Jermaine Fowler

Jermaine Fowler (born May 16, 1988) is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as King Akeem Joffer's long-lost son Prince Lavelle Junson in the 2021 romantic comedy film Coming 2 America and as Franco Wicks on the CBS sitcom Superior Donuts. The second oldest of four children, Fowler and his twin brother were born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he graduated from Northwestern High School. He dropped out of college at age 20 and moved to New York City, performing at open mics in Times Square.

In 2012 he began touring comedy clubs and colleges. In 2013 he was cast in MTV2's Guy Code, and in 2014 he starred in Friends of the People, which lasted two seasons on TruTV. In 2015 he produced and starred in his debut comedy special Give 'Em Hell, Kid, which he licensed to Showtime. In 2017 he became an executive producer and star of the CBS sitcom Superior Donuts, which was cancelled after two seasons, and on September 17, 2017, he was the announcer of the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

His film roles include Sorry to Bother You (2018), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Coming 2 America (2021) and The Blackening (2022). On television he had a recurring role on HBO's Crashing, and starred alongside Tracy Morgan in Crutch (2025) as Jake Crutchfield, a newly graduated lawyer from Columbia Law.