Biography
Keir Thirus' film and TV credits include The Express: The Ernie Davis Story (Universal), Chicago P.D. (NBC), General Hospital (ABC), Lot Patrol (BET), True Detective (HBO), The Family Business (BET), Trope (BET), The Magic Prank Show (Netflix), The Substitute (Nickelodeon), Dollhouse. (FOX), Second Chances (Tubi), The Block Trilogies (TUBI), and the Daytime Emmy nominated streaming series, Giants (Amazon).
Keir's web series credits include The Artistic Standard's critically acclaimed Black Boots, and he also starred in all three seasons of the multi-award winning web series sitcom he co-produced, The Marriage Tour, from Tinbridge Productions, for which he won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Dramedy from the LA Webfest.
In that same year, he had the pleasure of finishing a successful run in the Ovation Recommended, Robey Theatre Company's production of Knock Me A Kiss, for which he received a Best Lead Male nomination from the NAACP Theatre Awards. Keir's voiceover credits include DC Comic's The Riddler: Secrets In The Dark dramatic podcast series, and the crime drama, Burning Bayou podcast, and has also done voiceover work for Adidas and the Black McDonald's Operators Association, among others.
Keir started his acting career in Chicago's historic Black Theatre Community, starring in productions for the eta Creative Arts Foundation and the Congo Square Theatre Company, among others. Keir's stage performances garnered him various awards and nominations, including winning the Most Promising Actor Award and receiving a Best Leading Actor In A Play nomination from the Black Theater Alliance Awards, and taking part in winning the Best Ensemble Award from The African American Arts Alliance's Black Excellence Awards.
