Okieriete Onaodowan

Okieriete Onaodowan is a Grammy Award-winning stage, film, and television actor known for his acclaimed performances on Broadway including originating the roles of ‘Hercules Mulligan’ and ‘James Madison’ in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award winning production, Hamilton. Since making his Broadway debut in 2012, Onaodowan has also starred in productions of both Cyrano de Bergerac and Rocky. He was most recently seen playing the lead role of ‘Pierre’ in ‘Pierre’ in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, directed by Rachel Chavkin and written by Dave Malloy. His Off-Broadway work includes Hamilton at the Public, Luce, Neighbors, and Young Jean Lee’s The Shipment as well as the first national tour of American Idiot.

On television, Onaodowan recently wrapped his lauded five-season run as ”Dean Miller” on the ABC/Shondaland Grey’s Anatomy hit spinoff series, “Station 19.” He will soon be seen taking on the title role in AMC’s forthcoming series “Demascus,” a comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm as well as starring as a series regular alongside John Krasinski for the upcoming third season Amazon’s “Jack Ryan.”

Previously, Onaodowan was directed by Krasinski in the recent feature A Quiet Place 2. He has also appeared as ‘Brandon’ in Generation Wrecks, and as ‘Cal’ in The Super. He previously starred in Person to Person as ‘Lester,’ alongside Michael Cera, in Thanks for Sharing alongside Mark Ruffalo and Gwyneth Paltrow, in the short film Prom and as ‘Ben’ in the short film, Anna & The Asteroid.

Additional television credits include ‘Afrika Bambaataa’ on Netflix and Baz Luhrmann’s “The Get Down,” a recurring role on HBO’s “Ballers,” alongside Dwayne Johnson, as ‘Raneed’ on HBO’s hit series “Girls” as well as “Law & Order: SVU,” “NYC 22,” and “Gravity.”"