Ser'Darius Blain

Ser’Darius Blain is best known for his role in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which is a role he shared with Kevin Hart. In addition to Jumanji, he can be seen in a series of new things including the film The Last Full Measure, and the reboot of Charmed.

In Blain’s newest show on the CW, Charmed, he plays Galvin one of the male leads and boyfriend of Macy. The show is centered around three sisters who find out they are witches. It’s much like the original show created by Paramount TV also featuring three sisters who are also witches.

“Working on Charmed has been a blast. I’m excited for the world to see what we’ve been cooking up on set and in the writers’room. This show really gives a powerful voice to women, as the original Charmed did. I think it’s a bit darker than people will expect, but still maintains moments of witty comedy,” Blain says. “My character, Galvin, is a geneticist at Hilltowne University. He is the first person to welcome Macy (one of the Charmed sisters) to her new town and strange things quickly start happening around him.”

Blain can also be seen on the big screen in The Last Full Measure as Young Takota the young character to Samuel L. Jackson’s character. The story is about a young Air Force medic, William Pittsenbarger who sacrifices his life to save his fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War. The cast includes Christopher Plummer, Diane Ladd, Sebastian Stan and Bradley Whitford.

“I didn’t get a chance to work with these great veteran actors in LFM because we essentially shot the movie in two halves (kind of like Jumanji.) However, I’m honored to be mentioned in the same breath as them,” Blain says. “I think our director, Todd Robinson, did an amazing job of casting fantastic young actors to portray the younger versions of them.”

He credits God with having been able to stay in the business. He has given his life to God and believes that everything will work out according to his will. He has explained to his publicist the importance of his faith, which is how he got connected with the Movieguide Awards.

“My faith has been the only thing that’s kept me from giving up over the years in my life and career. I think knowing not only who I was, but “whose” I was gave me the fortitude to press on and make it to where I am. That combined with hard work and a whole lot of favors from above have really blessed me. I honestly dedicated my career to God a couple of years ago and asked him to guide me to the projects He wanted me to do,” Blain says. “Since then, I feel that He’s done exactly that. I was trying to get jobs on my own strength and talent, but when you have a calling on your life, your life is not your own. I’m not perfect by any means, but I’m confident in knowing that Jesus has literally “taken the wheel” and I’m letting Him drive.”

In his free time, Blain supports charitable causes including Good City Mentors and CASA. At Good City Mentors he mentors children who are atrisk and are not on track to graduate. He wants to get more involved with CASA which he currently donates to.

“Good City Mentors has been a blessing. I was introduced to the organization last year by my good friend, Adon Castillo, who’s very active with them. Brian Larrabee started the organization years ago to support inner city youths who were dealing with difficulties in their personal lives that affected their education, truancy and behavior outside of the home. Education is a huge pillar of my life, being that my mother was a teacher for 25 years and I’ve personally dealt with family struggles that affected my time in school and overall experience as a youth,” Blain says. “We play sports with the kids, mentor them and honestly just let them talk. I think often times, human beings just need to be heard and truly understood in order to feel like they can make it through their situations and that’s what Good City Mentors provides to these kids. One of the highlights of my year was having eight of the kids and some other mentors be able to attend the Jumanji Premiere with me.”

He also has an interest to work with Court Appointed Special Advocates. He wants to help out with CASA because of his own life and his families’ lives. He hasn’t had a whole lot of time to help out in person because of his shooting schedules but he currently donates to the cause.

“My mother was adopted, and I think that longing to feel like she “belonged” lead to a lot of painful moments and mistakes in her life. She’s been very candid with me about those experiences and because of that, I always promised myself that I’d get involved with adoption and orphans,” Blain says.

“I’m going to adopt kids once my life is a little more settled. Also, my brother suffered from behavioral issues and mental illness as a kid that unfortunately landed him in and out of jail from the time he was 12 well into adulthood. It also lead to his untimely death at the age of 30 in 2015. I want to do anything I can to help prevent that from happening to anyone else. I want to help make them feel like they belong and CASA does exactly that.”

His desire to help others expands beyond what he is currently doing. He wants to open a children’s summer camp for kids with broken homes. He desires to make kids feel safe and loved.

“Much like Good City Mentors, I want to help kids feel like they have a safe haven to just be kids. They have such heavy issues on their shoulders at such an early age and I can relate.

At the same time, my summer camp would be a combination of charm school, job fair, counseling and life preparation retreat,” Blains says.

“The kids would have opportunities to learn life skills that will help them be productive members of society, build resumes, give them exposure to a myriad of careers, motivational speakers and peer counseling from other kids who have similar life experiences. The camp counselors will be there to supervise, but the kids would essentially run the camp to help teach them responsibility. We want them to win at life.”