Milton Howery Jr., known professionally as Lil Rel Howery, is an American actor and comedian. Howery is best known for his roles as Robert Carmichael in NBC`s television comedy series The Carmichael Show (2015-2017) and as TSA officer Rod Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He also starred in the TV series Rel, which he also created and co-produced. He then featured in movies like Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), The Photograph (2020), Tom & Jerry (2021), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Free Guy (2021), Fatherhood (2021), Bad trip (2021) and Deep Water (2022).