Daniel Sunjata

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Daniel Sunjata (born Daniel Sunjata Condon; December 30, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Franco Rivera in the FX television series Rescue Me.[1]

Early life and education

Sunjata was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. He is the adopted son of Bill and Catherine Condon, a police dispatcher and a civil rights worker.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His adoptive parents are of Irish and Italian-German descent. He is named in honor of the Mandinka king Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire; the name means "hungry lion."[2] He was told his biological mother was a white teenager who had run away from home[3] and his father was African-American. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he played linebacker for two state championship football teams. After attending Florida A&M University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Master of Fine Arts from the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[4] He is of African, German, and Irish descent.[5][6]

Career

Sunjata played the role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of Sex and the City.[7] He portrayed poet Langston Hughes in the film Brother to Brother (2004) and James Holt, a fashion designer, in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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 appeared as a Special Forces Operative in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 2010-2011, he played "Nurse Eli" on the TV series Grey's Anatomy and had a relationship with Dr. Miranda Bailey.[8]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Beginning in 2013, he played FBI agent Paul Briggs on Graceland, which aired on USA Network. The show was canceled in 2015 after 3 seasons.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He also starred as Mecca the past lover of Monet in Power Book 2 on Stars for season 2.

Sunjata starred in the ABC/Hulu series High Potential, beginning in 2024. To date (February 18th, 2025,) he has been featured in all 13 episodes of the show.

Views on the September 11 attacks

On April 30, 2009, Sunjata announced that he would narrate Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, the last in the Loose Change documentary film series that advocates several conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks.[9][10] Producers of Rescue Me created a subplot of the show for that year's fifth season in which Sunjata's character, Franco Rivera, creates controversy in the firehouse when he tells a journalist that he, like Sunjata in real life, believes 9/11 was an inside job.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Twelfth Night, or What You Will Valentine TV movie
2001 The Feast of All Saints Christophe Mercier TV movie
2002 Bad Company CIA Agent Carew
2004 Brother to Brother Langston Hughes
Noel Marco
Melinda and Melinda Billy Wheeler
2006 The Devil Wears Prada James Holt
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Brad
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup The Narrator
2010 At Risk Detective Win Garano TV movie
The Front Detective Win Garano TV movie
Weakness Alejandro
2012 One for the Money Ranger
Gone Powers
Generation Um... Charles
The Dark Knight Rises Captain Jones
2014 Lullaby Officer Ramirez
2017 Small Town Crime Detective Whitman
2021 Christmas...Again?! Mike Clybourne TV movie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 D.C. Lewis Freeman Main Cast
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bomb Squad Officer Episode: "Remorse"
2001 All My Children Zachary Pell Regular Cast
2002 Sex and the City Louis Leroy, USN Episode: "Anchors Away"
2002–04 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit CSU Technician Burt Trevor Recurring Cast: Seasons 3-5
2003 Ed Danny Martin Episode: "The Case"
2004–11 Rescue Me Franco Rivera Main Cast
2005 Law & Order Kenny Tremont Episode: "Mammon"
2006 Love Monkey Diego Recurring Cast
2007 The Bronx is Burning Reggie Jackson Main Cast
2008 Great Performances Christian de Neuvillette Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac"
2009 Lie to Me Andrew Jenkins Episode: "Blinded"
2010 30 Rock Chris Episode: "College"
2010–11 Grey's Anatomy Nurse Eli Recurring Cast: Seasons 7-8
2012–13 Smash Peter Gillman Recurring Cast: Season 2
2013–15 Graceland FBI Senior Agent Paul Briggs Main Cast
2016 Notorious Jake Gregorian Main Cast
2017 Animal Kingdom Smurf's Criminal Lawyer Episode: "Betrayal"
2018–20 Manifest Danny Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2019 Happy! Simon Recurring Cast: Season 2
2020 Prodigal Son Quinton Vosler Episode: "Internal Affairs"
#FreeRayshawn SWAT Commander Nick Alvarez Main Cast
The Twilight Zone Detective Peter Reece Episode: "The Who of You"
The Stand Cobb Episode: "The End"
2021–24 Power Book II: Ghost Dante "Mecca" Spears Main Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 4
2022 Echoes Charles "Charlie" Davenport Main Cast
2023 The Company You Keep Robert Renway Episode: "All In"
2024–present High Potential Det. Adam Karadec[12] Main Cast

Video Games

Year Title Role Notes
2002 TOCA Race Driver Nick Landers/James Randall Voice

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Twelfth Night Valentine
2003 Take Me Out Darren Lemming Theatre World Award
Nominated – Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2007 Cyrano de Bergerac Christian De Neuvillette
2013 Macbeth Macduff
2014 The Country House Michael Astor
2018 Saint Joan Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome
2005 Satellite Award Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series "Rescue Me" Won
2008 NAACP Image Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special "The Bronx Is Burning" Nominated

References

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