Sinqua Walls | |
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 Walls interviewed at the MTV Movie Awards 2012 | |
| Born | April 6, 1985 Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | University of San Francisco (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–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]
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]
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]
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Tales | Marcus | Episode 7 | |
| 2019–2020 | American Soul | Don Cornelius | Main role |
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