Sylvester Powell

Sylvester Powell is an American actor born on the West Side of Chicago. He began acting when he was a child, after his mother and stepfather John Riddles signed him up for acting and modeling classes. Powell stars as the varsity baseball player Jessie "JR" Raymond in the hit series All American: Homecoming (2022) (2022). He made his Television debut on the CBS drama CSI: NY (2004) (2012). Later, he was a lead in 9 episodes of the Facebook series Five Points (2018) (2019), executive produced by Kerry Washington, as the character Tre. Soon after, Powell appeared in the critically acclaimed television series Criminal Minds (2005) (2020) as the character Marko Salazar.

Sylvester made his first feature film appearance playing the lead character Andre in Mykel Shannon Jenkins' short film Kilo Valley (2014) (2014). Powell then had the supporting role of Aaron in Jenkins' next film The Gods (2017) (2017), a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story. Shortly after, Powell played the lead role in Jenkins' urban thriller drama Two Wolves (2018) (2018) in the role of Dred.