Merrick McCartha

McCartha grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He discovered he had a knack for performance in elementary school but his parents, who were police officers, did not want him to take on acting as a career.^[1] In 1990, McCartha was a student and part-time waiter when he helped judge a meatloaf cook-off.^[2][3] He attended Cass Technical High School and pursued an engineering career after college. He later took acting classes and signed with an agency in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

In 2011, McCartha was runner-up in a Backstage actors pitch contest that received over 100 submissions.^[4] In 2017, he was cast in the San Diego International Fringe Festival^[5] and portrayed Deacon Avery Silver in Rebel by producer John Singleton for the BET Network.^[6] McCartha was cast in the film Anatomy of an Antihero: Redemption in 2018^[7] and as Robert Hicks in All American in 2021.^[1]

In 2023, he became eligible for an Emmy for his role in House of Payne,^[8] co-starred with Ted Raimi in the film Failure!^[9][10][11] which premiered at FrightFest,^[12] and appeared in the film Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea with Randy Davison.^[13]

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