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Ephraim Sykes

Ephraim Sykes was last seen on Broadway starring as David Ruffin in Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, for which he earned a Tony nomination, a Chita Rivera Award, the Helen Hayes Award, the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award, Theater Bay Area Award, The Actors’ Equity Clarence Derwent Award, and nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle. Additional Broadway credits include Hamilton (OBC), Memphis (OBC), Newsies (OBC), Motown (OBC), and The Little Mermaid. Last seen starring Off-Broadway in Black No More, for which he won the Audelco Award. Additional TV/Film credits include Recurring on Russian Doll, Seaweed J. Stubbs in NBC’s Hairspray Live!, Marvin in HBO’s Vinyl, Luke Cage, Smash, 30Rock, Leave It On The Floor, Woody Allen’s Crisis in Six Scenes, and Detroit, directed by Katheryn Bigelow. A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Ephraim graduated from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA program with departmental honors and toured with the Ailey II Company for two years.