Damon Gupton
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Born | Damon Jamal Gupton January 4, 1973 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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Years active | 1999–present |
Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973)[2] is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his television roles as Charles Foster on Deadline, Evrard Velerio on Prime Suspect, Adam Page on The Divide, Calvin Walker on Empire, and Cal Brown on The Player. He has also co-starred in the films The Last Airbender (2010) and Whiplash (2014).
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Early Life and Education
Gupton was born in Detroit, Michigan. 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 and 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 Murray Sidlin. He later attended the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., studying with Leonard Slatkin.
Career
Gupton's first film appearance was in the 2002 drama Unfaithful.
In 2004 he was an American Conducting Fellow at the Houston Symphony, and he was assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony in 2006.[4] He was a guest conductor with various orchestras, including the 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. He 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.[5]
In September 2012, Gupton landed the lead role on the short-lived AMC drama series The Divide, playing District Attorney Adam Page.[6] Gupton joined the cast of the NBC procedural drama series The Player in February 2015, co-starring as Detective Cal Brown alongside Wesley Snipes.[7] 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.[8]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Unfaithful | Other Businessman | |
2006 | Helen at Risk | Pearson | Short film |
2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Doctor | |
2010 | The Last Airbender | Monk Gyatso | |
2012 | This Is 40 | Colonoscopy Technician | |
2014 | Whiplash | Mr. Kramer | |
2015 | Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story | Leonard Herring |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Law & Order | Sammy Morris | Episode: "Merger" |
2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Sam Claiborne | Television film |
2000 | Third Watch | Carter | Episode: "Just Another Night at the Opera" |
2000–01 | Deadline | Charles Foster | 13 episodes |
2002 | Hack | Mark Simmons | Episode: "Slippery Slope" |
2006 | Drift | Sal Bianca M.E. | Television film |
2006 | Conviction | Keith Watts | Episode: "Indebted" |
2009 | The Unusuals | Wiley Probst | Episode: "Crime Slut" |
2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Gearhardt | 2 episodes |
2011–12 | Prime Suspect | Evrard Velerio | 13 episodes |
2012 | The Newsroom | Sutton Hall | Episode: "Bullies" |
2014 | Rake | Marcus Barzmann | 5 episodes |
2014 | Suits | James Quelling | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Divide | Adam Page | 8 episodes |
2015 | Empire | Calvin Walker | 4 episodes |
2015 | The Player | Cal Brown | 9 episodes |
2016 | Bates Motel | Gregg Edwards | 7 episodes |
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External links
- Damon Gupton at the Internet Movie Database
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- Damon Gupton at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Damon Gupton at Rotten Tomatoes
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