Trevor Jackson

Trevor Howard Lawrence Jackson (born August 30, 1996) is an American actor and singer.

He is best known for portraying Aaron Jackson on Freeform original series Grown-ish, Kevin Blake on Syfy original series Eureka, Kris McDuffy on Disney Channel's television movie Let It Shine, and Kevin Lacroix on American Crime.

Other notable appearances include Broadway musical The Lion King, where he played the Young Simba, and television guest star roles on both Cold Case and Harry's Law.

In 2004, the eight-year-old Jackson won the role of Young Simba on the national tour of The Lion King musical, with which he remained.

Following his run with The Lion King, he transitioned from Broadway to the small screen appearing as a guest star in an episode of Cold Case in 2010.

From 2010 to 2012 he played Kevin Blake in the final two seasons of Eureka.

In early 2011, Jackson joined a "behind the scene" group with several up and coming music artist at the time known as "Before 2012."

This didn't last long as success tore the group apart before it ever went mainstream.

In August 2011, continued his run on TV starring in an episode of Harry's Law for which he won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series for his role of Willie Blue.

Jackson later appeared as a guest star on the Disney Channel television show Austin & Ally.

In 2012, he won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series.

In 2012, Jackson expanded his acting career into film, playing the role of Quincy Smith in the film A Beautiful Soul.

That same year, Jackson went on to star in the original Disney Channel television movie Let It Shine as Kris McDuffy alongside Tyler James Williams.

Jackson portrayed the best friend and confidant of Cyrus (James), an aspiring hip hop musician who enters a songwriting contest and mistakenly wins his best friend's dream.

Jackson has completed shooting the film Sons 2 The Grave alongside Darrin Dewitt Henson, Demetria McKinney and Justin Martin.

In 2012, Jackson signed with Atlantic Records continuing on to release his first single "Like We Grown" in February 2013.

In the song's music video, Disney Channel actress, Zendaya Coleman, plays his love interest.

Due to demand for new music from his fans, Jackson collaborated with producers Eric Hudson, J.R. Rotem and The Underdogs, to create his EP, #NewThang.

In September 2013, Jackson released the #NewThang EP.

Jackson followed with his second single "Drop It", which was featured in McDonald's Monopoly Campaign commercial.

To promote the #NewThang EP, Jackson toured with fellow Atlantic Records artist Justine Skye in the High School Nation Tour.

He also played in a few shows.

In January 2014, Jackson released "New Thang" followed by a remix to his single "Drop It" featuring rapper B.o.B.

In May, Jackson was featured on Diggy Simmons' single "My Girl".

Jackson released the album's first single, "Good Girl, Bad Girl", on June 3, 2014.

On July 22, 2014, Jackson posted a lyric video to a track with Kirko Bangz on his official YouTube channel titled "Me Likey" four days before its iTunes release.

On August 3, 2014, Jackson partnered with fellow Atlantic Records artist Diggy Simmons on the Who Else But Us Tour.

Jackson premiered the video for "I'll Be Who You Love (This Christmas)" on Rap-Up on December 3.

Jackson followed with a new single, "Know Your Name", featuring Sage the Gemini on December 15.

Jackson appeared as a guest on VINE and vocalist LianeV's new single "Keep Playin".

In early August, Jackson released the tracks on his YouTube channel and SoundCloud for stream with a visual for the song "Simple As This".

in the summer of 2015 Jackson released his debut full-length album.

On August 28, 2015, Jackson released the In My Feelings project on iTunes.

In September he released the music video for his song "Bang Bang", which features Kevin Gates.

On December 3, 2015, Jackson released a video of "Like I Do" from In My Feelings on Billboard.

Jackson joined the regular cast of American Crime in its second season, playing the part of Kevin Lacroix.

In 2018, he starred as the lead of the crime drama film Superfly as Priest.

Jackson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two sons of Cam Baxter and Kevin Jackson.

Although he comes from a family interested in basketball, at age eight he decided that he would rather work in the entertainment industry.

He honed his talents at local venues, performing both within his hometown and nationally, including a dance routine on Showtime at the Apollo.