# Sinqua Walls

Sinqua Walls (born April 6, 1985) is an American actor known for appearing in Friday Night Lights, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, American Soul, and White Men Can't Jump.

## Early life and education

Originally from Louisiana, Sinqua moved to Marina del Rey, California, with his family and attended El Segundo High School. Walls became interested in acting as a child after watching Radio Flyer. In 2007, he graduated from University of San Francisco, where he studied theatre and film. During college, Walls played on the San Francisco Dons men's basketball team.

## Career

Walls played Boyd, a beta werewolf who was a formerly recurring character on the MTV drama series Teen Wolf. He has also made appearances on Pair of Kings, Lincoln Heights, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Blue Mountain State, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Necessary Roughness, and on MTV's Next.
He starred in the 2011 horror feature Shark Night 3D. Walls played a guest role on the second season of the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time, as Sir Lancelot. He returned to the show during the fifth season as a guest star. He played the role of Shawn in the TV series Power. On August 1, 2017, Walls was cast in Clint Eastwood's biopic The 15:17 to Paris, about the thwarted 2015 Thalys train attack. The film premiered on February 9, 2018.
Since 2019, Walls has portrayed Don Cornelius in BET's American Soul, a fictionalized drama series based on Cornelius's long-running television dance show Soul Train.
In 2023, he starred in White Men Can't Jump, a remake of the 1992 film of the same name.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Choose Connor | Voter | |
| 2009 | The Second Half | Harlan | Short film |
| 2011 | From the Head | Santos |
| 2011 | Shark Night | Malik Henry | |
| 2014 | Believe Me | Tyler | |
| 2016 | Past Forward | Man #3 | Short film |
| 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris | Marine | |
| 2019 | Otherhood | Matt Walker | |
| 2021 | Resort to Love | Caleb King | |
| 2022 | Nanny | Malik |
| 2022 | Alice | Joseph |
| 2022 | The Blackening | Nnamdi |
| 2022 | Mending the Line | John Colter |
| 2023 | White Men Can't Jump | Kamal Allen | |
| 2024 | Carry-On | Jason Noble |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | Desmond | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Chuck | Student | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Ex" |
| 2008 | Friday Night Lights | Jamarcus Hall | 9 episodes |
| 2010–2012 | Pair of Kings | Pierce | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Tom Kates | Episode: "Blink" |
| 2010 | Blue Mountain State | Batman Barstow | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Savage Country | Noah | Television film |
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Paramedic Sam Rill | Episode: "CSI Down" |
| 2011–2012 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Daniel | 13 episodes |
| 2012–2015 | Once Upon a Time | Sir Lancelot | 6 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Teen Wolf | Vernon Boyd | 15 episodes |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Devon Langer | Episode: "Swimming with Sharks" |
| 2014–2015 | Power | Shawn | 18 episodes |
| 2017 | The Breaks | Terrance "Lil Ray" Baltimore | Main role (season 1) |
| 2017 | Tales | Marcus | Episode 7 |
| 2019–2020 | American Soul | Don Cornelius | Main role |