Who is Damaine Radcliff?

Damaine Radcliff is an American film actor and the founder of Raining Giants. Radcliff is known for his role as the star in the movies Step Up and Glory Road. He is the executive producer of Rambo; Last Blood and the film Tesla. Radcliff is a successful actor, director, and producer.

Damaine Radcliff’s Personal Life

Damaine Anthony Radcliff was born in The Bronx, New York City on June 7, 1979. He started being socially active while in elementary school as he was a member of the nationally ranked chess team. Radcliff was also studying gymnastics and music something he was passionate about. While at Milford Academy he was the top-ranked basketball star and that’s where his journey in stand-up comedy and theatre career began. He is also easily recognizable due to his 6’5” height.

Damaine Radcliff Career Life

Damaine Radcliff ventured into stand-up comedy after high school and he was featured on Showtime at the Apollo. This paved the way for more opportunities and he started working in the production team for Dame Dash and Jay Z at ROC A FELLA Records. He moved to Hollywood and had a role in Jerry Bruckhiemer’s Glory Road the film was a success and became the number-one movie in America. This was followed by a bigger role as a co-star in the dance franchise Step Up alongside Channing Tatum.

Throughout his acting career, he has had major roles on:

• Glory Road
• Shark
• Swipe
• Massa Card
• Alone
• Law and Order; Trial by Jury

He was on the TV series Sketchy in 2016, Up North as Jason, Before Dawn Breaks as John and his recent appearance was on A Hip-Hop Story as Froway in 2024.

Radcliff has a record as a legendary videographer in the industry and is currently an actor, director, and producer of visual effects. His interest in production began in 2005 as an executive producer for the films Welcome to New York, Massa Card, and Roscoe’s Words of Wisdom. He has successfully produced other films like The Gift of a Letter, Alone, and Last Shot and produced an episode of the TV series Dark Passages in 2016.

By 2017, he was working on the TV series:

• Up North
• Perspectives
• Rambo; Last Blood
• Before Dawn Breaks
• Othaniel

His latest release was in 2024 as the producer for A Hip-Hop Story. In 2009, he explored his skills in being a director and began with the short film Alone followed by Last Short, Spirit of Law, Dark Passages, and Up North.

Radcliff came up with the name for the dance series Step Up after the producers had the crew and cast compete on who would come up with a cool name as it was initially Untitled Music High Project. He was nominated for Best Short Film in 2023 for his film Othaniel which was also nominated for Best Narrative Feature. His upcoming project is the film Cali as a producer. He has a YouTube channel where he shares his sketch parodies and has gained millions of views. He has starred in an independent pilot Up North and he won Best Actor, Director, and Best Pilot.