Daniel Sunjata

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Daniel Sunjata

Born December 30, 1971
Evanston, Illinois

Daniel Sunjata Condon (born December 30, 1971) is a Tony Award-nominated American 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.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Sunjata played the role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of Sex and The City. He has 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. During the summer of 2007, he also starred in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning as Reggie Jackson.

He was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003. On September 27, 2007, Sunjata was honored at The Latin Pride Awards (held in Boston, MA) with a special recognition titled "Voice of the Millions" which is given to people who use their power and public visibility to speak out on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. In this case, the award was given for his advocacy of truth and justice in regard to the call for a new and independent investigation into the 9/11 attacks, and for his representation of the Latino community on Rescue Me as fire-fighter Franco Rivera. The following is a link to his acceptance speech and a link to a speech he gave at a benefit for 9/11 First Responders last September.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7692919847974860162&q=daniel+sunjata&total=43&start=40&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8236509274916022755&q=daniel+sunjata&total=55&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

[edit] Personal life

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 in Chicago, where he played center for two state championship football teams. He completed his undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He then received his master's degree in fine arts from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Cyrano de Bergerac Christian de Neuvillette
2007 The Bronx Is Burning Reggie Jackson
My Boys Lance
2006 The Devil Wears Prada James Holt
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 Burt Trevor (2002-2005)/ Bomb Squad Officer (2000)
2004 Melinda and Melinda Billy
Noel Marco
Brother to Brother Langston Hughes
2004 to
current		 Rescue Me Franco Rivera
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
Ed
episode The Case		 Danny Martin
2002 ToCA Race Driver Nick Landers/James Randall (voice)
Bad Company Officer Carew
Sex and the City
season 5, Anchors Away episode 67		 Louis Leroy, the Navy sailor
2001 All My Children Zachary Pell
The Feast of All Saints Christophe Mercier
2000 D.C. Lewis Freeman
1998 Twelfth Night, or What You Will Valentine

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[edit] External links

Audio Interviews on 9/11: