Regé-Jean Page’s upcoming projects include a starring role in Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster, Dungeons and Dragons, and he recently finished filming on Joe and Anthony Russo’s The Gray Man for Netflix. He will next star in and executive produce a new, reimagined version of The Saint for Paramount Pictures. Regé-Jean Page starred in Shonda Rhimes’s 2018 legal drama series, For the People, and in 2016, he memorably introduced himself to a global audience in the role of Chicken George in the Emmy-nominated series, Roots. In film, he was most recently seen in the Emmy-nominated jazz-era romance Sylvie’s Love from Amazon Studios. TIME honoured Regé-Jean Page by including him in its 100 Next list, the magazine’s annual list of the men and women who are shaping the future in their fields and defining the next generation of leadership.