at age 19 what his "dream role" was, it was to portray Obama.\n', '