Sherman Augustus

Sherman Augustus (born January 10, 1959) is an American actor, martial artist and former NFL player. He is best known for his roles as Nathaniel Moon in the AMC series Into the Badlands and Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan in seasons 4 and 5 of Stranger Things. Augustus played professional football with the San Diego Chargers and Minnesota Vikings, and previously played college football at Northwestern College in Saint Paul, Minnesota with Jimmy Bridges.

He is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in the martial art of Taekwondo.

Early life Sherman Augustus was born on January 10, 1959, in Los Angeles, California. Growing up, Augustus had severe asthma which made him afraid to leave home, so his parents enrolled him in flag football to help him overcome his illness and conquer his fears.

Augustus attended Dorsey High School in the 1970s. He later attended Northwestern College where he majored in criminology.

Career

Acting Following a knee injury that sidelined him, Augustus decided to retire from professional football and pursue a career in acting. Augustus contacted agent James Bridges Sr. and spent five years taking improv classes. In 1988, Augustus landed his first film role in Dennis Hopper's Colors. In 1996, Augustus played Rudy in Space Marines. On the set of the film, Augustus was approached by fight coordinator Philip Tan who encouraged him to pursue martial arts. In 2001, Augustus landed a role as "Well Dressed Black Man" in Gore Verbinski's The Mexican. During filming he caught the attention of his co-star James Gandolfini who had watched him rehearsing and called several agents to vouch for his talent. Disappointed that he had not been made aware of a martial arts television show, Augustus fired his manager and agent. During production of season 2, Augustus auditioned for the role of Nathaniel Moon with help from his friend, Tim Cogshell, and received a call informing him he had gotten the role four weeks later. He left on a flight to Dublin for filming the next day and didn't get the chance to read any scripts until he got on the plane. According to Augustus, the role was initially offered to Wesley Snipes but scheduling conflicts led to him being cast in the role instead. He has also described his character as "a man with tremendous gravitas but very few words" and compared him to Bruce Willis as John Smith in Last Man Standing. According to Augustus, after his first day of shooting the Duffer Brothers told him “Dude, that's exactly what we wanted. We want this guy to come in and not say a word and command this room".

In 2025, Augustus joined the cast of the DC Universe television series Lanterns as John Stewart's father John Stewart, Sr.

Writing In 2024, Augustus and Tim Cogshell co-created and co-plotted Daughters of Django, an independent graphic novel published by GenSeven Comics. The graphic novel follows Bapoto, Eloisa, and Antonia, three daughters of Django as they search for their father who has gone missing.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Colors Officer Porter 1991 Camp Fear Dancer #1 Video 1992 When No One Would Listen Cop #1 Television film 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It Reggie 1995 Digital Man Jackson Rumpelstiltskin John McCabe 1996 My Son Is Innocent Det. Mendoza Television film Space Marines Rudy 1997 Mother Knows Best Dale Cutler Television film 1999 Virus Richie Avalon: Beyond the Abyss Captain Matthew Norris Television film 2000 Bread and Roses Ernest Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Limo Driver Television film 2001 The Mexican Leroy Final Jeopardy Mercer Wallace Television film 2002 Zig Zag Detective Jonathan Hawke 2003 The Foreigner Mr. Mimms 2006 Thr3e Detective Bill 2008 Bad Guys Eddie 2009 Logorama Michelin Man Mitch (voice) Short 2017 The Neighborhood L. J. Beam Shards Uncle Charles Short 2019 'Til Death Curtis 2022 The Accursed Officer Green 2026 Vampires of the Velvet Lounge Cop Marcus

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Murder, She Wrote Officer Rossi Episode: "A Virtual Murder" 1994 The Nanny Doorman Episode: "Fran-Lite" 1994–95 Chicago Hope Paramedic Recurring cast: season 1 1996 The Sentinel Earl Gaines Episode: "The Debt" Viper Lt. Richard Gage Episode: "Condor" 1996–97 Profit Jeffrey Sykes Main cast 1999 Star Trek: Voyager Hij'Qa Episode: "Barge of the Dead" 2000 NYPD Blue Larry Watson Episode: "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin" Touched by an Angel Phillip Jackson Episode: "Living the Rest of My Life" Cover Me Jaret Williams Episode: "The Fever Flip" 2001 Philly Leroy Stack Episode: "Loving Sons" 2002–05 The Young and the Restless Detective Hank Weber Regular Cast 2003 Threat Matrix Sal Miller Episode: "In Plane Sight" 2004 Without a Trace Pete McCann Episode: "Exposure" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Security Chief Episode: "Suckers" 2005 NCIS Captain Daniel Lemay Episode: "Red Cell" 2009 CSI: Miami Lyle Durbin Episode: "Kill Clause" 2011 The Mentalist Suge Lima Episode: "Bloodsport" NCIS: Los Angeles Michael Saleh Episode: "Greed" 2012 Dexter Benjamin Caffrey Episode: "Helter Skelter" 2013 Legit Prosecutor Episode: "Justice" Bones Joe Dinco Episode: "The Blood from the Stones" Low Winter Sun A.P.A. Tim Curtright Recurring cast 2015 American Odyssey Frank MacDonald Recurring cast 2016 Westworld Marshall Pruitt Episode: "Dissonance Theory" 2017 Colony FBI Supervisor Episode: "Eleven.Thirteen" 2017–19 Into the Badlands Nathaniel Moon Guest: season 2, main cast: season 3 2019 Proven Innocent Troy Dalton Episode: "Acceptable Losses" 2020 NCIS: New Orleans Jack Hardin Episode: "Pride and Prejudice" Extraction Davis Lawrence Episode: "The Seafood Casserole Panacea"2022–2025 Stranger Things Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan Recurring cast: Season 42022 P-Valley Cedric Haynes 2 episodes 2026 Lanterns John Stewart, Sr. 2 episode