stars as FBI Agent Paul Briggs on USA Network’s, “Graceland.” Sunjata is best known for portraying firefighter Franco Rivera in seven seasons of “Rescue Me” opposite Denis Leary. In 2006, Sunjata was seen in “The Devil Wears Prada,” starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway and “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” alongside Jennifer Garner and Matthew McConaughey. Additional film credits include “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Lullaby,” alongside Amy Adams and Terrence Howard, “Bad Company,” with Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock, Woody Allen’s “Melinda and Melinda,” “One for the Money,” opposite Katherine Heigl, and “Gone,” opposite Amanda Seyfried. Sunjata garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Langston Hughes in the 2004 Rodney Evans film “Brother to Brother” as well as for playing legendary baseball star Reggie Jackson in the TV series “The Bronx is Burning.” Sunjata’s other television credits include notable appearances on “Sex and the City,” “Love Monkey,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” the film “The Feast of All Saints,” and a starring role alongside Andie MacDowell in “At Risk” and “The Front.” He was nominated for a Tony award for his role as Darren Lemming in “Take Me Out,” the 2003 Tony Award winning play by Richard Greenberg and was most recently on Broadway in Lincoln Center’s production of “Macbeth,” opposote Ethan Hawke. Daniel has also appeared in “Henry VIII” at the New York Shakespeare Festival, “Twelfth Night” at the Guthrie Theater and “Cyrano de Bergerac” opposite Kevin Klein at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Sunjata did his undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University and the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and received his MFA from New York University.
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