His early television credits include
The Mentalist on
CBS as well as
Insecure and
Brothers in Atlanta on
HBO. He appeared in the 2018 Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil television series
Love Is, for which he was also in the writers room. He played the lead role in
Issa Rae’s
YouTube series
First and Black & Sexy TV’s
That Guy. Catlett produced
Giants for Issa Rae Presents, the short film
Stages, in which he also stars, and the television series
Garden Hills. He later worked again with Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil on
Black Lightning portraying Latavius "Lala" Jackson of the
100. He appeared in the 2020 film
Charm City Kings. In 2021, he could be seen with
Kevin Hart,
Wesley Snipes, and
Billy Zane in
Netflix comedy thriller
True Story. He appeared in
Lovecraft Country. In 2023, he appeared in
A.V. Rockwell film
A Thousand and One as Lucky. He plays Rickles in the 2024 comedy horror film
Abigail portraying a sniper who is part of a group that kidnap the titular character. ==Personal life==