John Clarence Stewart

In 2015, Stewart made his television debut in Gotham as Officer Griffin Katz. He continued appearing in guest roles on several television shows and his first major television role was as Alex Wesley in Luke Cage (2016–2018). In 2019, he gained further recognition for portraying Lionel in the Netflix TV series What/If (2019). In 2020, he made his breakthrough portraying Simon in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

Stewart made his professional debut portraying John in The Whipping Man (2013) at the Alliance Theatre. He performed in a couple more of the theatre's productions and also starred as Tray in Brownsville Song (B-Side for Tray) (2014) at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and as Wanre in Fit for a Queen (2016) at the Classical Theatre of Harlem.

John Clarence Stewart (born 1988) is an American actor and singer. Stewart was first recognized for portraying Alex Wesley in Luke Cage (2016–2018) and Lionel in What/If (2019). In 2020, he began portraying Simon in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, the role for which he is best known.

Stewart was born in 1988 in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He initially attended Shiloh High School before transferring to George Walton Academy on a football scholarship for one year. His senior year he transferred back to Shiloh High School after realizing he wasn't talented enough for football. He performed in his school musical Once on This Island. He attended Columbus State University and after graduating performed educational theatre for Kaiser Permanente in Atlanta. At 24 years old, he moved to New York City and then to Los Angeles to further pursue acting.