Daniel Sunjata
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Daniel Sunjata Condon (b. December 30, 1971 in Evanston, Illinois) is a Tony Award nominated actor who has performed in film, television and in the theater. In 2003, he won Theatre World Award for his breakout broadway performance as a gay Major League Baseball player who comes out to the public in Take Me Out, the Tony award-winning play, which also earned him nominations for a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Sunjata had the memorable role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of "Sex and The City." He has also portrayed Langston Hughes in the film "Brother to Brother" and James Holt, a fictitious fashion designer in "The Devil Wears Prada." He currently co-stars on the television program "Rescue Me."
An American of African, German, and Irish heritage, Sunjata grew up in Chicago, the adopted son of a police dispatcher and a civil rights worker. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School (Chicago). He did his undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He received his master's degree in fine arts from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University.
[edit] Acting credits
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2007 | The Bronx is Burning | Reggie Jackson | pending July release |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | James Holt | |
| 2006 | Love Monkey | Diego | |
| 2005 | Law & Order Season 15, Episode 12 |
Kenny Tremont | Appeared with Rescue Me co-star Andrea Roth |
| 2000 to 2004 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | CSU Technician Burt Trevor (2002-2005)/ Bomb Squad Officer (2000) | |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Billy | |
| 2004 | Noel | Marco | |
| 2004 to current |
Rescue Me | Franco Rivera | |
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | Langston Hughes | |
| 2003 | Take Me Out | Darren Lemming | winner, 2003 Theatre World Award, nominee, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, nominee, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor |
| 2003 | Ed episode The Case |
Danny Martin | |
| 2002 | ToCA Race Driver | Nick Landers/James Randall (voice) | |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Officer Carew | |
| 2002 | Sex and the City season 5, Anchors Away episode 67 |
Louis Leroy, the Navy sailor | |
| 2001 | All My Children | Zachary Pell | |
| 2001 | The Feast of All Saints | Christophe Mercier | |
| 2000 | D.C. | Lewis Freeman | |
| 1998 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Valentine |
[edit] Trivia
- Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003.
