Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in The Mighty Ducks. From 2015 to 2019, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire. From Wikipedia
The film revisits the 2019 Chicago case, with Smollett denying he staged the attack after courts vacated his conviction on due‑process grounds.
