American actor, rapper, singer, and entertainer
Khleo Thomas
Thomas in 2019
Born Khaleed Leon Thomas
(1989-01-30 ) January 30, 1989 (age 35) Occupation(s) Actor, rapper Years active 1998–present Height 6'1 Musical career Genres Hip hop , R&B Labels Slick Living, Executive Dream, Executive Music , Fontana , UMG (current) The Plus (former) Website www .khleothomas .com
Musical artist
Khaleed "Khleo" Leon Thomas (born January 30, 1989) is an American actor and rapper. First garnering recognition as a child actor with his portrayal Hector "Zero" Zeroni in the film Holes (2003), he has since appeared in films including Walking Tall , Roll Bounce , Remember the Daze , and Hurricane Season , and on television shows including ER , The Bernie Mac Show , House , Sons of Anarchy , Bones , Being Mary Jane , Major Crimes , and Shameless . As a rapper, he has released two EPs and toured alongside Bow Wow , Snoop Dogg , Ice Cube , Sean Kingston and Chris Brown .[ 1]
Thomas created and runs the lifestyle brands Slick Living and Goddess Living Among Men (GLAM).[ 2] [ 3] He appeared in the video game NBA 2K19 , voicing the Nike representative. Since 2020, he has hosted a Twitch channel dedicated to gaming and pop culture.[ 4]
Early life
Thomas was born in Anchorage, Alaska , and lived in Germany until the age of four. His mother is a Moroccan Jew and his father is African-American .[ 5] After his family settled in Southern California , he began acting in commercials at age six.[ 6]
Career
In 1998, Thomas's first television appearance was on an episode of Bill Cosby 's Kids Say the Darndest Things .[citation needed ]
He has since starred in such films as Friday After Next (2002), Holes (2003), Going to the Mat (2004), Walking Tall (2004), and Roll Bounce (2005).
Thomas starred in the 2003 Disney film Holes , adapted from Louis Sachar 's book of the same name . Thomas had not read the book before he was cast as Zero.[ 6] To adapt to the desert climate for filming Holes , Thomas was required to participate in physical conditioning training. He recalls, "We had to climb rope, dig holes, run, go hiking, do sit-ups and push-ups. The whole time we were thinking, why do we need this? Then we get to the desert and we understood. It was so hot, you could only be in a hole for 20 minutes at a time."[ 6] Thomas sang on one of the movie soundtrack's songs, "Dig It", which originated on the six-hour round-trip bus rides that transported the actors to the set.[ 6]
In 2005, Thomas became more involved in music via an association with fellow rapper/actor Bow Wow and his label LBW Entertainment. He was featured on Bow Wow's fifth studio album, The Price of Fame , as well as on numerous mixtapes. He made cameo appearances in Bow Wow's "Fresh Azimiz " and "Outta My System" music videos.[citation needed ]
In 2006, Thomas guest-starred in "Poppin' Tags", an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; and in the season four episode of House , "Ugly " in 2007. He co-starred in the first episode of the television series Teachers , which was canceled after six episodes. He starred in movies such as Remember the Daze (2007) and Hurricane Season (2009). In 2010, Thomas starred in the action film Boogie Town .[citation needed ]
Thomas started a Twitch channel in 2020. He plays games, hosts Disney trivia contests, cosplays as the character Powerline from A Goofy Movie , and interacts with followers.[ 7]
Khleo Thomas in September 2012 during Perez Hilton's One Night In... L.A.
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2002
Friday After Next
Bad Kid
Supporting role
2003
Holes
Hector "Zero" Zeroni
Main role
2004
Baadasssss!
Mario
Supporting role
Time Out
Khalid
Short film
Going to the Mat
Vincent "Fly" Shu
Supporting role; television film
Walking Tall
Pete Vaughn
Supporting role
2005
The Golden Blaze
Jason Fletcher/Sure Shot (voice)
Roll Bounce
Mixed Mike
Main role
Dirty
Splooge
Supporting role
2007
Remember the Daze
Dylan
Supporting role
2009
Boogie Town
Gizmo
Supporting role; unreleased film
Bob Funk
Cupcake
Main role
Hurricane Season
David Willis
Supporting role
Breathe
Dante
Short film
2010
Krews
Tom Tom
The Company We Keep
Young Raheem
Supporting role
2015
Victor
Randy
Supporting role
2016
Soy Nero
Mohammed
2017
Clockwork
Beau Cartermore
Short film
2019
Anywhere with You
Danny
Supporting role
Paint It Red
Eduardo
2022
Scrap
Marcus
Video games
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2018
NBA 2K19
Kai Donaldson/Nike Rep (voice)
Discography
EPs
Year
Title
2012
After Everything Fades [ 8] (with Chris Batson)
2014
Raised in the 90s [ 9]
Release date: December 28, 2014
Label: Slick Living , Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana
Format: Digital download
Mixtapes
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Year
Song
Album
2013
"Now Forever" (Sofia Reyes featuring Khleo Thomas)
Non-album single
Guest appearances
Year
Song
Performer(s)
Album
2006
"How You Move It"
Bow Wow
The Price of Fame
"Bet That"
Bow Wow
Non-album single
2009
"Ain't I Freestyle"
Bow Wow
The Greenlight
"Do I Love Her"
Bow Wow
2010
"Freak Show"
JBar aka Ja-Bar
In the Club
"Victory"
Soulja Boy
none
"Never Change Remix (I'll Never Change)"
Indigo Charlie
"Not My Girl"
The Good Boys
"Light the Speakers on Fire"
Malachi Mott
2013
"Now Forever"
Sofia Reyes
"Fade Away"
Social Club
Summer of George
2014
"In'n'Out"
Sean Roxs
none
"Face Down"
Flip Major
Videography
As lead artist
"In My Soul" (2010)
"I'm Still" (2010)
"Lost" (2010)
"I Got Me" (2010)
"Feel Good Music" (2010)
"Halloween" (2010)
"Lights Out" (2011)
"Floyd Mayweather" (2011)
"Motivation Remix" (2011)
"You Don't Fight Fair" (2011)
"Monster & A Beat" (2011)
"Slick" (2012)
"Sweat It Out" (2012)
"Fly Me Out To Cali" (2012)
"So Many Girls" (2012)
"Slick Music" (2012)
"5 On It" (2014)
As featured artist
Eric Mora - "Ain't I Freestyle" (2009)
Indigo Charlie - "Never Change Remix (I'll Never Change)" (2010)
Cameo video appearances
References
External links
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