---
name: "Damon Gupton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/damon-gupton"
fi1m_id: "damon-gupton"
imdb_id: "nm0348515"
tmdb_id: 53454
wikidata_id: "Q21964824"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T13:15:06.853852+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Damon Gupton

## Identity

Damon Gupton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/damon-gupton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** damon-gupton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0348515
- **TMDB ID:** 53454
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21964824
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Gupton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21964824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53454

Actor. Born 4 January 1973 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1973, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Damon Jamal Gupton 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 63 (3), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,012m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Gupton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21964824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53454

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Last Airbender*](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md) (24)

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## Biography

Damon Jamal Gupton (born 4 January 1973) is an American actor and orchestral conductor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and studied at the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor's degree in music education, and at the Juilliard School.

Gupton is known for series regular roles including Charles Foster on *Deadline* (2000–2001), Evrard Velerio on *Prime Suspect* (2011–2012), Adam Page on *The Divide* (2014), Detective Cal Brown on *The Player* (2015), Deputy Chief Henderson on *Black Lightning* (2018–2020), and SSA Stephen Walker on *Criminal Minds* (2016–2017). His film credits include Monk Gyatso in *The Last Airbender* (2010), Mr. Kramer in *Whiplash* (2014), and Harry in *La La Land* (2016). He has also worked extensively as a conductor, serving as an American Conducting Fellow with the Houston Symphony and assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, and has appeared with orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, damongupton.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Drama* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Roger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Harry — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Mr. Kramer — [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *The Last Airbender* (2010), Fi1m 24, as Monk Gyatso — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, as Stephen Walker — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Drama* (2026), as Roger — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-drama.md)
- *Happy Face* (2025), series, as Elijah
- *Summer of Violence* (2024), as Thomas
- *The Big Door Prize* (2023), series, as Father Reuben
- *The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey* (2022), series, as Coydog
- *Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber* (2022), series, as David Drummond
- *Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber* (2022), as David Drummond
- *Your Honor* (2020), series, as Jarek Rall
- *Dirty John* (2018), series, as Dennis
- *Black Lightning* (2018), series, as Bill Henderson (voice), Bill Henderson
- *La La Land* (2016), as Harry — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Goliath* (2016), series, as Leonard Letts
- *The Player* (2015), series, as Cal Brown
- *Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story* (2015), as Leonard Herring
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Detective Calvin Walker
- *Whiplash* (2014), as Mr. Kramer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *The Divide* (2014), series, as Adam Page
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, as Gregg Edwards
- *This Is 40* (2012), as Colonoscopy Technician
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Sutton Hall
- *Prime Suspect* (2011), series, as Evrard Velerio
- *Suits* (2011), series, as James Quelling
- *The Last Airbender* (2010), as Monk Gyatso — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md)
- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), as Doctor
- *Conviction* (2006), series, as Keith Watts
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Stephen Walker — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Hack* (2002), series, as Mark Simmons
- *Unfaithful* (2002), as Other Businessman
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Detective Gearhardt
- *Deadline* (2000), series, as Charles Foster
- *The Loretta Claiborne Story* (2000), as Sam Claiborne
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Carter
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Sammy Morris, Attorney Thorpe — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The God of the Woods*, series, as Denny Hayes
- *Four Square*, as Mr. Mike

## Gallery

- ![Damon Gupton](https://film.one/media/person/102419/gallery-93b927bafb1d.jpg) Damon Gupton — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Gupton](https://film.one/media/person/102419/gallery-b0c2cd9e4105.jpg) Damon Gupton — Image via TMDB

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