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Sunjata biography
Daniel Sunjata
American actor
Daniel Sunjata (born Daniel Sunjata Condon; December 30, 1971)[1] is an American actor. He is known for his role as Franco Rivera in the FX television series Rescue Me.[2]
Early life and education
Sunjata was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago.
He is the adopted son of Bill and Catherine Condon, a police dispatcher and a civil rights worker.[3] His adoptive parents are of Irish and Italian-German descent. He is named in honor of the Mandinka king Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire; the name means "hungry lion."[4] He was told his biological mother was a white teenager who had run away from home[5] and his father was African-American.
He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he played linebacker for two state championship football teams. After attending Florida A&M University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Universit