Jaiden Kaine is a SAG/AFTRA award-winning actor, who has built a dynamic career as a versatile performer shining in roles in both film and television. Kaine is perhaps best known for his role as Beau in the CW's hit series The Vampire Diaries (2016), starring alongside Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. The Vampire Diaries centers on the lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers. In 2017, Kaine was seen in the Twentieth Century Fox critically acclaimed film Hidden Figures (2017) starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe. The Film was produced by Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin and Pharrell William, and was directed by Theodore Melfi. The film received three Oscar nominations including Best Picture, two Golden Globe nominations, two Grammy nominations, and, in addition, won a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture as well as an NAACP Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. Kaine was in the Lionsgate film Misconduct (2016) starring Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino, directed by Shintaro Shimosawa. Kaine recently wrapped production on the CW show Valor (2018), in which he played the supporting-lead opposite Christina Ochoa and Matt Barr. Additionally, he finished work as a guest star on the CBS show S.W.A.T. (2019) playing opposite Shemar Moore and Jay Harrington. Kaine became a fan favorite in his role as Zip in the Marvel Entertainment highly rated television series Luke Cage (2016) alongside Alfre Woodard and Rosario Dawson and just wrapped as a Guest Star on ABC's 50 Cent produced show; For Life (2020). Best known for his gravel voice & intense screen presence. He usually plays powerful yet conflicted characters. He is the son of a psychiatric nurse and late playwright/professor father. His career in entertainment started overseas with modeling for major brands like Calvin Klein to Italian Men's Vogue. After reaching international supermodel status yet being denied work in Capetown, South Africa; he chose staying there while declining work internationally until he finally broke; the "wall of color". He then returned to the states were he worked background on several TV & film sets while attending the Yale School of Drama's acting program. After he graduated he then transitioned to a full time actor. He resides in sunny California.