‘David Makes Man,’ Billions’ Actor Charged With Murder in Houston

An actor dubbed a “rising star” in his teens after his starring turn in the Oprah Winfrey Network’s “David Makes Man” in 2019 has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old Houston man.

Akili McDowell, now 21, was arrested last week in the death of Cesar Peralta, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Peralta was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot on July 20, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Saturday.

McDowell is being held on $400,000 bond and is expected to appear in court on Monday, KHOU reported.

According to Law&Crime, McDowell as out on bond on a theft charge at the time of the murder.

McDowell won the starring role in “David Makes Man” when he was 15, playing a “14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by the death of his closest friend and relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty,” Deadline reported.

He also appeared in “Billions,” “The Astronaut Wives Club,” and the John Travolta movie “Criminal Activities.”

You May Also Like

2nd Round of Palm Coast Cultural Arts Grant Funding Open Through April 30

Paul Baliker’s “Panther” on Palm Coast Parkway, near the Hammock Dunes Bridge.…

NIH Funding Cuts Will Hit Red States and the Poor Hardest

The National Institutes of Health is the largest federal funder of medical…

A judge spared Bailey from a jail sentence after the teenager's knifepoint crime spree. Then he stabbed a family man to death as he walked his dog. His wife found his body when their dog returned alone

A teenage boy charged over the murder of Geelong dad Paul Grapsas had been…