Shaun Jenkins

Shaun Jenkins (born August 17, 1996) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. From Niagara Falls, New York Shaun fell in love with Television in 2010 after his first audition for his community tv station at Niagara Falls High School. In 2012 Shaun was able to audition and secure his first role in the musical, "Guys and Dolls" as the Hot box owner of the farmerettes. The year 2013 Shaun took a field trip to the New York State Theater Education Association (Levittown, Ny)(NYSTEA) Around students and teachers to educate and teach how to become a better actor. It was at NYSTEA that Shaun was able to audition into a 30 person program called the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) in Delhi, Ny for 4 weeks of intense theater training. Shaun learned Improv, Playwriting, Pantamiming, Speech, Memorization, and most of all working with an ensemble. That same year Roald Dahl's, "Willy Wonka" premired at NFHS where shaun played the role of Augustus Gloop. 2014 senior year shaun was apart of the cast of, "Joseph and The Technicolored Dreamcoat" playing the costar role of Pharoah for the last musical of shaun's career. For a total of 3 musicals and 3 more plays called the "24 hour plays" at Niagara Falls High School shaun was ready to take his acting to the next level. In 2019 Shaun moved from plays and musicals to television and landed his first job as background on the set of a BET pilot called "Bigger" seen on a quite a few episodes. 28 more days as background shaun was able to appear on T.V with some of his favorite celebrities and idols. On shows like "Insatiable" starring Debbie Ryan "Greenleaf" starring Keith David "Boomerang" starring Tequan Richmond. Seen on the Movie "Open" and more movies to come