Draft:Reed Shannon

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Draft:Reed Shannon - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Review waiting, please be patient.

This may take 2 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 1,834 pending submissions waiting for review.

If the submission is accepted, then this page will be moved into the article space.
If the submission is declined, then the reason will be posted here.
In the meantime, you can continue to improve this submission by editing normally.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Reviewer tools

Instructions · What links here · Reed Shannon (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 21 days ago by Bonephones (talk: D · +) · Last edited 19 days ago by Citation bot

The topic of this draft may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. Notability should be established before publishing this draft or submitting it via the articles for creation process.
Find sources: "Reed Shannon" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Reed Shannon
Born	Reed LoRenzo Shannon September 22, 2000 Raleigh, U.S.
Other names	ReedLo, Lorenzo Shannon
Education	North Carolina Theatre Conservatory
Alma mater	Burbank High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Website	reedshannon.com

Reed LoRenzo Shannon (born September 22, 2000)^[1] is an American actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian. He began his career as a child actor in Broadway theatre, with roles in Motown: The Musical and In the Heights. He has since moved away from theatrical acting, and now acts in film and TV roles.

Reed is known for his role as Scotty Simms in season two of The Wilds (2022), released on Amazon Prime Video. Further, he gained recognition for his role as the voice of Ekko in the Emmy Award Winning Netflix series Arcane (2021-2024).^[2]^[3]

Career

At the age of 13, Reed was cast as Young Michael Jackson, Young Berry Gordy, and Young Stevie Wonder in the first national tour of Broadway's Motown: The Musical (2013–2015). He performed in 275 stage shows over 16 months^[4]^[5]. After his tour wrapped up, he made the move from his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina to Los Angeles to pursue further film and TV acting.

In 2021, Reed began starring in the Netflix Emmy Award–winning series Arcane, where he voiced the role of Ekko^[6]. The following year, he portrayed the role of Scotty in the Amazon Prime Video drama series The Wilds. He later reprised his role of Ekko in 2024, following the release of the second and final season of Arcane.

Reed has released multiple singles and albums, amassing over 200,000 streams on Spotify^[7]. His music has been described as r&b and soul^[8]. His debut EP is titled Soul Play, which features seven songs. This is followed by his most recent EP, titled the x pack, featuring four songs.

Personal Life

In his teen years, Reed founded an entertainers' performance platform called "Expressions". Expressions was powered by INDISTRYtv and media, and operated to present stage exposure opportunities for artists in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta.^[9]

Reed is a stand-up comedian who has performed at the Asher Theatre, Laugh Factory, and Flappers Comedy Club.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Imbalancing Act	Props Department	Short film
2018	Token	Marcus	Short film
2018	Canal Street^[11]	Joe
2020	ACA Dreams Being Young Gifted & Black	Self	Short film
2020	Tales of Runeterra: Piltover and Zaun - True Genius	Ekko	Short film
TBA	'Splash City' †	TBA	Post-Production

Key
†	Denotes TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Henry Danger	Tyler Jenks	Episode: Scream Machine
2016-2022	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Singing AJ	58 Episodes
2016	Speechless	Asher	Episode: C-H-O-CHOIR
2016 - 2017	School of Rock	Acafella	Episodes: Voices Carry, Jingle Bell Rock
2018	Station 19	Blake	Episode: Contain the Flame
2021-2024	Arcane	Firelight Leader (Voice)	9 Episodes
2022	The Wilds^[12]	Scotty Simms	8 Episodes
2022	Arcane: Bridging the Rift	Self	TV Miniseries

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Legends of Runeterra	Ekko (voice)

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2012	Oliver!	Workhouse Boy	North Carolina Theatre
2012	Who's Tommy	Youngest Tommy	North Carolina Theatre
2013-2015	Motown: The Musical	Young Michael Jackson, Young Stevie Wonder, Young Berry Gordy	Broadway Tour
2014	Les Misérables	Gavroche	North Carolina Theatre
2015	Crazy For You	Custus the Cowboy	NC Theatre Conservatory Master Summer Theatre Arts School
2018-2019	In the Heights	Sonny^[13]^[14]	Broadway Tour

References

^ "Reed Shannon". www.listal.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
^ Mithaiwala, Mansoor (2022-05-06). "The Wilds Season 2 Cast Guide: Who Plays The Boys?". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ "Arcane". Television Academy. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ Grigware, Don. "BWW Interviews: Young Reed Shannon Talks MOTOWN THE MUSICAL". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
^ Hollywood, Broadway in. "Broadway in Hollywood". www.broadwayinhollywood.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
^ "Ekko / Firelight Leader Voice". Behind the Voice Actors. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ "Reed Shannon". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ "Newcomer Reed Shannon Shifts From The Big Screen To The Recording Studio With Debut EP 'Soul Play'". ThisisRnB.com - New R&B Music, Artists, Playlists, Lyrics. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ Stories, Local (2020-05-11). "Meet Reed Shannon of SIARA Productions in Glendale". Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ "Reed Shannon". www.listal.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ Garcia, Thania (2024-02-21). "'Splash City' Film From Rapper Berner and 4 Ways Entertainment Sets Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ Shafer, Ellise (2022-07-29). "'The Wilds' Canceled at Amazon Prime Video After Two Seasons". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ Kare, Jeffrey. "Review: North Carolina Theatre's IN THE HEIGHTS". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
^ "5 Questions with Reed LoRenzo Shannon, who will portray "Sonny" in North Carolina Theatre's Upcoming Production of "In the Heights"". TAR. Retrieved 2024-11-25.

External links

Reed Shannon at IMDb
reedshannon.com

Categories:

Hidden categories: