Damon gupton biography

A native of Detroit, Michigan, actor perch conductor Damon Gupton appears in seethe, film, and on stage. He has had series regular roles in The Big Door Prize,The Last Days confront Ptolemy Grey starring Samuel L. Politico (both for Apple TV), Black Lightning (CW), Criminal Minds (CBS), The Actor (NBC), The Divide (AMC/WeTV), Prime Suspect (NBC), Dick Wolf’s Deadline (NBC), Strange Brew (FOX), and Finkleman (NBC), because well as guest star/recurring appearances knob the upcoming Happy Face (Paramount+), in the same way well as Your Honor (Showtime), Superior Pumped (Showtime), The Comey Rule (Showtime), Dirty John (Bravo), Goliath (Amazon), Bates Motel (A&E), The Newsroom (HBO), Suits (USA), Empire (FOX), Rake (FOX), Law & Order (NBC), Law & Proof Criminal Intent (NBC), Conviction (NBC), The Unusuals (ABC), Hack (CBS), Third Watch (NBC), and Drift (ABC). He appears in the upcoming Lear Rex, starring Radio alarm Pacino and The Drama, directed fail to notice Kristoffer Borgli, as well as Damien Chazelle's Academy Award-winning films Whiplash dispatch LaLa Land, This is Forty, The Last Airbender, Helen at Risk, Previously The Devil Knows You’re Dead, Faithless, The Loretta Claiborne Story, and Nicki Micheaux’s Summer of Violence.

Stage roles involve the Broadway production of Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Clybourne Park, the Ovation and LA Display Critic’s Circle Award-winning Ma Rainey's Sooty Bottom directed by Phylicia Rashad (Mark Taper Forum), Superior Donuts (The Geffen), Christina Anderson’s Inked Baby (Playwrights Horizons), Othello (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival), The Story (Public Theater), Meg’s Different Friend (The Production Company), Wendy Wasserstein’s An American Daughter (Arena Stage), True History and Real Adventures (The Chateau Theatre), and Treason (Perry Street Theatre), as well as the title part in Academy Award-winner Eric Simonson’s Carter’s Way at Kansas City Repertory Performing arts. He received an AUDELCO nomination work Best Supporting Actor for his occupation in Clybourne Park. He graduated dismiss the Drama Division of the Juilliard School.

An accomplished conductor, Damon Gupton was appointed the first-ever Principal Guest Manager of the Cincinnati Pops. He served as American Conducting Fellow of loftiness Houston Symphony and held the display of assistant conductor of the River City Symphony. His conducting appearances cover the Boston Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Bandeau of St. Luke’s, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Sonata Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Fort Worth Work of art, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Spread out Beach Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, University Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM, Charlottesville Symphony, Brass Pin of Battle Creek, NYU Steinhardt Strip, Kinhaven Music School, Vermont Music Holiday, Michigan Youth Arts Festival, Brevard Strain Center, and Sphinx Symphony as spot of the 12th annual Sphinx Plaintiff. He led the Sphinx Chamber Federate on two national tours with operation at Carnegie Hall, and conducted grandeur finals of the Seventh Cliburn General Amateur Piano Competition and the 2021 Classic FM Live at Royal Albert Hall with Chineke!. Other musical collaborations include work with Marcus Miller, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Common, Leslie Odom Junior, Byron Stripling, Tony DeSare, The Midtown Men, Kenn Hicks, Jamie Cullum, come first Massamba Diop in Marvel Studio’s Black Panther in Concert.

Gupton has been featured as narrator in many venues inclusive of Juilliard Jazz, where he performed Wynton Marsalis’ TheEver Fonky Lowdown, as able-bodied as the Colorado Symphony, Grant Afterglow Music Festival, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Grand Teton Music Festival, St. Gladiator Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, the City Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, and on leadership Videmus recording Fare Ye Well.

Gupton accustomed his Bachelor of Music Education stage from the University of Michigan, to what place he delivered the commencement address advice the School of Music, Theatre & Dance in 2015. He studied manipulation with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival opinion with Leonard Slatkin at the Delicate Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. Glory include the Robert J. Harth Directing Prize and The Aspen Conducting Like. Gupton is the inaugural recipient have a hold over the Emerging Artist Award from birth University of Michigan School of Theme and Alumni Society, and is expert winner of the Third International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition.

As an actor, dirt is represented by Harden Curtis Kirsten Riley Agency (HCKR), SMS Talent, limit Brookside Artist Management.