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Sullivan Jones | |
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| Born | Matthew Anthony Jones November 6, 1990 San Rafael, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
Matthew Anthony Jones (born November 6, 1990), professionally known as Sullivan Jones, is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jameson Royce in the Amazon Prime Video series Harlem, Detective Miles Turner in the Hulu series Interior Chinatown, and publisher T. Thomas Fortune in the HBO historical drama series The Gilded Age.
Early life and career
[edit]Jones was born in San Rafael, California and attended high school in San Francisco. He studied theater at Brown University, San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, and UCLA.[1] After graduating, Jones performed in regional theater and made his Broadway debut in 2019 in Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play.[2][3]
In 2017, Jones was cast in his first major television role as an FBI agent in the Hulu miniseries The Looming Tower.[4] In 2021, he landed recurring roles in Harlem and Julian Fellowes' The Gilded Age.[5][6]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Love: As You Like It | Orlando | as Matt Jones |
| 2015 | Stanistan | Sam Burke | TV Movie |
| 2020 | The Surrogate | Aaron | |
| 2021 | False Positive | Bryon | |
| 2021 | 18½ | Barry | |
| 2023 | Big George Foreman | Muhammad Ali |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Parks and Recreation | Alonzo | Episode: "Doppelgängers" |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Blake Masters | Episode: "Day 422" |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Floyd Bennet | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | NCIS: New Orleans | Commander Hindley | Episode: "Checkmate, Part 2" |
| 2018 | Blue Bloods | Detective Davis | Episode: "Blackout" |
| 2018 | House of Cards | Reporter | Episode: "Chapter 73" |
| 2019 | The Blacklist | MJ Ward | Episode: "Lady Luck (No. 69)" |
| 2019 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Officer Steven Marcus | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | The Politician | Hamilton | Episode: "Hail Mary" |
| 2021 | Halston | Ed Austin | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Harlem | Jameson Royce | 12 episodes |
| 2022 | Atlanta | Everette Tillman | Episode: "The Homeliest Little Horse" |
| 2022 | The Equalizer | Lucas Peterson | Episode: "Paradise Lost" |
| 2022–2025 | The Gilded Age | T. Thomas Fortune | 11 episodes |
| 2024 | Interior Chinatown | Miles Turner | 10 episodes |
| 2024–present | Elsbeth | Cameron Clayden | 9 episodes |
| 2025 | Sistas | Dr. Vaughn | 4 episodes |
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Winning Side | Wernher von Braun | James Wallert | Theatre Row, New York |
| 2019 | Slave Play | Phillip | Jeremy O. Harris | John Golden Theatre |
References
[edit]- ↑ Letonja, Jana. "IN CONVERSATION WITH SULLIVAN JONES". Numéro Netherlands. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ Moynihan, Caitlin (October 28, 2019). "Sullivan Jones on the Audacity of Slave Play and the Act of Being Vulnerable on Stage". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Sullivan Jones (Actor): Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (2017-03-15). "'The Looming Tower': Sullivan Jones, Virginia Kull & Louis Cancelmi Join Hulu's 9/11 Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (2021-03-04). "'Harlem': Andrea Martin, Robert Ri'chard, Juani Feliz, Kate Rockwell & Sullivan Jones To Recur In Tracy Oliver's Amazon Comedy". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ White, Peter (2021-02-05). "'The Gilded Age': HBO Adds Four To Julian Fellowes' Period Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-06-21.