Sherman Augustus (born January 10, 1959) is an American actor, martial artist and former NFL player. He is best known for his roles as Nathaniel Moon in the AMC series Into the Badlands and Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan in season 4 of Stranger Things. Augustus played professional football with the San Diego Chargers and Minnesota Vikings, and previously played college football at Northwestern College in Saint Paul, Minnesota[1] with Jimmy Bridges.[2][3]
Sherman Augustus | |
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| Born | January 10, 1959 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, martial artist, professional football player |
| Years active | 1988–present |
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American football career | |
| Career information | |
| College: | Northwestern – St. Paul |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
He is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in the martial art of Taekwondo.[4]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Colors | Officer Porter | |
| 1991 | Camp Fear | Dancer #1 | Video |
| 1992 | When No One Would Listen | Cop #1 | Television film |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Reggie | |
| 1995 | Digital Man | Jackson | |
| Rumpelstiltskin | John McCabe | ||
| 1996 | My Son Is Innocent | Det. Mendoza | Television film |
| Space Marines | Rudy | ||
| 1997 | Mother Knows Best | Dale Cutler | Television film |
| 1999 | Virus | Richie | |
| Avalon: Beyond the Abyss | Captain Matthew Norris | Television film | |
| 2000 | Bread and Roses | Ernest | |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Limo Driver | Television film | |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Leroy | |
| Final Jeopardy | Mercer Wallace | Television film | |
| 2002 | Zig Zag | Detective Jonathan Hawke | |
| 2003 | The Foreigner | Mr. Mimms | |
| 2006 | Thr3e | Detective Bill | |
| 2008 | Bad Guys | Eddie | |
| 2009 | Logorama | Bibendum Mitch (voice) | Short |
| 2017 | The Neighborhood | L.J. Beam | |
| Shards | Uncle Charles | Short | |
| 2019 | 'Til Death | Curtis | Short |
| 2022 | The Accursed | Officer Green |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Officer Rossi | Episode: "A Virtual Murder" |
| 1994 | The Nanny | Doorman | Episode: "Fran-Lite" |
| 1994–95 | Chicago Hope | Paramedic | Recurring cast: season 1 |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Earl Gaines | Episode: "The Debt" |
| Viper | Lt. Richard Gage | Episode: "Condor" | |
| 1996–97 | Profit | Jeffrey Sykes | Main cast |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | Hij'Qa | Episode: "Barge of the Dead" |
| 2000 | NYPD Blue | Larry Watson | Episode: "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin" |
| Touched by an Angel | Phillip Jackson | Episode: "Living the Rest of My Life" | |
| Cover Me | Jaret Williams | Episode: "The Fever Flip" | |
| 2001 | Philly | Leroy Stack | Episode: "Loving Sons" |
| 2002–05 | The Young and the Restless | Detective Hank Weber | Regular Cast |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | Sal Miller | Episode: "In Plane Sight" |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Pete McCann | Episode: "Exposure" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Security Chief | Episode: "Suckers" | |
| 2005 | NCIS | Captain Daniel Lemay | Episode: "Red Cell" |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Lyle Durbin | Episode: "Kill Clause" |
| 2011 | The Mentalist | Suge Lima | Episode: "Bloodsport" |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Michael Saleh | Episode: "Greed" | |
| 2012 | Dexter | Benjamin Caffrey | Episode: "Helter Skelter" |
| 2013 | Legit | Prosecutor | Episode: "Justice" |
| Bones | Joe Dinco | Episode: "The Blood from the Stones" | |
| Low Winter Sun | A.P.A. Tim Curtright | Recurring cast | |
| 2015 | American Odyssey | Frank MacDonald | Recurring cast |
| 2016 | Westworld | Marshall Pruitt | Episode: "Dissonance Theory" |
| 2017 | Colony | FBI Supervisor | Episode: "Eleven.Thirteen" |
| 2017–19 | Into the Badlands | Nathaniel Moon | Guest: season 2, main cast: season 3 |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent | Troy Dalton | Episode: "Acceptable Losses" |
| 2020 | NCIS: New Orleans | Jack Hardin | Episode: "Pride and Prejudice" |
| Extraction | Davis Lawrence | Episode: "The Seafood Casserole Panacea" | |
| 2022-present | Stranger Things | Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan | Recurring cast: Season 4 |
| P-Valley | Cedric Haynes | 2 episodes |
References
edit- ^ Justin, Neal (April 19, 2019). "Former Minnesota football player scored in Hollywood with AMC's 'Into the Badlands' series". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Sherman Augustus". TV.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Sherman Augustus Biography - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ Zirogiannis, Marc (December 2018). "Getting To Know Sherman Augustus". Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine. 1 (December 2018): 28. Retrieved January 5, 2019.