Khleo Thomas Biography

Date of Birth

30 December 1989, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Birth Name

Khaleed Leon Thomas

Nickname

Khleo

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Khleo Thomas is multi-talented on and off screen from being an actor, influencer, artist and entrepreneur.

As a veteran in the entertainment industry, Khleo is widely recognized for his role as "Zero" in Holes opposite of Shia LaBeouf, where he was also nominated for a best supporting actor award. He continued to make his mark in Hollywood doing 21 films and 16 television roles including classics such as Walking Tall opposite Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Roll Bounce opposite Mike Epps and Meagan Good, Hurricane Season opposite Taraji P. Henson and Forrest Whittaker directed by Tim Story, Sons of Anarchy, Being Mary Jane, Major Crimes and Shameless. When he wasn't on set, he was touring alongside Bow Wow, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Sean Kingston and Chris Brown.

From behind the scenes to being front and center, Khleo has been able to build a strong following and connection with his fans, who support his lifestyle brand, Slick Living. Slick Living promotes personal growth, positivity, hard work, dedication and more importantly being aware - all traits Khleo represents and lives by. Slick Living became a household brand that later expanded to Goddess Living Amongst Men (GLAM), dedicated to empowering women.

Khleo's success has opened many opportunities outside of the film, tv and music industry thanks to his loyal fanbase and outgoing personality including being the Nike representative in NBA 2k19, hosting on RapTV, All Def Digital and Trivia Mob and doing brand campaigns for Postmates, Mike's Hard Lemonade and more.

Today with over 10.8 billion impressions on Instagram and 8.1 million views on YouTube, Khleo's focus is to take his love for gaming, music and lifestyle on screen with his own show.

Trivia

Has two brothers, Khadeem and Khameel, and a sister, Khaleea.

Name is pronounced KLEE-oh.

The name Khleo is a stage name put together by his first and middle names.

Plays for the celebrity basketball team the Hollywood Knights.

His mother is from a Moroccan Jewish family. His father is African-American.

He and his three siblings' names begin with K-H-A.

Formerly performed on stage at concerts with hip-hop artist Shad Moss.

Celebrated his Bar Mitzvah (the traditional coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish boys) during the filming of Holes (2003).

Recording his first Rap/R&B Album [August 2003]

Recently at the 2005 Sun-dance film festival. [February 2005]

On location in North Carolina filming "The Beautiful Ordinary" [May 2006]

In Chicago filming Roll Bounce [2004]

Touring with Bow Wow on the Wanted Tour [April 2006]

On tour dancing with rapper Bow Wow. [July 2005]

Quotes

(about his Character Fly in Going to the Mat) "There are definitely some similarities but the difference is I'm not a nerd. Fly's kind of a nerd, and nervous around people, I'm not. I try to be as cool with people as I can. That's kind of why the school is against him. But he's a musical guy, and music is something we both share."