Demetrius Shipp Jr.

Demetrius Shipp Jr. is an American actor born on November 20, 1988. He is best known for portraying Tupac Shakur in the biopic All Eyez on Me. Before becoming an actor he worked at the store Target and at Dish Network. He didn’t initially want to become an actor but decided to audition for the role of Tupac Shakur after a friend told him he looked like the Rapper. Shipp made his debut in television and film in 2017 in the film All Eyez on Me and the television show Tales. He has also been in the movies and television shows Cut Throat City, Same Difference, All American, and #unlock’d and has also made appearances on the talk shows The Wendy Williams Show, Dish Nation, WGN Morning News, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Made in Hollywood, Conan, and Hip Hop Squares.