McKinley Freeman

McKinley Freeman (born June 9, 1976) is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in films and on television series, including the starring role of Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor, portraying the role of Dominic in the OWN's drama TV series Queen Sugar, and playing the character Lewis in Hulu's Reasonable Doubt.

Early life Freeman earned a BS in finance at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In 2004 while working at IBM as a Business Development Manager, he auditioned for All My Children and ended up getting the role.

Career After working on the soap opera All My Children, he later made appearances on shows such as ER, CSI: Miami, and Criminal Minds. In 2007, he starred as the role Airborne Soldier in the comedy film Delta Farce. In 2009, Freeman became a regular, playing Tony Dane on the ABC's series Samantha Who? Afterwards, he took on some acting roles for a few soap opera series, such as Days of Our Lives, and General Hospital. In 2012, he landed an acting spot on End of Watch. Freeman became a series regular, starring as the character Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor. After three seasons, he left and became a series regular for Daytime Divas and If Loving You Is Wrong.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Refs 2004 Pop Rocks TV Host TV movie 2006 McBride: Requiem Uniformed Officer TV movie 2007 Delta Farce Airborne Soldier 2008 Good Behavior Mountain Man TV movie 2010 10 Years Later Darrell Litner Waking Madison Henry 2012 Blue-Eyed Butcher Constable TV movie End of Watch Williams Jaded the Series Eric Video 2014 A Second Chance Christmas Malcolm TV movie 2016 The Best Thanksgiving Ever The Hammer 2017 Hometown Hero Mitch TV movie Message From a Mistress Jackson Clinton 2019 I Got the Hook Up 2 Detective Freeman Loved to Death Jackson 2020 Illicit Lance

Television Year Title Role Notes Refs 2004 All My Children McKinley Freeman Episode: "September 16, 2004" CSI: Miami MDPD Uniform Episode: "Recoil" Over There MDPD Uniform Episode: "Roadblock Duty" 2006 In Justice Ray Estevez Episode: "Victims" Boston Legal Entertainment Lawyer Episode: "Spring Fever" 2008–11 Days of Our Lives Evan Sayers Regular Cast 2009 Samantha Who? Tony Dane Recurring Cast: Season 2 NCIS Marine Sergeant Ross Barnes Episode: "Code of Conduct" 2011 The Protector Patrick 'Trick' Purcell Episode: "Safe" The Closer Agent Burns Episode: "Relative Matters" 2013 Major Crimes Agent Burns Episode: "Backfire" 2015 Switched at Birth Brad Ziff Episode: "We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again" 2017 Scandal Sean Campbell Episode: "Head Games" 2019–2021 Titans Justin Cole Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 2020 Pump Jared Main Cast Into the Dark Nate Episode: "Good Boy" 2021–22 Our Kind of People Nate Robinson Recurring Cast Queen Sugar Dominic Bachard Recurring Cast: Season 6–7 2022–present Reasonable Doubt Lewis Stewart Main Cast

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