Skylan Brooks of Outsiders

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil will interview Skylan Brooks of Outsiders.

Brooks is best known for his co-leading role alongside Amandla Stenberg in the 20thCentury Fox film THE DARKEST MINDS, a sci-fi thriller about a group of teens (Amandla Stenberg, Skylan Brooks, Harris Dickinson, Miya Cech) who form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future when imprisoned by an adult world fearing everyone under the age of 18. Brooks also starred as the lead in the 2020 action thriller ARCHENEMY in which he starred alongside Joe Manganiello. He also starred as ‘Ra-Ra Kiping’ in Netflix’s original series “The Get Down,” created by Baz Lurhmann of Moulin Rouge! The Great Gatsby! and Romeo + Juliet and ARCHENEMY in which he starred alongside Joe Manganiello. Brooks got his first big break in acting in the Sundance 2013 film THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE, a coming-of-age story about two inner city boys who are left to fend for themselves for the summer after their mothers are taken away by authorities. Brooks received rave reviews for this role and was nominated for the Young Artist Award “Best Performance in a Feature Film” for his role in this film as ‘Mister’, starring alongside Jennifer Hudson and Anthony Mackie. Brooks also starred in the film OUR FAMILY WEDDING alongside Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and in the box office hit SOUTHPAWalongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, and Forest Whitaker. On the small scrfeen, Brooks appeared on USA's Network miniseries "Unsolved- Tupac, Biggie Smalls Murders" where he plays Snoop Dogg, and others such as “iCarly”, “Children’s Hospital”, and “Funny or Die”.