BIOGRAPHY

Tosin Morohunfola is an actor, writer, director and improviser.  On television, he’s appeared on “Empire” (FOX), “Chicago Fire" (NBC), “APB” (FOX) and is a recurring doctor on “Chicago Med” (NBC).  Other films include, "Dispatch", “Destination Planet Negro”, “If Night Comes” and his own original films “Endowed” and "On Sight".  As a television actor and regional theatre actor, Tosin lives in both Kansas City and Chicago.  Follow him on Instagram at @Tosin.Morohunfola and check out his website TosinMorohunfola.com

BACKGROUND

Tosin has a degree in Theatre Performance from the University of Kansas, 2010, and his most notable achievement there was founding the Multicultural Theatre Initiative, where he served as Artistic Director for two years, including producing 4 of his own original plays. Since graduating, his regional stage appearances include the Goodman, Northlight, New Victory (Off-Broadway), Court, Unicorn, Creede Repertory, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and the Coterie, where he was Resident Artist for 2 years.  In 2014, Tosin was honored with “Best Supporting Actor” from the Black Theatre Alliance for his role in "The Gospel of Lovingkindness" at Victory Gardens.  And in 2015, he wrote and directed his own film, “On Sight” and began appearing on several network  television shows.  Tosin’s also a member of “Those People” Comedy, and represented by Stewart Talent Chicago in that market.   tosinmorohunfola.com

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   Television

Chicago Med    Season 1 & 2    Recurring       NBC

APB                Ep. 202             Co-Star              FOX

Empire           Ep. 104             Co-Star              FOX

Chicago Fire     Ep. 201          Co-Star              NBC

   Film (partial list)

Endowed (2016)         Father            Morohunfola/Guider Productions

Dispatch (2016)           Richard         Caleb Hermann

On Sight (2016)            Will                Morohunfola/Potwin Productions

Eulogy of a Good Man (2016)       Andrew               Skubal Productions

Falling Apples (2015)                    Beau                   Milquetoast Productions

Mouth Breather (2014)                 Carter               House of Saturn Productions

Withered World “If Night Comes”     The Director     Young at Heart Productions

Destination Planet Negro (2013)        Race Johnson         Kevin Willmott/9^th St.

   Improv

Those People Comedy       CageMatch Champs & 6-month Run        iO Chicago

   Theatre (partial list)

Raisin in the Sun              Walter Lee            Kansas City Rep Theatre

*Miss Bennet                      Bingley                 Northlight Theatre

*Thaddeus & Slocum         Zeke                     Lookingglass Theatre

Butler                          Shepard Mallory           Northlight Theatre

Pullman Porter Blues      Cephas Sykes          Goodman Theatre

Guys & Dolls                 Nathan Detroit           Creede Repertory Theatre

*An Issue of Blood       John-Israel First          Victory Gardens Theatre

*Native Son                                Gus                      Court Theatre

You Can’t Take it With You         Donald             New Theatre Restaurant

!*The Gospel of Lovingkindness      Noel/Emmanuel            Victory Gardens

Lucky Duck                            Clem Coyote       New Victory (Off-Broadway)

Romeo & Juliet                     Romeo                   HA Shakespeare Festival (tour)

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark      Leroy Barksdale       Unicorn Theatre

*BlackTop Sky                           Klass                                Unicorn Theatre

*Shrek: The Musical                  Donkey                           Coterie Theatre

*The Wiz                                        Scarecrow                     Coterie Theatre

*Harry The Great                       Bert Williams               Creede Repertory

Ruined                                         Fortune                          Unicorn Theatre

*The Presidents                         Agent Smith                   Creede Repertory

Blue/Orange                              Christopher            Multicultural Theatre Initiative

* Denotes world premiere production

! Denotes Black Theatre Alliance Award win for “Best Featured Actor”

   Training

(B.G.S. Degree in Theatre Performance from University of Kansas)

Acting, Accents & Voice:        Jack Wright, Mo LaMee, Paul Meier, John Staniunas, Michael Johnson

Mime & Movement:                    Renee Prince-Stynchula, Leslie Bennett

   Special Skills

Accents (Nigerian, Cockney, Irish, RP, Russian, etc.)—Drummer (drum set/marching drums)—Dancer (Hip-hop, Freestyle)—Rap—Beat-box—Juggler—Stage Combat—Spoken Word Poet—Too Strong.