
Damon Evans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Evans attended the Interlochen Academy on a Reader's Digest Scholarship. After graduation, he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. While in Boston he appeared in productions of Two If by Sea, Hair, and The Corner at the Theatre Company of Boston. His Off-Broadway credits include performances in A Day in the Life of Just About Everyone, Bury the Dead (for the Urban Arts Corp) and Love Me, Love My Children. He made his Broadway debut in The Me Nobody Knows. Other Broadway credits include Via Galactica and Lost in the Stars. He also toured as Judas and Jesus Christ in the authorized concert version of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. He appeared in the Tony-, Obie-, and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared in Trevor Nunn's enormously successful, critically acclaimed…
Acting
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsAlex Haley - ages 17-281 ep.
- 1975The JeffersonsLionel Jefferson71 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2000Third WatchMoses1 ep.
- 1993American PlayhouseSportin' Life1 ep.
- 1987Great PerformancesSelf1 ep.
- 1985Saturday Night LiveSubway Traveller (uncredited)1 ep.
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsAlex Haley - ages 17-281 ep.