# Corteon Moore

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{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Corteon Moore
| birth_place        = [Winnipeg](/source/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](/source/Sharp_(magazine)) |date=7 May 2025}}</ref>) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles in the horror series ''[From](/source/From_(TV_series))'' (2022–2024) and the [zombie film](/source/zombie_film) ''[This Is Not a Test](/source/This_Is_Not_a_Test_(2025_film))'' (2025). 

== Career ==
Born in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), Moore grew up in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), where he attended the [Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Paradise_Theatre_(Toronto)) 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](/source/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!](/source/Sch%C3%B6n!) |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](/source/City_of_God_(2002_film))'', 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](/source/bartender) and took interest in the [Black power movement](/source/Black_power_movement) and [Black pride](/source/Black_pride).<ref name="boysuk"/><ref name="amstudios"/> He later moved to the United States, settling in [Greenpoint, Brooklyn](/source/Greenpoint%2C_Brooklyn), in New York City.<ref name="amstudios"/> Moore joined the cast of ''[From](/source/From_(TV_series))'' in 2022 and, in 2025, he took over two prominent roles in his career: the American [comedy](/source/Television_comedy) television series ''[Overcompensating](/source/Overcompensating_(TV_series))'' written by [Benito Skinner](/source/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](/source/zombie_film) ''[This Is Not a Test](/source/This_Is_Not_a_Test_(2025_film))'', an adaptation from [a 2012 novel](/source/This_Is_Not_a_Test_(novel)) by Canadian writer [Courtney Summers](/source/Courtney_Summers), where he starred as a main role character along with actors [Olivia Holt](/source/Olivia_Holt), [Froy Gutierrez](/source/Froy_Gutierrez), [Carson MacCormac](/source/Carson_MacCormac), and [Luke Macfarlane](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |date=4 February 2025}}</ref>

An avid amateur [cyclist](/source/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](/source/Terror_Train)''
|Mo
|<ref name="lbacting"/>
|-
|2024
|''Guess Who''
|Michael Gosse
|<ref name="lbacting"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2025
|''[Abraham's Boys](/source/Abraham's_Boys_(film))''
|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](/source/This_Is_Not_a_Test_(2025_film))''
|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](/source/Backstage_(Canadian_TV_series))''
|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](/source/CNW_Group) |date=12 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''[Impulse](/source/Impulse_(TV_series))''
|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](/source/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](/source/Utopia_Falls)''
|Kris 12
|<ref name="lbacting"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021
|''[Slasher](/source/Slasher_(TV_series))''
|Jayden
|<ref name="lbacting"/>
|-
|''Private Eyes''
|Lachlan
|<ref name="lbacting"/>
|-
|2022–Present
|''[From](/source/From_(TV_series))''
|Ellis
|<ref name="fordhamu"/>
|-
|2025
|''[Overcompensating](/source/Overcompensating_(TV_series))''
|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

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