Chiron

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fictional character film character

Chiron is a central character in the film "Moonlight," portrayed at different stages of his life as he grapples with identity, sexuality, and hardship while growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Chiron (teenage) 1
emotional support to Chiron 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
appearsIn Moonlight NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInAct Black ⓘ
Chiron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little ⓘ
basedOn Chiron (In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralThemeRelation family ⓘ
identity ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
race ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
createdBy Barry Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarell Alvin McCraney NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 2016 ⓘ
friendPortrayedBy André Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jaden Piner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jharrel Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasCloseFriend Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFullName Chiron Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMother Paula NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNickname Black ⓘ
Little ⓘ
hasSurrogateFatherFigure Juan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSurrogateMotherFigure Teresa NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
motherPortrayedBy Naomie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableScene beach encounter with Kevin ⓘ
diner reunion with Kevin ⓘ
ocean swimming lesson with Juan ⓘ
occupation drug dealer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Alex R. Hibbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ashton Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trevante Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedIn Liberty City, Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
strugglesWith bullying ⓘ
homophobia ⓘ
mother's drug addiction ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
surrogateFatherFigurePortrayedBy Mahershala Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrogateMotherFigurePortrayedBy Janelle Monáe NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kevin in Moonlight → appearsInAct → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
Juan in Moonlight → caresFor → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Juan (Moonlight)
Kevin in Moonlight → friendOf → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
Kevin in Moonlight → loveInterestOf → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue → mainCharacter → Chiron ⓘ
Ashton Sanders → portrayed → Chiron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiron (teenage)
Juan in Moonlight → provides → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Juan (Moonlight)
this entity surface form: emotional support to Chiron
Kevin in Moonlight → reconcilesWith → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
Juan in Moonlight → teaches → Chiron ⓘ
subject surface form: Juan (Moonlight)