Tosin Morohunfola

Tosin Morohunfola is an actor, writer, director and son of Nigerian immigrants, best known for his magnetic charm and smoldering intensity as a series regular on Run The World (STARZ).  His next role is alongside David Oyelowo in the western Bass Reeves (Paramount+).

Morohunfola also has recurring roles on Julia (HBOMax), and Everything’s Trash (Freeform). Other notable tv appearances include a teleporting supervillain on Black Lightning (CW) and a heartbreaking and vulnerable queer ark on Love Is (OWN). He has also been seen on The Chi, Stumptown, NCIS, I’m Sorry, and recurring as a doctor on Chicago Med. Morohunfola stars in Amazon’s Blackbox opposite Phylicia Rashad, Always A Bridesmaid, North of the 10, and Friend Request (BET), and in Oscar-winner Kevin Willmott’s The 24th, which was nominated for a NAACP Image award. Up next, he’ll costar in the heist film 1992 with Ray Liotta and Tyrese Gibson and in a new comedy called Russ & Dru alongside Meagan Good and Terrence J.

Morohunfola earned his theatre degree at the University of Kansas, where his proudest accomplishment was founding the “Multicultural Theatre Initiative.”  As Artistic Director of the MTI, he brought to life 4 of his own original plays and produced 7 others. He began his professional career in Kansas City regional theatre before moving to Chicago, where he performed in Thaddeus & Slocum at Lookingglass Theatre, Miss Bennet at Northlight Theatre, Native Son at Court Theatre and Pullman Porter Blues at The Goodman theatre.  He also won the Best Supporting Actor award from the Black Theatre Alliance for his performance in Victory Gardens Theatres' The Gospel of Lovingkindness.

Also a filmmaker, Morohunfola’s festival-selected films include: Endowed, a parable about fatherhood, and On Sight, a social justice police thriller.  His new feature thriller, The Pulpit is in development now. His writing and filmmaking centers on stories of empathy, awareness, belonging and seeing the human as hero in the face of institutional opposition.