He is the adopted son of Bill and Catherine Condon, a police dispatcher and a civil rights worker.
He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he played linebacker for two state championship football teams.
[7][8] Sunjata played the role of a sailor on shore leave on the first post-9/11 themed episode of Sex and the City.
[10] In 2010-2011, he played "Nurse Eli" on the TV series Grey's Anatomy and had a relationship with Dr. Miranda Bailey.
[11][citation needed] Beginning in 2013, he played FBI agent Paul Briggs on Graceland, which aired on USA Network.