Jerrell Lee Wesley- Talks Taking A Leap Of Faith And Moving To Los Angeles With $1,200 To Chase His Dreams Of Becoming An Actor

Jerrell Lee Wesley, actor/writer, grew up in a small rural town in West Florida. His father was a fire-fighter while his mother worked in a SONY factory. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. Being the youngest boy, he constantly found himself having to work extremely hard just to keep up with his older brothers. This competitive drive would, at times, find him in the dark hours of the evening honing his athletic skills. Eventually, Jerrell became a 3-sport star at Graceville High School. He used his athletic ability to earn a scholarship at the University of Kentucky, where he played football and baseball. After his college career, Jerrell had several professional baseball tryouts, but injuries from his football days spoiled any athletic dreams. So he gave up on his dreams of being a professional athlete, and became a football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, IA. During his time at Drake, his passion for the arts were reignited when the team took a trip to the California Bay area. “When I stepped off that plane and saw those hills and mountains, it sparked a childhood desire to move to Los Angeles" and pursue my passion for acting. With $1200 in his pocket, Jerrell took a leap of faith and moved to Los Angeles. Jerrell has starred in supporting roles alongside Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the hit RomCom The Proposal. He had a recurring role for three seasons in the ‘STARZ’ hit tv show POWER, created by Courtney Kemp, and starring rapper 50 Cent and actor Omari Hardwick. He also had roles on shows Blue Bloods, The Goldberg’s, Switched At Birth, Six Feet Under, and ‘YOUTUBE PREMIUM’ hit Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on TV. Other movie roles include Knight & Day starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Today, Jerrell currently lives in Atlanta, GA.