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Sylvester Powell (born October 17, 1992) is an American actor born on the West Side of Chicago. He is the oldest of his four siblings (Mya, Solomon, Chayil, and Michael), and is the son of Roshawn Reedy, an entrepreneur, and music producer Sylvester Earl Powell Sr. He began acting when he was a child, after his mother and stepfather John Riddles signed him up for acting and modeling classes. While he was also spending his time playing sports (gymnastics, basketball, baseball), Sylvester continued acting throughout his youth and decided to further pursue a career in the entertainment arts after high school. At the age of 21, he moved out to Los Angeles with his father and stepmother Rosita Powell.

Powell stars as the varsity baseball player Jessie "JR" Raymond in the hit series All American: Homecoming (2022). He made his Television debut on the CBS drama CSI: NY (2012). Later, he was a lead in 9 episodes of the Facebook series Five Points (2019), executive produced by Kerry Washington, as the character Tre. Soon after, Powell appeared in the critically acclaimed television series Criminal Minds (2020) as the character Marko Salazar.

Sylvester made his first feature film appearance playing the lead character Andre in Mykel Shannon Jenkins' short film Kilo Valley (2014). Powell then had the supporting role of Aaron in Jenkins' next film The Gods (2017), a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story. Shortly after, Powell played the lead role in Jenkins' urban thriller drama Two Wolves (2018) in the role of Dreds.