Sherman Augustus

Sherman Augustus
Born (1959-01-10) January 10, 1959 (age 65)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, martial artist, professional football player
Years active1988–present
American football career
Career information
College:Northwestern – St. Paul
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

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]

He is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in the martial art of Taekwondo.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sherman Augustus". TV.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sherman Augustus Biography - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  4. ^ Zirogiannis, Marc (December 2018). "Getting To Know Sherman Augustus". Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine. 1 (December 2018): 28. Retrieved January 5, 2019.