Steven G. Norfleet

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Steven G. Norfleet
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Years active2010–present
Spouse Anthony Hemingway (m. 2019)

Steven G. Norfleet is an American actor. He played the recurring roles in the television miniseries Watchmen (2019) and Genius: Aretha (2021). In 2024, Norfleet starred in the Netflix soap opera, Beauty in Black .

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Life and career

Norfleet was born Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] While living in Atlanta, Norfleet began working as a dancer and in 2010 made his screen debut playing a dancer in the dance drama film, Stomp the Yard: Homecoming . [1] As an actor, he guest-starred in the television series Shameless , Underground , Being Mary Jane , Chicago P.D. , Dynasty and Good Girls . In 2019 he had a recurring role as O. B. Williams in the HBO series, Watchmen . [2]

In 2021, Norfleet played Cecil Franklin, the brother of soul singer Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic biographical series, Genius: Aretha . [3] The following year he guest-starred in the AMC gothic horror series Interview with the Vampire . [4] In 2023 he joined the cast of BET+ soap opera Ruthless by Tyler Perry. The following year, Perry cast him as one of leads in his Netflix series, Beauty in Black . [5] [6]

Personal Life

Norfleet in openly gay. He and television director Anthony Hemingway started dating in 2014, after being introduced through a mutual friend. They got engaged in June 2018 [7] and married in September 2019. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Stomp the Yard: Homecoming Mu Gamma Zi Stepper
2016 Shameless CopEpisode: "Sleep No More"
2017 Underground MackEpisode: "Auld Acquaintance"
2017 Shooter Kill Team LeaderEpisode: "Across the Rio Grande"
2017 Being Mary Jane EriqEpisode: "Feeling Seen"
2018 Chicago P.D. ShabazzEpisode: "Allegiance"
2018 One Dollar Man in PajamasEpisode: "Chelsea Wyler"
2019 Dynasty ColinEpisode: "A Champagne Mood"
2019 Good Girls DouglasEpisodes: "I'd Rather Be Crafting" and "Take Off Your Pants"
2019Deadly DispatchMarcusTelevision film
2019 Watchmen O. B. WilliamsRecurring role, 5 episodes
2020 Power Officer TiradoEpisode: "Exactly How We Planned"
2021 Genius: Aretha Cecil FranklinRecurring role, 7 episodes
2022 Interview with the Vampire Paul de Pointe du LacEpisode: "In Throes of Increasing Wonder..."
2023—2024 Ruthless LewisSeries regular, 22 episodes
2024 Beauty in Black Charles BellaireSeries regular

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