Sean Ringgold
Biography
Sean Ringgold is an American actor who spent years as a bodyguard and protection specialist before turning to acting. Raised in Rockaway Beach, Queens, he was previously a New York State Arm Wrestling Champion. He retired from security work in 2009 and soon landed his break as Shaun Evans in the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. He went on to play Junior on The Family Business and appeared as Suge Knight in Notorious (2009), the biopic of the Notorious B.I.G. His other screen work includes a cameo in American Gangster and a part in The Smurfs movie. He played the gangster Sugar in the Netflix series Luke Cage and later took the role of Huey Cornell on For Life.
48years old
Turns 49 on November 3in 32 days
- Born Rockaway Beach
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 14 years2009 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023Johnny & ClydeIMDb rating 2.5
- 2019VaultIMDb rating 5.5
- 2017Roxanne RoxanneIMDb rating 6.2
- 2014Before I DisappearIMDb rating 7.2
- 2009NotoriousIMDb rating 6.7
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A change of course
Before acting, Sean Ringgold was a New York State Arm Wrestling Champion for many years and was known to fans as the Rockaway Flash.
A change of course
Ringgold worked as a Protection Specialist for BET's 106 and Park before retiring from the bodyguard industry in 2009 to begin acting.
Big break
Ringgold was cast as Shaun Evans, and that role gave him his break into acting on ABC's One Life To Live.
Sean Ringgold movies on Netflix
Most often with
Tom DeNucci directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Claudio Orefice's page
All films by Tom DeNucci
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.