Eli Goree's Name Is One to Remember, and These 8 Roles Prove It

Race follows the rise of Olympic athlete Jesse Owens as he attends the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. Goree portrays Jesse’s college-classmate-turned-Olympic-teammate Dave Albritton, who claimed a silver medal during the 1936 games in the high jump.

Set in 1989, Dead of Summer is a supernatural horror series that sees what happens when the campers and counselors of Camp Stillwater deal with an ancient mythological terror. As Joel Goodson, one of the main characters and camp counselors, Goree’s character is also an aspiring filmmaker.

Since GLOW is about the “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” we don’t get to see much of Goree in the series. He plays Ernest Dawson, the son of Tammé Dawson – aka the Welfare Queen – who is embarrassed by his mother’s character portrayal.

The 100 might’ve gone off the rails toward the end when it came to its story, but no one can deny that the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series that follows a group of survivors trying to find a livable home wasn’t full of great characters, like Wells Jaha. Goree’s Wells is only a main character in the first season, but that season sees him trying to maintain order and become a leader.

Riverdale, the CW’s gritty take on Archie comics, is full of beloved comic-book characters like Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead. The show, which is much more dramatic when it comes to the lives of the Riverdale teens, also includes characters not seen in the comics, like Goree’s Munroe “Mad Dog” Moore. Mad Dog debuted in season three and was last seen in season four and met Archie while they were both at the Leopold and Loeb Juvenile Detention Center.

Goree is magnetic in Regina King’s feature directorial debut, One Night in Miami. He completely disappears into the role of Cassius Clay (prior to his name change to Muhammad Ali), who spends the movie debating whether or not he wants to convert to Islam while celebrating his win against Sonny Liston with friends Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, and Malcolm X.