He is best known for his roles as Steel in the drama film Judas and the Black Messiah and Malik in Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Davis was raised in Camden, New Jersey,[1] and began acting as a student at Creative Arts Academy.
[1][2] A 2009 cum laude graduate of Cheyney University who earned a degree in theatre arts,[3] Davis had his breakthrough role when he appeared in the 2017 film Detroit.
On December 12, 2018, Davis was cast as Luke in the Joseph Cross-directed film Summer Night.
[5][6] In May 2022, Davis was cast as Biff Loman in Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott's Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman along with Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke, and André De Shields.