Keita Jones

Biography

A Bay Area native, Keita Jones was raised in a pre-gentrified Oakland, California during a time when the city was referred to as “The Town”, Foothill Boulevard was “The Strip”, and “Uptown” was still considered “Downtown”. Acting since the age of 13, he began his career on the stage at The Black Repertory Group in Berkeley and later received additional training at A.C.T.’s Young Conservatory as well as earning a B.A. in theater from UCLA’s prestigious school of Theater, Film and Television.

Throughout his career, Keita has portrayed a wide variety of characters on stage from the middle-aged West Indian griot Poppa Shakespeare in The African Grove Company Presents Richard III, the southern-r...