Sam Adegoke
Born
Samuel Oluwaseyi Adegoke

Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Samuel Oluwaseyi Adegoke is a Nigerian-American actor known for playing Jeff Colby in the Dynasty reboot series.

Personal life

Adegoke was born in Lagos, Nigeria,[1] but raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Paul, Minnesota. His parents were missionary ministers and came to the United States when he was a young child.[2][3] He is the youngest of seven children.[2][4] Adegoke studied marketing and finance at the University of Minnesota, and was president of the Black Student Union, vice-president of his fraternity, and served in student government.[4]

In 2015, after a two-week nationwide search that garnered more than 7,000 submissions, Adegoke was named the winner of the third annual ABC Discovers: Digital Talent Competition.[1] Adegoke lives in Los Angeles.[1]

Career

On January 30, 2017, Adegoke was cast as a lead in the Lifetime biopic Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland playing Michael Jackson's bodyguard Javon Beard.[5] Adegoke also recurred on Murder in the First and had guest spots on Code Black and NCIS: Los Angeles.[5] In February 2017, he was cast as Jeff Colby in a Dynasty reboot for The CW,[6] which premiered in October 2017.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 I'm Good Bunie Short
Find Your Instrument Falu Short
2015 The Total Princess –
2016 Melody Slick Short
2017 Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland Javon Beard TV movie
2019 The Drone Detective Allen
2021 This is Not a War Story Will LaRue

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Wicked City Graham Walker Episode: "The Very Thought of You"
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ship Photographer Episode: "The Cruise"
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Hank Willis Episode: "Denial"
Murder in the First Billy James Recurring cast: season 3
Code Black Eric Hawkins Episode: "Sleight of Hand"
2017 NCIS: LA Junior Sancho Episode: "Kulinda"
Switched at Birth Chris Walker Recurring cast: season 5
2017–22 Dynasty Jeff Colby Main cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Denise Petski (July 20, 2015). "ABC Announces Winner Of Its 2015 Digital Talent Competition". Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Actor Sam Adegoke Keeps Impacting The World Through The Art of Acting". Parlé Mag. December 12, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Actor Sam Adegoke Keeps Impacting The World Through The Art of Acting". web.archive.org. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  4. 1 2 Isama, Antoinette (March 26, 2018). "Sam Adegoke Is the Actor Bringing Nigerian Flair to Mainstream". OkayAfrica.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Petski, Denise (January 30, 2017). "Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland: Sam Adegoke Cast as Lead of Lifetime Biopic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 14, 2017). "Dynasty: Sam Adegoke To Star In The CW Reboot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 8, 2017). "The CW Sets Fall 2017 Premiere Dates For Dynasty & Valor and Returning Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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