Samuel Oluwaseyi Adegoke is a Nigerian-born-American actor best known for his role as Jeff Colby in the remake of the soap opera series Dynasty.
Biography[]
Adegoke was born on September 20, 1982, in Lagos, Nigeria. The names of his parents are not known, as is why he wanted to be an actor. What is known is that Adegoke grew up St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied marketing and finance at the University of Minnesota. Adegoke got his first on-screen role in 2014, when he was cast as Bunie in the comedic short film I'm Good. Behnken got his first major role in 2017, when he was first cast as Jeff Colby, a tech billionaire and business rival for series protagonist Blake Carrington, for all 64 episodes of the remake of the soap opera series Dynasty. Adegoke has also appeared in the TV shows and movies Code Black, This Is Not a War Story, The Drone, Switched at Birth, NCIS: Los Angeles, Melody, I'm Good, Wicked City, The Total Princess, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland, Noches con Platanito, Murder in the First, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
On Criminal Minds[]
Adegoke portrayed Hank Willis, an abduction and attempted murder victim of Neith Ghannam, in the Season One episode "Denial".
Filmography[]
- This Is Not a War Story (2020) - Will LaRue
- Dynasty - 64 episodes (2017-2020) - Jeff Colby
- The Drone (2019) - Allen
- Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017) - Javon Beard (credited as Samuel Adegoke)
- Noches con Platanito - Guest
- Switched at Birth - 6 episodes (2017) - Chris Walker
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2017) - Junior Sancho
- Code Black (2016) - Erick Hawkins
- Murder in the First - 5 episodes (2016) - Billy James
- Melody (2016) - Slick
- Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders - "Denial" (2016) TV episode - Hank Willis
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016) - Ship Photographer
- The Total Princess (2015) - Unknown Character
- Wicked City (2015) - Graham Walker
- Find Your Instrument (2014) - Falu
- I'm Good (2014) - Bunie
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