JD McCrary

JayDon McCrary (born July 18, 2007) is an American singer, dancer and actor from Los Angeles, California. He is currently starring in Tyler Perry's The Paynes as Kenny Payne on the Oprah Winfrey Network. He also provided the voice of Young Simba in a remake of the Disney movie The Lion King (2019).

 Career 
McCrary began his acting career in 2015 at age 8 on K.C. Undercover, where he appeared on two episodes. In 2016, he made a guest appearance on Childish Gambino's song "Terrified". In 2017, he later appeared on I'm Dying Up Here and Teachers as minor roles. He then had live performances on Little Big Shots singing The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back", The Ellen Show singing "Who's Loving You", and the 60th Annual Grammy Awards to support Childish Gambino's "Terrified".

McCrary stars in Tyler Perry's The Paynes on the Oprah Winfrey Network. McCrary officially joined the Disney/Hollywood Records. He will also be acting as the young Dr. Dre on Apple's Vital Signs and will provide the voice of Young Simba in a remake of the Disney film The Lion King in 2019.

In an interview with Vibe magazine, McCrary cited Michael Jackson as his biggest influence, as well as Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, and Chris Brown.

 Discography 
 Singles 
+ List of singles as lead artist, with showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Crush" 2017 TBA "Inviting All of You” 2018 "My Name”

 Guest appearances 
+ List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Terrified" 2016 Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love!

 Filmography 
 Movie 
Year  Title  Role  Notes  2019  The Lion King  Young Simba  Voice role

 Television 
Year  Title  Role  Notes  2015  Blunt Talk  Singing kid  Cameo, "A Beaver That's Lost Its Mind" (Season 1, Episode 4) 2015–16  K.C. Undercover  Young Ernie  "The Get Along Vault " (Season 1, Episode 24)"Undercover Mother" (Season 2, Episode 20) 2017  Teachers  Ayo  "Brokebitch Mountain" (Season 2, Episode 6) 2017  Little Big Shots  Himself  "Memory Lane" (Season 2, Episode 10) 2017  I'm Dying Up Here  Adam’s brother  "The Unbelievable Power of Believing" (Season 1, Episode 8) 2018–present  Tyler Perry’s The Paynes  Kenny Payne  Main role 2018  Vital Signs  Young Dr. Dre  Main role

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Category:Actors from Los Angeles
Category:American child singers
Category:2007 births
Category:American movie actors
Category:Living people
Category:African-American actors