Tosin Morohunfola is an actor, writer, director and son of Nigerian immigrants, who you may recognize from his magnetic charm as a regular on Run The World (STARZ) or from his brooding intensity alongside David Oyelowo in the Taylor Sheridan western Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount+). He also recurred as a dreamy romantic on the series Julia (HBO Max), a hilarious F-boy on ABC’s Everything’s Trash (Freeform), a teleporting supervillain on Black Lightning (CW), and a terrifying gang lord from The Chi (Showtime). Previous TV credits include an ark on Love Is (OWN) and guest appearances in Stumptown (ABC), NCIS (CBS), I’m Sorry (TruTV), and recurring as a doctor on Chicago Med (NBC). On film, he stars in Amazon’s Blackbox, BET’s romantic comedy Always A Bridesmaid, the erotic thriller, Friend Request and the bro-mantic comedy, North of the 10. He was also in Oscar-winner Kevin Willmott’s The 24th, nominated for a NAACP Image award. Currently, he costars in the action-heist film, 1992 (Lionsgate) with Ray Liotta. Currently, he leads Tyler Perry’s heart-warming romantic drama Finding Joy (Amazon). Tosin is also a filmmaker whose festival-selected shorts are: The Pulpit: Prelude, a thriller about a controversial pastor under threat from extremists, which is also being developed as a feature, Endowed, a parable about fear, faith and fatherhood, and On Sight, a social justice police thriller. Currently, he’s producing Famous Enough, a dark comedy about the dangers of celebrity. Tosin has also written two series’ about his Nigerian heritage: Single A.F. and Small Chops. Tosin’s writing and filmmaking centers on stories of empathy, awareness, belonging and seeing the human as hero. His TYA play, The Drum Closet was also commissioned by the Coterie Theatre and will premiere in 2026. Tosin earned his theatre degree at the University of Kansas, where his proudest accomplishment was founding the “Multicultural Theatre Initiative.” He began his career in Kansas City regional theatre; appearing at the Kansas City Rep Theatre, the Unicorn, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and his artistic home, the Coterie, where he was Resident Artist for two years. After moving to Chicago, he performed stage roles at the Goodman, Lookingglass, Northlight, Court Theatres and Creede Repertory Theatre. He notably won the “Best Supporting Actor” award from the Black Theatre Alliance for his performance in Victory Gardens Theatres’ The Gospel of Lovingkindness.