| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.University of Louisiana at Lafayette>University of Louisiana, Lafayette (Bachelor of Arts)New York University (Master of Fine Arts>MFA)| occupation = Actor| years_active = 1998â€“present}}Daniel Sunjata Condon (born December 30, 1971)WEB, Daniel Sunjata profile,www.filmreference.com/film/11/Daniel-Sunjata.html, Filmreference.com, May 14, 2009, is an American actor who performs in film, television and theater. He is known for his role as Franco Rivera in the FX television series Rescue Me.WEB, Thanks to his darker side, Sunjata shines in ‘Rescue Me’ {{!, The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/jun/21/thanks-to-his-darker-side-sunjata-shines-in/|website=www.spokesman.com|access-date=2020-05-19}}

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.WEB, Daniel Sunjata,www.imdb.com/name/nm0839326/bio, IMDb, 2020-05-19, 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.“WEB, Daniel Sunjata,www.skiddnet.com/biography/daniel-sunjata, www.skiddnet.com, September 7, 2016, He was told his biological mother was a white teenager who had run away from homeWEB,www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/nyregion/public-lives-such-a-realistic-portrayal-the-guys-ask-him-out.html?_r=0, PUBLIC LIVES; Such a Realistic Portrayal, the Guys Ask Him Out, Robin, Finn, The New York Times, May 28, 2003, October 14, 2016, 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.WEB, NYU Graduate Acting Alumni,gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html, 2011, Gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu, December 8, 2011, May 30, 2012,gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html," title="archive.today/20120530061847gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html,">archive.today/20120530061847gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html, dead, He is of African, German, and Irish descent.NEWS,archive.eurweb.com/2013/02/daniel-sunjata-my-ambiguous-ethnicity-has-helped-me/, Daniel Sunjata: ‘My Ambiguous Ethnicity has Helped Me’ {{!, EURweb|date=2013-02-14|work=EURweb|access-date=2018-02-18|language=en-US|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219150556archive.eurweb.com/2013/02/daniel-sunjata-my-ambiguous-ethnicity-has-helped-me/|url-status=dead}}WEB,www.tribute.ca/people/daniel-sunjata/39002/, Daniel Sunjata biography and filmography {{!, Daniel Sunjata movies|website=Tribute.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-02-18}}

Career

Sunjata played the role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of Sex and the City.WEB, 31 Famous Actors Who’ve Guest-Starred on ‘Sex and the City’,www.backstage.com/magazine/article/famous-actors-whove-guest-starred-sex-city-8245/, 2015-10-06, www.backstage.com, en, 2020-05-27, He portrayed poet Langston Hughes in the film Brother to Brother (2004) and James Holt, a fashion designer, in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).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).{{IMDb name|839326|Daniel Sunjata}}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.In 2010-2011, he played “Nurse Eli” on the TV series Grey’s Anatomy and had a relationship with Dr. Miranda Bailey.WEB, Daniel Sunjata to Join Cast of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy {{!, TheaterMania|url=https://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/daniel-sunjata-to-join-cast-of-abcs-greys-anatomy_32125.html|website=www.theatermania.com|date=November 15, 2010 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Views on the September 11 attacks

{{Undue weight section|date=December 2020}}On April 30, 2009, Sunjata announced his participation as narrator in (Loose Change (film series)#Loose Change 9.2F11: An American Coup .282009.29|Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup).WEB, The Truth About Daniel Sunjata’s Truther-ism,chicagoist.com/article/undefined, 2020-06-02, The Chicagoist, 2017-11-06,web.archive.org/web/20171106193205/https://chicagoist.com/2013/12/02/the_gathering_of_the_juggalos_leavi.php, dead, This was the last in a series of documentaries, collectively known as Loose Change, that argue that the September 11 attacks were planned by the United States government.Gil, Billy. “Microcinema Gets Rights to ‘Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup{{’“}} ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829132622www.homemediamagazine.com/pipeline/microcinema-gets-rights-loose-change-911-american-coup-15598# |date=2009-08-29 }}), Home Media Magazine, May 4, 2009.Sunjata has said that he believes “absolutely, 100 percent” in this theory.Stelter, Brian. “The Political Suspicions of 9/11”, The New York Times, February 1, 2009. Producers of Rescue Me, inspired by Sunjata’s views, created a subplot of the show that year (the show’s fifth season) in which Sunjata’s character, Franco Rivera, stirs up controversy in the firehouse when he tells these same views to a journalist.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! Notes| 1998| Twelfth Night, or What You Will| Valentine| TV movie| 2001| The Feast of All Saints| Christophe Mercier| TV movie| 2002Bad Company (2002 film)>Bad Company | CIA Agent Carew| 2004Brother to Brother (film)>Brother to Brother| Langston Hughes|Noel (film)>Noel| Marco|| Melinda and Melinda| Billy Wheeler| | 2006The Devil Wears Prada (film)>The Devil Wears Prada| James Holt| 2009| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past| Brad|(Loose Change (film)>Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup)| The Narrator| 2010At Risk (TV movie)>At Risk| Detective Win Garano| TV movie| The Front| Detective Win Garano| TV movie| Weakness| Alejandro| 2012One for the Money (film)>One for the Money| Ranger| Gone (2012 film)>Gone| Powers|| Generation Um...| Charles|| The Dark Knight Rises| Captain Jones|| 2014Lullaby (2013 film)>Lullaby| Officer Ramirez| | 2017| Small Town Crime| Detective Whitman|| 2021| Christmas...Again?!| Mike Clybourne| TV movie“>

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! Year! Title! Role! Notes| 2002| TOCA Race Driver| Nick Landers/James Randall| Voice“>

Theater{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! Notes| 1998| Twelfth Night| Valentine || 2003Take Me Out (play)>Take Me Out| Darren Lemming| Theatre World AwardNominated â€“ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayNominated â€“ Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play| 2007 Cyrano de Bergerac (play)>Cyrano de Bergerac| Christian De Neuvillette|| 2013| MacbethMacduff (Macbeth)>Macduff|| 2014The Country House (play)>The Country House| Michael Astor|| 2018Saint Joan (play)>Saint Joan| Dunois, Bastard of Orleans|“>

Awards and nominations{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Awards! Category! Recipient! Outcome| 2005| Satellite Award | Satellite Award for Best Cast â€“ Television Series Rescue Me (American TV 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“| {{nom}}

References

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