John Clarence Stewart was most recently seen as Big Teak in the latest season of the hit show P-Valley written by Pulitzer Prize Winner Katori Hall. Stewart was born and raised in Stone Mountain GA, and started his theatre journey in the Atlanta theater community. He moved to New York after performing as Tray in the world premiere of Brownsville Song (B-Side for Tray) at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Stewart made his television debut on the series Gotham and The Mysteries of Laura. Since then he has played lead roles in notable shows such as NBC's Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and What/IF, as well as Marvel's Luke Cage on Netflix. This past year, Stewart starred in Jelly's Last Jam at the Pasadena Playhouse after doing a run at 54 Below in NYC. Broadway World called him, "the most authentic, the most genuine, the most sincere person an audience could ever hope to find on a stage." This year, Stewart debuted his self-written and performed One Man Show, Soft as it Began, in the Stripped Bare Arts incubator project with Synchronicity Theater in Atlanta.
