Little Mo is a student at Patterson Park High School in Hairspray's fictionalized version of Baltimore. Little Mo Only appears in the 2007 version of Hairspray, where he is played by Shawn Byfield.[1] Little Mo is a dancer on The Corny Collin's Show's monthly Negro Day special. He is first seen in detention with Seaweed, Duane, and other black students. [2]