{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Corteon Moore | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|26|2025|5|7}} | years_active = 2017–present }} '''Corteon Moore''' (born 1998 or 1999<ref name="sharpca">{{cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Cormac |title=Corteon Moore on New Series “Overcompensating”, Toronto, & Personal Style |url=https://sharpmagazine.com/2025/05/07/corteon-moore-overcompensating-series-interview-2025/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Sharp |date=7 May 2025}}</ref>) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles in the horror series ''From'' (2022–2024) and the zombie film ''This Is Not a Test'' (2025).
== Career == Born in Winnipeg, Moore grew up in Toronto, where he attended the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts and the LB Acting Studio.<ref name="fordhamu">{{cite news |last1=Corallo |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Johnson |first2=Morgan |title=From Class Clown to Horror Heartthrob |url=https://fordhamobserver.com/80211/recent/arts-and-culture/from-class-clown-to-horror-heartthrob/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Fordham Observer |date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="lbacting">{{cite news |title=Corteon Moore {{!}} LB Acting Studio Alumni |url=https://www.lbactingstudio.com/alumni/corteon-moore/?srsltid=AfmBOorD0Y1vWUolrWvIAdaXna2EtfYgWixtVWpga_zAx5OYFx_Ins7D |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=LB Acting Studio}}</ref> In Toronto, Moore founded a movie festival at the Paradise Theatre with the aim of promoting the works of young and developing filmmakers.<ref name="zoomer">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Rhea |title=Actor launches movie festival that aims to be unlike anything Toronto has seen before |url=https://www.blogto.com/film/2023/02/corteon-moore-toronto/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=blogto.com |agency=ZoomerMedia |date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="schon">{{cite news |title=interview {{!}} corteon moore |url=https://schonmagazine.com/interview-corteon-moore/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Schön! |date=7 June 2025}}</ref> The opening event took place on February 11, 2023, with the screening of the 2002 crime film ''City of God'', which Moore chose to show how the film characters face adversity in a place designed against them.<ref name="zoomer"/>
After turning 18, Moore moved out of his parents' home and lived alone in an apartment in Toronto's West End.<ref name="boysuk"/> He worked as a bartender and took interest in the Black power movement and Black pride.<ref name="boysuk"/><ref name="amstudios"/> He later moved to the United States, settling in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in New York City.<ref name="amstudios"/> Moore joined the cast of ''From'' in 2022 and, in 2025, he took over two prominent roles in his career: the American comedy television series ''Overcompensating'' written by Benito Skinner,<ref name="schon"/><ref name="behindbe">{{cite news |last1=Pallott |first1=Hanna |title=YEAH, BRO! |url=https://www.behindtheblinds.be/love/yeah-bro |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=behindtheblinds.be |date=27 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="boysuk"/> and the zombie horror film ''This Is Not a Test'', an adaptation from a 2012 novel by Canadian writer Courtney Summers, where he starred as a main role character along with actors Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Carson MacCormac, and Luke Macfarlane.<ref name="deadlineho">{{cite news |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title=Corteon Moore, Chloe Avakian & Carson MacCormac Join Horror-Thriller ‘This Is Not A Test’ |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/this-is-not-a-test-casts-corteon-moore-chloe-avakian-carson-maccormac-1236300285/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=25 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title=Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane to Lead Anova Pictures’ YA Horror Thriller ‘This Is Not a Test,’ Blue Fox Launching at EFM (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/olivia-holt-froy-gutierrez-luke-macfarlane-this-is-not-a-test-1236296404/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Variety |date=4 February 2025}}</ref>
An avid amateur cyclist, Moore splits his time between New York and his native Canada.<ref name="fordhamu"/><ref name="boysuk">{{cite news |last1=Maguire |first1=Taylor |title=Corteon Moore |url=https://boysbygirls.co.uk/conversations/corteon-moore |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=BoysByGirls.co.uk |date=9 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="amstudios">{{cite news |last1=Anthony |first1=Dio |title=Movie obsessed Corteon Moore is finding pride in the small things, building characters from the shoes up, and learning to enjoy the quieter parts of growing up |url=https://www.am-studies.com/people-today/7campus-crush-corteon-moore |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=am-studies.com |date=30 June 2025}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Refh}} |- |2022 |''Terror Train'' |Mo |<ref name="lbacting"/> |- |2024 |''Guess Who'' |Michael Gosse |<ref name="lbacting"/> |- |rowspan="2"| 2025 |''Abraham's Boys'' |Eddie |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hullender |first1=Tatiana |title=Abraham's Boys: Everything We Learned On The Set Of Titus Welliver's Twisted New Dracula Story |url=https://screenrant.com/abrahams-boys-dracula-story-movie-titus-welliver-set-visit/ |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Screen Rant |date=18 June 2025}}</ref> |- |''This Is Not a Test'' |Cary |<ref name="deadlineho"/> |- |2026 |''The God of Frogs'' |Brendan |<ref name="lbacting"/> |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Refh}} |- |2017 |''Backstage'' |Matteo |<ref name="canadawire">{{cite news |title=DHX Television announces casting details for season two of Backstage, Family Channel and Fresh TV's popular tween series |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/dhx-television-announces-casting-details-for-season-two-of-backstage-family-channel-and-fresh-tvs-popular-tween-series-586469351.html |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=CNW Group |date=12 July 2016}}</ref> |- |2018 |''Impulse'' |Marcus Kennedy |<ref>{{cite news |title=Impulse - Saison 1, Épisode 1 - Pilot |url=https://www.nrmagazine.com/cinema/titles/53040/impulse/season/1/episode/1/full-credits |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=NR Magazine |date=6 June 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> |- |2019 |''Creeped Out'' |Older Carlos |<ref>{{cite news |title=One More Minute |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1644545/creeped-out-2x01-one-more-minute |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=TVMaze |date=24 April 2019}}</ref> |- |2020 |''Utopia Falls'' |Kris 12 |<ref name="lbacting"/> |- |rowspan="2"| 2021 |''Slasher'' |Jayden |<ref name="lbacting"/> |- |''Private Eyes'' |Lachlan |<ref name="lbacting"/> |- |2022–Present |''From'' |Ellis |<ref name="fordhamu"/> |- |2025 |''Overcompensating'' |Gabe |<ref name="schon"/> |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{imdb name|7724722 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Corteon}} Category:Living people Category:1990s births Category:Canadian male film actors Category:Canadian male television actors Category:Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States Category:Male actors from Winnipeg Category:Male actors from Toronto Category:Black Canadian male actors Category:21st-century Black Canadian people