Sholotan trained out of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. As a musician, Olly's work has been featured in various short and feature length projects including "Run Hide Fight" as well as garnered hundreds of thousands of streams across music platforms on his own independent label, Lamintin Records. Sholotan is coming out next in the upcoming film "Gigi & Nate" penned by David Hudgins ("Friday Night Lights") for director Nick Hamm ("Driven") opposite Marcia Gay Harden, Josephine Langford, Diane Ladd and Jim Belushi. He recently appeared in the 2020 Venice International Film Festival selection, "Run Hide Fight" for Voltage opposite Thomas Jane, Radha Mitchell and Isabel May for writer/director Kyle Rankin.
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He can be seen starring in Peacock's hit series BEL AIR as Carlton Banks. In an interview with Insider, the Carlton actor said that his co-star Tyler Barnhardt, who was one of the white students in the locker room scene, felt uncomfortable saying the slur.Olly Sholotan is a Nigerian-American actor, singer, and music producer. Viewers were quick to label him the supervillain of the Bel-Air dramatised reboot though, an easy presumption to make given his initial hostility towards Will and his penchant for. After Smith berates them, Carlton comes to their defense and in the following scene says that his cousin is "flipping out" over a word. Its pretty safe to say that Olly Sholotans Carlton took a huge departure from the loveable, dorky version fans adore from the 90s Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sitcom. The song they were singing, a viral Bobby Shmurda song from 2014 which inspired the vine "Shmoney Dance" trend, contained the N-word and the group could all be heard saying the derogatory term that has been used to insult the Black community. In the first episode, Carlton has a confrontation with the series' protagonist, the fictional Will Smith (Jabari Banks), after Smith stumbles on his cousin dancing and rapping in a locker room with a group of white students. Sholotan plays Carlton in the Peacock reboot that reimagines "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" as a drama.
"Bel-Air" star Olly Sholotan told Insider that one of his co-stars was reluctant to film a scene in the first episode where a group of white students sings a song containing a racial slur. Sholotan said that the scene was important to film because it is part of the Black experience. Sholotan’s version of Carlton shows the sole Banks brother as one dealing with self-hate and additional issues all while giving his Philadelphia-born cousin a hard time adjusting to life in Los. Olly Sholotan, who plays Carlton, says one of his co-stars felt uncomfortable doing the scene. In the first episode of "Bel-Air," there's a scene where a group of white students rap a racial slur. Before Fame He made his acting debut in the 2018 short film Partying with Communists. He has amassed over 10 credits throughout his acting career. He is popular on Instagram and has over 110,000 followers. Will Smith (Jabari Banks) and Carlton (Olly Sholotan) get into their first fight over the N-word in "Bel-Air." Peacock / Getty Images About Nigerian-American actor set to star as Carlton Banks on the Peacock series Bel-Air.
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