McKinley Belcher III

McKinley Belcher III (born March 23, 1984) is an American actor, best known for his starring role as Samuel Diggs in the PBS television series Mercy Street, and as Agent Trevor Evans in Netflix thriller Ozark, alongside stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.

Belcher was born at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA on March 23, 1984, first son to McKinley Belcher Jr. and Pamela McGhee Belcher. The family later moved to Powder Springs, GA where he attended elementary and middle school. Belcher graduated from Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia in 2002, where he was in the International Baccalaureate program and ran track and cross country. He went to Belmont University in Nashville, TN and graduated in 2006 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and Political Science. At Belmont he competed on the Speech & Debate Team, winning awards as a debater and individual speaker. He subsequently went to USC School of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, CA, where he won the Ava Greenwald Memorial Award and graduated in 2010 with an MFA in Acting.

Belcher appeared Off-Broadway in Romeo and Juliet at Classic Stage Company in 2013 and in 2016 won a Drama Desk Award for his performance as amateur boxer Fish in the ensemble of Marco Ramirez's The Royale at Lincoln Center, directed by Rachel Chavkin. He also appeared as Sam in Darko Tresnjak's 2015 world premiere production of Rear Window at Hartford Stage, alongside Kevin Bacon.

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