[1] Shahidi was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and is of Iranian, African-American and Choctaw heritage.
He is the middle child in the family and is the younger brother of actress Yara Shahidi.
[5] Shahidi starred as the character Miles Russell in the 2016 television series Uncle Buck.
[4] He also had a recurring role as the character Will in ABC's television series, Switched at Birth.
[6] Shahidi was in a few projects with his sister Yara Shahidi, including the crime thriller movie Alex Cross as Damon Cross, the television series The First Family, and the comedy television series Black-ish as Adonis Culpepper (season 2, episode 17).