Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie (/ˈmɑːməduː ˈɑːtʃeɪ/ MAH-mə-doo AH-chay; born 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the feature films Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022). He has also had supporting roles in many films, including The Burial (2023) and Kinds of Kindness (2024), as well as in the television series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), the FXX anthology Cake (2019), and others. He voiced Wade Ripple in the Pixar animated film Elemental (2023) He has also appeared in several stage productions.

Mamadou Athie was born in 1988 in Mauritania, the son of a diplomat father who received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old. Athie grew up in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.

He studied acting at the William Esper Studio in the Two-Year Professional Actor Training Program. He graduated with an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 2014.

Athie began his career in theater, starring off-Broadway in 2015 in The Mystery of Love and Sex.

He had supporting roles in the films Patti Cake$ (2017), The Circle (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), The Front Runner (2018), Underwater (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), The Burial (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).

He also starred in the television series The Get Down (2016–2017), The Detour (2017), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and the FXX anthology Cake (2019).

He had his first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022).

He also voiced Wade Ripple in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental.

Athie was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his performance in Cake.

Selected professional credits

• Mamoudou Athie at IMDb