Samuel Oppong

Samuel Oppong Jr is an African and American Actor, Singer, and Model. He was born in Tema, Ghana, on June 27, 1995, to Samuel Oppong Sr. and Irene Oppong. His father is a business coach and teacher, while his mother is a business owner and caregiver. His grandmother passed away three days before he was born. He is the oldest of three siblings. When he was born, he was separated from his parents due to having malaria and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He later recovered and moved to New York City, New York, when he was two years old.

When he three years old, he moved to Accra, Ghana, and live with his family members due to getting sick. When he was four years old, he lived in Bronx, New York. He discovered his talents in acting and singing by getting drag to a musical theater in Albany, New York. He later started learning how to play the piano and performed his first acting gig in Lion King, where he played Simba as a five-year-old kid. As he completed that performance, he decided to chose that as his career focus.

In 2001, he discovered and met his parents for the first time since being born by watching Fox News and CNN. When he was 14 years old, he worked for the State Capitol in Olympia, Washington, under Christine Gregory's leaders, Dave Upthegrove and Tina Orwall. After his term was over, he turned down a full-time job offer for six months to work under Barack Obama to go back to school and finish my junior and senior high school year. Right after high school in 2013, he had to choose between acting or getting his college degree and decided to get a degree before returning to the acting business.

Samuel Oppong completed his Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management and Leadership Studies in 2018 at Washington State University. He completed his Masters's in Sport Leadership at Concordia University in Chicago in 2021. He also studied abroad in 2016 and 2017 in South Korea and Cuba. He also took acting classes at New York Film Academy in New York City, New York, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California. He also studied at 321 Acting Studio, Uprights Citizen Bridge, to focus on the arts and craft of acting. Samuel is known as an energetic, highly involved, and socially good-oriented leader. He values relationship building with the ability to work independently and can adapt his skillset to storytelling.

Outside of acting, he is an Investor, Philanthropist, and Entrepreneur. He also has experience working in various sports organizations such as USA Basketball, Washington State Athletics, National Hockey League, San Francisco 49ers, and National Football League.