Daniel Sunjata is an American actor who has shown his talent in film, theater and television. During his life, he starred in many films and series, including Rescue Me (Franco Rivera), Bad Company (Carew Officer), Devil Wears Prada (James Holt), Melinda and Melinda (Billy Wheeler) ) and many others.
Biography
Daniel Sunjata was born December 30, 1971 in the city of Evanston, near Chicago, Illinois. He was adopted by Bill and Catherine Condon, who have Irish and Italian-German roots. His adoptive father is a police dispatcher, his mother is a civil rights worker. The boy was given a name in honor of the African king, the founder of the empire of Mali, Sundiata Keita. Translated from the African name means "hungry lion." Daniel was told that his biological mother ran away from home as a teenager, and his father was African American. The actor himself has German and Irish roots.
Daniel Sundjata received his secondary education at Mount Carmel Catholic School for Boys, located in Chicago. The future actor was fond of football and acted as a midfielder in the school team. He also admitted that he always loved sports, because of which his academic performance suffered.
He also graduated from Florida State Agricultural and Mechanical University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. On account of the guy has a master's degree in fine art when graduating from New York University of the Arts.
In college, the guy fell in love with acting and participated in many productions. He especially liked to play Shakespearean plays.
Career
In 2003, the guy performed in a production of Broadway, where he had to create the image of a homosexual Major League baseball player. According to the script, his character plays baseball in public. The play was called Take Me Out. For this, the actor won the Theater World Award for his stage debut. The role also earned him nominations for Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Daniel Sunjata appeared in the first episode of the American television series Sex and the City. He played in it a sailor on the shore, who went on vacation.
In the film “Brother for Brother” (2004), he got the role of the poet, social activist Langston Hughes, with whom he coped brilliantly. In the same year, the talent of the young actor was noticed by famous directors, and he was invited to star in the American drama and comedy series “Save Me”, where Daniel played one of the main roles - fireman Frank River for seven years.
In 2006, viewers could see Daniel Sundjat as a fashion designer in the popular movie “The Devil Wears Prada”. After that, the actor began to receive a huge number of offers to play in various films, which later became quite successful.
In 2007, the actor starred in the series called Brox Burns in the role of Reggie Jackson.
In Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, Daniel Sundzhat played the role of commandos.
In 2009, the actor admitted that he was a storyteller in the film “Free Changes 9/11: The American Coup”, which is part of a series of documentaries under the general title “Change Coin”. They discussed the events of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The film claimed that the attack was planned by the United States government itself. Daniel Sunjata admitted that he believes in this.
In 2010-2011, he was invited to play the role of Eli's nurse in the popular series Anatomy of Passion. According to the script, his character was in a relationship with Dr. Miranda Bailey, whose role was played by American actress and director Chandra Wilson.
Since 2013, Daniel Sundjata has been the FBI Agent Paul Briggs in the drama television series Graceland, which was shown in the United States. The series was closed after 3 seasons.
Films
Daniel Sunjata has starred in many films and TV shows, but the role of Frank River (“Save me) brought him real popularity. The actor loved to act in such genres as thriller, crime, drama, comedy, action.
He can also be seen in the films and TV shows “A Very Dangerous Thing”, “A Game for Survival”, “Weakness” and many others in which a talented actor amazingly coped with the roles.
Personal life
Daniel Sunjata did not disseminate such information, so there is no information about his family life and current relationships. Perhaps he lives quite calmly in his hometown and continues to delight the audience with acting.