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RJ Cyler

RJ Cyler, American actor

Life at a glance

Born
1995 · March 21
Age this year
31No death recorded in our data
Known as
actor, television actor, and film actor. Citizenship: United States
Born
31st anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Ronald "RJ" Cyler II is an American actor. His films include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Power Rangers (2017), The Harder They Fall (2021), and Emergency (2022). On television, he is known for his roles in the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here (2017–2018) and Scream: Resurrection (2019).

Early life

Educated at: Englewood High School.

Early life Cyler was raised in Jacksonville, Florida, the youngest of three children of Katina, a cook, and Ronald Cyler, a truck driver. His parents, who were working but struggling, sold what they had to move from Florida to California in 2013. They were homeless until shortly before Cyler was cast in his role in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl . [ 1 ] Cyler finished high school in California. [ 1 ] ^ a b Barnard, Linda (June 8, 2015).

Path and career

Career In 2013, Cyler appeared in the short film Second Chances . [ 1 ] In 2015, Cyler got his biggest acting break when he co-starred in the film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , based on the book of the same name by Jesse Andrews . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2015. [ 2 ] Shortly after the premiere, Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired distribution rights for the film [ 3 ] and released it on June 12, 2015. [ 4 ] In 2016,

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Questions about RJ Cyler

When was RJ Cyler born?

March 21 1995.

How old would RJ Cyler be today?

31 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on March 21?

Lehlogonolo Masalesa, Karolína Plíšková, Miles Bridges and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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