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Damon Evans

Damon Evans

Known for

Acting

Born

November 24, 1949 (age 76)

Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.

Evans attended the Interlochen Academy on a Reader's Digest Scholarship. After graduation, he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. While in Boston he appeared in productions of Two If by Sea, Hair, and The Corner at the Theatre Company of Boston.

His Off-Broadway credits include performances in A Day in the Life of Just About Everyone, Bury the...

Best known work

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975
Third Watch

Third Watch

1999
The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

1975
Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
Great Performances

Great Performances

1971
Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

1993
The Tenth Level

The Tenth Level

1976
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Filmography

  1. 1999

    Third WatchTV

    as Moses (1 episode)

  2. 1993

    Porgy and Bess

    as Sportin' Life

  3. 1982

    American PlayhouseTV

    as Sportin' Life (1 episode)

  4. 1979

    Roots: The Next GenerationsTV

    as Alex Haley - ages 17-28 (1 episode)

  5. 1976

  6. 1975

    Saturday Night LiveTV

    as Subway Traveller (uncredited) (1 episode)

  7. 1975

    The JeffersonsTV

    as Lionel Jefferson (71 episodes)

  8. 1971

    Great PerformancesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  9. 1956

    Tony AwardsTV

    as Self - Host (1 episode)

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