Jon Batiste to make acting debut in The Color Purple remake

Jon Batiste will star in The Color Purple (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Grammy winner Jon Batiste is to make his acting debut in an upcoming remake of The Color Purple.

The 35-year-old musician, who picked up five Grammys from 11 nominations last week, will play Grady in the new Warner Bros adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker, according to US outlets.