Sallieu Sesay

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Sallieu Sesay

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Sallieu Sesay is a Sierra Leonean / American actor. Who appeared at The Berlinale 73rd Annual Film Festival in John Trengove's nihilistic thriller Manodrome alongside Jesse Eisenberg. He has recurred on CBS' Seal Team, recurred on HBO's Barry, was featured in Tyler Perry's All The Queens men and Won Best Supporting Actor at the Queen Palms Film Festival for his portrayal of Snapper in Bloodhound Disciple.

Both John Trengove and Jesse Eisenberg referred to his depiction of Ahmet as "mesmerizing, and really sweet and scary at the same time". John echoed that, "yes, mesmerizing is a good word".

Gina Gammell of Felix Culpa, the production company behind Manodrome, expressed that she knew immediately while watching the self tape that Sallieu was the perfect person for the role of Ahmet.

Sallieu is the oldest of three children and immigrated to the United States when he was three years old. His mother is a nurse in Seattle, and he followed in her footsteps by graduating with a degree in Bachelors Degree in the Science of Nursing from Washington State University. While at university, he was cast in the play "The Laramie Project" and went on to earn a minor in Theatre.

Sallieu brings an unlimited amount of focus and dedication to his craft as an actor, and since arriving in Los Angeles, he has continued training with some of the best acting teachers and coaches in the industry. 

Actor36-46 yearsGerman
Place of residence Berlin (DE), South Gate (US)
Year of birth1984 (40 years)
Place of birthSierra Leone, West Africa
AssociationsSAG-AFTRA
Driver's licensesB - Car
Other licensesForklift driving license
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBlack
Height (cm)172
Weight (in kg)77
LanguagesEnglish(native-language)
DialectsAfrican-English(native dialect)
SportAmerican footballBasketballBody building
DanceAfro Dance
PitchBaritone
Training

Ivana Chubbuck Acting School.

Film
2023
MANODROME picture
MANODROME (Feature film)
AHMET (MR)
John Trengove Riley Keough. Gina Gammel. Ryan Zacharias. Ben Giladi CAA MEDIA FINANCE Geraldine Baron. Salome Oggenfuss. John Trengove
2021
Trees Of Peace picture
Trees Of Peace (Feature film)
COMMANDER (SR)
Alanna Brown Brian Baniqued | Alanna Brown | Mike Bundlie (produced by) | Barry Levine (p.g.a.) (produced by) NETFLIX Zora DeHorter | Anissa Williams Alanna Brown
Television
2023
FBI: Most Wanted picture
FBI: Most Wanted (Drama)
Hassan Jama (GR)
Jon Cassar Terrell Clegg | David Hudgins CBS CBS Jonathan Strauss and Liz Fraser Rene Balcer (created by) (as René Balcer) | Dick Wolf (based on the series 'FBI' created by) | Craig Turk (based on the series 'FBI' created by) | Khalid Abdi Moalim (as Khalid A. Moalim)
2021
All The Queens Men picture
All The Queens Men (Drama)
Master Top (GR)
Tyler Perry Matthew Barnes | Mark E. Swinton BET Pitch Black Productions Kim Coleman Christian Keyes (based on the book "Ladies Night" by) (created by) | Joseph K.P. Simmons (as Joseph KP Simmons)
2021
Seal Team picture
Seal Team (Drama)
Saidou Boukare (GR)
J. Michael Muro Kinan Copen | Katie DiMento (as Kate DiMento) | Tyler Grey | Spencer Hudnut CBS East25C Lisa Zambetti Benjamin Cavell (created by) | Kinan Copen | Teresa Huang (executive story editor) | Stephen Gasper (story editor)
2020
The Fugitive picture
The Fugitive (Drama)
Fireman (SR)
Stephen Hopkins Don Tardino Quibi 3 Arts Entertainment Jennifer Cooper Nick Santora (developed by) (story by) (teleplay by) | Roy Huggins (based on The Fugitive) | Albert Torres (story by)
2019
The Rookie picture
The Rookie
Kit Room Operator
Robert Bella | Marco Black (produced by) | Alexi Hawley | Helen Pai ABC Eric Dawson | Carol Kritzer | Rory Schleifstein | Robert J. Ulrich Alexi Hawley (created by) | Brynn Malone | Fredrick Kotto (executive story editor) | Racheal Seymour (Staff Writer)