| Daniel Sunjata | |
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| Born | December 30, 1971 Evanston, Illinois |
Daniel Sunjata (born Daniel Sunjata Condon;[1] December 30, 1971) is an American actor who performs in film, television and in the theater.
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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 starred as firefighter Franco Rivera 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 recently cast by Christopher Nolan for an unspecified role in The Dark Knight Rises.
In 2003, he won a 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.
Of Irish, German, and African-American 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 linebacker 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 Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[2]
In 2009, the fifth season of Rescue Me includes a 9/11 Truth subplot focused through the character of Franco Rivera (played by Sunjata) who stirs up controversy in the firehouse when he announces to a journalist that he firmly believes 9/11 was an inside job.[3]
On April 30, 2009, Daniel Sunjata announced his participation as narrator in Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, a film directed by Dylan Avery and produced by Korey Rowe and Matthew Brown.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Valentine | |
| 2000 | D.C. | Lewis Freeman | |
| 2000 to 2004 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bomb Squad Officer (2000) CSU Technician Burt Trevor (2002–2004) |
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| 2001 | All My Children | Zachary Pell | |
| 2001 | The Feast of All Saints | Christophe Mercier | |
| 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 | |
| 2003 | Take Me Out | Darren Lemming | 2003 Theatre World Award, Nominated - Tony Award Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor |
| 2003 | Ed episode The Case |
Danny Martin | |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Billy | |
| 2004 | Noel | Marco | |
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | Langston Hughes | |
| 2004 to 2011 |
Rescue Me | Franco Rivera | |
| 2005 | Law & Order Season 15, Episode 12 |
Kenny Tremont | Appeared with Rescue Me co-star Andrea Roth |
| 2006 | Love Monkey | Diego | |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | James Holt | |
| 2007 | The Bronx Is Burning | Reggie Jackson | |
| 2008 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Christian de Neuvillette | |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Brad | |
| 2009 | Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup | Himself, Narrator | Released on September 22, 2009 |
| 2009 | Lie To Me | Andrew Jenkins | |
| 2010 | Patricia Cornwell's At Risk and The Front | Detective Win Garano | |
| 2010 | 30 Rock | Chris | |
| 2010- present | Grey's Anatomy | Nurse Eli | |
| 2012 | One for the Money | Ranger aka Ricardo Carlos Manoso | |
| 2012 | Gone | Powers |
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