KARIM DIANE
Cast in the role as 17 year old CRAIG, Karim Diane graduated from The University of Chicago with his Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy and Mathematical Modeling. One year later, he earned his Master Degree from The University of Southern California in Digital Social Media. Karim began his career in 2013 as a contestant on season 3 of The X Factor after receiving qualifying reviews from Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, and Kelly Rowland. After The X Factor USA, Karim gained popularity online under the moniker "Team Karim" by creating videos of himself singing in the shower every week to millions of viewers online. He used his online popularity to raise enough money to send $1 million worth of medical supplies to West Africa. His story was covered by AOL in a segment entitled 'Generation Inspiration'.
After a series of short films, in early 2017 Karim landed his first recurring role in the 2nd season of a television show entitled StartUp (TV series) starring Adam Brody, Martin Freeman, and Edi Gathegi. StartUp is an American television series distributed by Sony Pictures and created by Ben Ketai. The first season of the show is currently streaming on Amazon.com and the second season will stream for free in fall 2017 on Crackle (company). Karim's second role is in a movie entitled 'Princess of the Row' starring Martin Sheen. In 2017 Karim co-starred in the award winning film "Instance". Karim brings the maturity and depth of any veteran in the business to the role of Craig, and there is no doubt many red carpets will be graced with this amazingly talented young man.