Grantham Coleman

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Grantham Coleman
Born
Grantham Harlan Coleman Jr

1990
Missouri City, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2013-

Grantham Coleman is an American actor. He studied drama at The Juilliard School, [1] graduating in 2011. [2]

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Career

Stage

Coleman made one of his first professional appearances on stage in 2012, playing Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. [3] [4] He then had a minor role in a production of As You Like It directed by Daniel J. Sullivan at the Shakespeare in the Park festival at the Delacorte Theater in New York. [5] . Later that year he appeared in Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud To Present... at the Soho Repertory Theatre. [6] In 2013, Coleman played Anthony Justin ("AJ") James in an off-Broadway production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy at the Manhattan Theatre Club. [7] [8] A year later he reprised the role in a Geffen Playhouse production in Los Angeles. [9] Also in 2013, he appeared in the two-hander One Night... by Charles Fuller at the Cherry Lane Theater alongside Rutina Wesley. [10] He appeared in Buzzer in 2015, a production by Anne Kauffman at The Public Theater in New York. [11]

Coleman played the title role in Hamlet in 2017 at the Old Globe, directed by Barry Edelstein. [12] He would later reprise the role in 2021 when Edelstein brought the case back together to perform the play for radio. [13]

In 2018 he played Ferdinand in The Tempest at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, in a joint production between the Old Globe and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. [14] During 2019 Coleman featured as an "adorably goofy" Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing performed during the Shakespeare in the Park festival in New York. [15] One of the performances of Much Ado About Nothing was broadcast as part of the Great Performances series on PBS; it was particularly notable as the play featured an all-Black cast. [16] Coleman received a Viv award for his part in the play. [17] Later that year Coleman played Martin Luther King Jr. in Robert Schenkkan's The Great Society on Broadway alongside Brian Cox; he was nominated for an Antonyo Award for his performance. [1] [18] In 2022 he appeared as Macduff in a production of Macbeth at the Longacre Theatre in New York which starred Daniel Craig. [19]

Television and film

Alongside his stage career, Coleman has appeared in a number of television shows, beginning in 2013 with an appearance in an early episode of the FX series The Americans . [20] In 2015, he played characters in single episodes of The Night Shift , Murder in the First , and NCIS . [20] In 2016, Coleman appeared as Bonnie Ray William in two episodes of the Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63 on Hulu. He had further small appearances in Doubt , NCIS: Los Angeles and The Carmichael Show during 2017. [20]

In 2019, Coleman made his first movie appearance, playing Bobby Seale, a co-founder of the Black Panthers, in Benedict Andrews' political thriller Seberg . He appeared as Baako in the black comedy thriller Black Bear in 2020 and as Sigmund in the TV movie Red Bird Lane on HBO Max in 2021. He had minor roles in Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths in 2022 and Rustin in 2023. [20]

He returned to the small screen in 2023 with his first featured roles, firstly in all ten episodes of the third series of Power Book III: Raising Kanan , where he played the former convict Ronnie Mathis, [21] and then appearing in all eight episodes of the Paramount+ Western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves , playing the character Edwin Jones. [22]

In 2024, Deadline announced Coleman had been cast in his first lead role, as Tal Garland in the adaptation of the Stephen L. Carter novel The Emperor of Ocean Park alongside Forest Whitaker. [23]

Filmography

Film performances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Seberg Bobby Seale
2020 Black Bear Baako
2021 Red Bird Lane Sigmund
2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths CNN Reporter
2023 Rustin Blyden
Television performances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Americans GraysonEpisode: "The Clock"
2015 The Night Shift TerrenceEpisode: "Back at the Ranch"
2015 Murder in the First RCEpisode: "Number Thirty Nine"
2015 NCIS Richard DooganEpisode: "Blood Brothers"
2016 11.22.63 Bonnie Ray Williams2 episodes
2017 Doubt Darryl SmallinsEpisode: "Then and Now"
2017 NCIS: Los Angeles Spence TaylorEpisode: "Queen Pin"
2017 The Carmichael Show KevinEpisode: "Support the Troops"
2019 Great Performances BenedickEpisode: "Much Ado About Nothing"
2023 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Ronnie Mathis10 episodes
2023 Lawmen: Bass Reeves Edwin Jones8 episodes

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  2. ↑ Yeh, Molly (September 2011). "If you could bring a guest artist to Juilliard, who would it be?". Juiliard. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Gioia, Michael (4 September 2012). "Romeo and Juliet, With Grantham Coleman and Elvy Yost, Kicks Off Actors Theatre of Louisville Season Sept. 4". Playbill . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Romeo and Juliet". tonyspeciale.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Blank, Matthew (10 May 2012). "Shakespeare in the Park's As You Like It in Rehearsal". Playbill . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (16 November 2012). "Acting Out a Blood Bath Brings Dangers of Its Own". The New York Times . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (11 August 2013). "Hoping the Songs Lead Him to Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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  10. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (27 November 2013). "A Soldier's Nightmare Follows Her Back Home". New York Times . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Broski, Jennifer (9 April 2015). "Inside Opening Night of Buzzer at The Public Theater". Broadway World. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Hamlet". The Old Globe. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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  14. ↑ "The Tempest". LA Philharmonic. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  15. ↑ Snook, Raven (11 June 2019). "Much Ado About Nothing". Time Out. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "All-black 'Much Ado About Nothing' brings Shakespeare into 21st century on PBS". Boston Herald. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  17. ↑ "2018 – 2019 Theatre Season "The VIV" Winners and Honorees". Audience Development Committee . 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  18. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (June 9, 2020). "Vote Now for Broadway Black's Inaugural Antonyo Awards". Playbill. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  19. ↑ Soloski, Alexis (29 April 2022). "Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there's magic missing". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Grantham Coleman acting credits". IMDB . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  21. ↑ White, Peter (October 25, 2022). "'Power Book III: Raising Kanan': Grantham Coleman Joins In Key Role For Season 3 Of Starz Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  22. ↑ Grobar, Matt (1 March 2023). "Grantham Coleman Joins Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series For Paramount+". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  23. ↑ Cordero, Rosy (January 17, 2024). "Forest Whitaker Boards MGM+ Series 'Emperor of Ocean Park'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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