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Sinqua Walls

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Sinqua Walls
Walls interviewed at the MTV Movie Awards 2012
Born (1985-04-06) April 6, 1985 (age 39)
Louisiana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of San Francisco (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Sinqua Walls (born April 6, 1985) is an American actor known for appearing in Friday Night Lights, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, American Soul, and White Men Can't Jump.[1]

Early life and education

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Originally from Louisiana, Sinqua moved to Marina del Rey, California, with his family and attended El Segundo High School. Walls became interested in acting as a child after watching Radio Flyer. In 2007, he graduated from University of San Francisco, where he studied theatre and film.[citation needed] During college, Walls played on the San Francisco Dons men's basketball team.[2]

Career

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Walls played Boyd, a beta werewolf who was a formerly recurring character on the MTV drama series Teen Wolf.[3] He has also made appearances on Pair of Kings, Lincoln Heights, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Blue Mountain State, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Necessary Roughness,[4] and on MTV's Next.

He starred in the 2011 horror feature Shark Night 3D.[5] Walls played a guest role on the second season of the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time, as Sir Lancelot.[6][3] He returned to the show during the fifth season as a guest star.[7] He played the role of Shawn in the TV series Power.[8][9] On August 1, 2017, Walls was cast in Clint Eastwood's biopic The 15:17 to Paris, about the thwarted 2015 Thalys train attack.[10] The film premiered on February 9, 2018.[11]

Since 2019, Walls has portrayed Don Cornelius in BET's American Soul, a fictionalized drama series based on Cornelius's long-running television dance show Soul Train.[12]

In 2023, he starred in White Men Can't Jump, a remake of the 1992 film of the same name.[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Choose Connor Voter
2009 The Second Half Harlan Short film
2011 From the Head Santos
Shark Night Malik Henry
2014 Believe Me Tyler
2016 Past Forward Man #3 Short film
2018 The 15:17 to Paris Marine
2019 Otherhood Matt Walker
2021 Resort to Love Caleb King
2022 Nanny Malik
Alice Joseph
The Blackening Nnamdi
Mending the Line John Colter
2023 White Men Can't Jump Kamal Allen
2024 Carry-On Jason Noble

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Lincoln Heights Desmond 2 episodes
2008 Chuck Student Episode: "Chuck Versus the Ex"
2008 Friday Night Lights Jamarcus Hall 9 episodes
2010–2012 Pair of Kings Pierce 4 episodes
2010 Grey's Anatomy Tom Kates Episode: "Blink"
2010 Blue Mountain State Batman Barstow 2 episodes
2010 Savage Country Noah Television film
2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Paramedic Sam Rill Episode: "CSI Down"
2011–2012 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Daniel 13 episodes
2012–2015 Once Upon a Time Sir Lancelot 6 episodes
2012–2013 Teen Wolf Vernon Boyd 15 episodes
2013 Necessary Roughness Devon Langer Episode: "Swimming with Sharks"
2014–2015 Power Shawn 18 episodes
2017 The Breaks Terrance "Lil Ray" Baltimore Main role (season 1)
2017 Tales Marcus Episode 7
2019–2020 American Soul Don Cornelius Main role

References

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  1. ^ Sinqua Walls, USF Guard Bio[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Sinqua Walls - Men's Basketball". University of San Francisco Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  3. ^ a b West, Kelly (July 26, 2012). "Teen Wolf's Sinqua Walls Headed To Once Upon A Time For Season 2". Cinema Blend. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  4. ^ "'Necessary Roughness' Recruits 'Mad Men,' 'Teen Wolf' Alums". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 April 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sinqua Walls and Chris Carmack Join Shark Night 3D". movieweb.com. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ^ Ng, Philiana (July 26, 2012). "'Once Upon a Time' Casts Sir Lancelot for Season 2". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "Sinqua Walls returning as Lancelot for season 5 of 'OUAT'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sinqua Walls of the Starz Hit Show, Power - Started From The Bottom - Parlé Magazine — The Voice of Urban Entertainment". Parlé Magazine. June 3, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (June 6, 2014). "Trying to Go Legit, Despite the In-Laws". The New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Clint Eastwood's The 15:17 to Paris adds Sinqua Walls". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "Clint Eastwood's 'The 15:17 To Paris' Gets February Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  12. ^ ‘American Soul’: Sinqua Walls To Star In BET Drama Series
  13. ^ Staff, Shadow and Act. "'White Men Can't Jump' Reboot Casts Sinqua Walls To Star Opposite Jack Harlow - Blavity". Blavity News & Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
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