Justified: City Primeval

"Sweety," portrayed by Vondie Curtis Hall,&nbsp;IS&nbsp;Detroit.&nbsp;A former musician — a monster bass player who once played with George Clinton — he is a neighborhood fixture.&nbsp;His bar is a refuge to the dispossessed and a place where Sweety can play the music he wants to play and serve the people he wants to serve — and a place where he can pull a few illegal scams on the side.&nbsp;Sweety was the shirt-tail uncle to Carolyn, watching over her when Carolyn’s father passed.&nbsp;He once ran with “The Oklahoma Wildman” — a lapse in judgement that Sweety cannot undo.&nbsp;One more job, one more opportunity, and Sweety can get out from under the heel of this life.

Career Highlights

Vondie Curtis Hall is an acclaimed actor, director and screenwriter. Hall recently finished shooting a supporting role in Searchlight’s The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat opposite Aunjanue Ellis, Sanaa Lathan and Uzo Aduba.&nbsp;He can currently be seen in a lead role in Alexi Hawley and Doug Liman’s new series The Recruit for Netflix. He can also recently be seen in a supporting role in Raymond &amp; Ray for Apple TV+. The film is directed by Rodrigo Garcia, produced by Alfonso Cuaron and stars Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke. It had its world premiere at TIFF.&nbsp;Hall can be seen in David Bruckner’s The Night House opposite Rebecca Hall. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Fox Searchlight in one of the largest purchases at the festival. He can also be seen in Blue Bayou for MACRO Ventures opposite Alicia Vikander and Justin Chon, who also wrote and directed the film. It premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.In 2019, Hall received attention for his role in Harriet directed by Kasi Lemons for Focus Features, starring opposite Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. The film received two Academy Award® nominations and two Golden Globe® nominations.&nbsp;In addition to his series regular role on ABC’s For the People, Hall is best known for his work on Daredevil, Chicago Hope and ER, which earned him an Emmy® nomination.Over the span of his career, Hall has appeared in over 40 features including Die Hard 2, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Eve’s Bayou, Breaking Brooklyn and Cymbeline, to name a few.As a director, he has been nominated for the films Gridlock’d, Waist Deep, Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story and Abducted: The Carlina White Story. His additional directorial credits include Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart, ER, Firefly, Gossip Girl, Sleeper Cell, The Starter Wife, Boston Legal and Faith Under Fire, which won the 2019 Christopher Award, Vision Award, Wilbur Award and Gracies Award.

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Sweety IS Detroit. A former musician — a monster bass player who once played with George Clinton — he is a neighborhood fixture.

Vondie Curtis Hall headshot wearing a red shirt and standing outside

Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus 'Sweety' Sweeton | Justified: City Primeval on FX

Justified: City Primeval

Vondie Curtis Hall

Career Highlights

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Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus 'Sweety' Sweeton | Justified: City Primeval on FX

Vondie Curtis Hall

Norbert Leo Butzas Norbert Bryl

Victor Williamsas Wendell Robinson

Norbert Leo Butz
as Norbert Bryl

Victor Williams
as Wendell Robinson