SHAMEIK
MOORE

Shameik Moore was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 4 May 1995. Dance was part of his route into entertainment before the lead role in Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope (2015) brought him to wider attention. He later voiced Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). These films connect different forms of performance through young characters trying to define a future. For FLM.RED, that is a useful starting point: what happens when the identity other people expect does not quite fit the person who has to live with it?

Dope gives Moore Malcolm, a high-school student whose academic ambitions coexist with his love of older hip-hop culture. Malcolm and his friends Jib and Diggy share music, studying and a band, while an unexpected adventure complicates his plans. FLM.RED follows the performance through the effort of keeping those parts of a life together. A character can be confident about his tastes and much less certain about the situation he has entered. That unevenness gives the comedy something personal to work with. Moore’s presence has to carry the changing pressure while allowing Malcolm’s own priorities to remain visible.

Into the Spider-Verse makes the voice the route to Miles Morales, a Brooklyn teenager learning to take on the responsibilities of Spider-Man. The performance reaches viewers through the combined work of voice actors, directors and animation artists. In FLM.RED’s reading, the hesitant reply matters alongside the heroic declaration: learning a role involves being seen before one feels ready for it. Moore’s vocal timing helps give that uncertainty a rhythm. Watching the animation and listening to the response together reveals how a small change of emphasis can belong to a much larger movement across the screen.

Across the Spider-Verse returns to Miles in 2023, widening the world around him through encounters with other Spider-People. For FLM.RED, the continuity of the voice is especially interesting when the character must reconsider what others tell him about his place in that world. An argument can be both an exchange of ideas and a test of a relationship. Comparing this chapter with the first film lets viewers follow a growing confidence without treating every firm answer as certainty. The film links below are titles currently associated with Moore in FLM.RED, rather than a complete filmography.