Sam Adegoke

Sam Adegoke is a Nigerian-American actor whose best known role is Jeff Colby in The CW's Dynasty reboot. Born in Lagos, he took a lead part in the Lifetime biopic Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017) as the bodyguard Javon Beard, and he also recurred on Murder in the First while appearing in guest spots on Code Black and NCIS: Los Angeles. In 2017 he won the role of Jeff Colby in Dynasty, which premiered that October; he suggested to showrunner Sallie Patrick that the character be Nigerian, which let the dialogue move between English and Yoruba. He then joined the indie film 8000 Shots, written and directed by Talia Lugacy, which was renamed This Is Not a War Story (2021). In 2023 he was cast in Dark Days & the Dawn, and in 2024 he took a recurring part in the Peacock miniseries Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.