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Born | Damon Jamal Gupton January 4, 1973 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Years active | 1999–present |
Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973) [1] is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his series regular roles as Charles Foster on Deadline , Evrard Velerio on Prime Suspect , Adam Page on The Divide , Detective Cal Brown on The Player , Deputy Chief Henderson on Black Lightning , and SSA Stephen Walker on Criminal Minds . He has also co-starred in the films The Last Airbender (2010), Whiplash (2014), and La La Land (2016).
Gupton was born in Detroit, Michigan. [2] He attended the University of Michigan, where he directed a musical ensemble, [3] and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music Education. He received the Emerging Artist Award from the University's School of Music, Theatre & Dance Alumni Society. He also graduated in drama from Juilliard School in New York. Gupton studied conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and School with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin. He later attended the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., studying with Leonard Slatkin.
Gupton's first film appearance was in the drama Unfaithful (2002).
In 2004, he was an American Conducting Fellow at the Houston Symphony, and was assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony in 2006. [4] Gupton was a guest conductor with various orchestras, including the Cincinnati Pops, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, as well as Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, and the Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM. He was the conductor of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra during its national tour, including performances at Carnegie Hall. Gupton won Mexico City's third International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition, the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, and The Aspen Conducting Prize. He was named a Presidential Professor by the University of Michigan in January 2009.[ citation needed ]
In 2012, Gupton performed in the Broadway production of the play Clybourne Park, receiving an AUDELCO nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In September 2012, Gupton landed the lead role on the short-lived AMC drama series The Divide , playing District Attorney Adam Page. [5] Gupton joined the cast of the NBC procedural drama series The Player in February 2015, co-starring as Detective Cal Brown alongside Wesley Snipes. [6] On December 3, 2015, he was cast in the recurring role of psychiatrist Gregg Edwards on the fourth season of A&E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel . [7]
On September 30, 2016, CBS announced that Gupton had joined Criminal Minds as a regular cast member, portraying Stephen Walker, a special agent in the Behavioral Analysis Unit. He began appearing in the series' twelfth season. [8] On June 11, 2017, it was announced that he would depart the show after one season. [9] Gupton was subsequently cast as Inspector Henderson in the superhero drama series Black Lightning . [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Unfaithful | Other Businessman | |
2006 | Helen at Risk | Pearson | Short |
Drift | Sal Bianca M.E. | TV movie | |
2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Doctor | |
2010 | Clybourne Park | Albert / Kevin | Video |
The Last Airbender | Monk Gyatso | ||
Strange Brew | Lester Lewis III | TV movie | |
2012 | This Is 40 | Colonoscopy Technician | |
2014 | Whiplash | Mr. Kramer | |
2015 | Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story | Leonard Herring | |
2016 | La La Land | Harry | |
2022 | Babylon |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Law & Order | Sammy Morris | Episode: "Merger" |
2000 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Sam Claiborne | Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story" |
Third Watch | Carter | Episode: "Just Another Night at the Opera" | |
2000–2001 | Deadline | Charles Foster | Main cast |
2002 | Hack | Mark Simmons | Episode: "Slippery Slope" |
2006 | Conviction | Keith Watts | Episode: "Indebted" |
2009 | The Unusuals | Wiley Probst | Episode: "Crime Slut" |
2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Gearhardt | Episode: "Delicate" & "Love Sick" |
2011–2012 | Prime Suspect | Evrard Velerio | Main cast |
2012 | The Newsroom | Sutton Wall | Episode: "Bullies" |
2014 | Rake | Marcus Barzmann | Recurring cast |
Suits | James Quelling | Episode: "Know When to Fold 'Em" & "No Way Out" | |
The Divide | Adam Page | Main cast | |
2015 | Empire | Detective Calvin Walker | Recurring cast: Season 1 |
The Player | Detective Cal Brown | Main cast | |
2016 | Goliath | Leonard Letts | Recurring cast: season 1 |
2016–2017 | Bates Motel | Dr. Gregg Edwards | Recurring cast: Season 4-5 |
Criminal Minds | SSA Stephen Walker | Main cast: Season 12 | |
2018 | Dirty John | Detective Dennis Lukens | Episode: "One Shoe" |
2018–2020 | Black Lightning | Inspector Henderson | Main cast: season 1-3 |
2020 | The Comey Rule | Jeh Johnson | Episode: "Night One & Night Two" |
2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Coydog | Main cast |
Super Pumped | David Drummond | Recurring | |
2023–2024 | The Big Door Prize | Father Reuben | Main cast |
2025 | Happy Face | Elijah | Recurring [11] |
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