James Roch Lemon II (born June 6, 1983) is an American model and
actor. After playing football for Stanford University and (briefly)
the Oakland Raiders, Lemon began appearing in national commercial and
print ad campaigns before getting into acting full-time. He is best
known for the role of Nurse Kenny Fournette on the NBC drama The Night
Shift.Lemon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating
high school, he attended Stanford University and played running back
on the Stanford Cardinal football team while also earning a Bachelor
of Science degree in Management Science & Engineering in 2005. He
played briefly for the Oakland Raiders, but was cut during 2006
training camp. After moving to the Los Angeles area to continue his
football training, he went on to pursue modeling and acting.Lemon was
an action-capture actor for the Madden NFL series of video games from
2009 through 2012. In 2017, Lemon portrayed Devin Wade, the
protagonist of Madden NFL 18's "Longshot" story mode. His first film
role was as the main character Jenkins in the little-known stoner
comedy Bad Batch. He next appeared in the 2012â€"13 Web series Shadow
Love before getting his big break in 2013 when he was cast in his
first major film role: playing Oliver in Tyler Perry’s A Madea
Christmas. Most recently, he appeared as Nurse Kenny Fournette, a main
character on the NBC medical drama The Night Shift, which ran for four
seasons (2014â€"2017).
actor. After playing football for Stanford University and (briefly)
the Oakland Raiders, Lemon began appearing in national commercial and
print ad campaigns before getting into acting full-time. He is best
known for the role of Nurse Kenny Fournette on the NBC drama The Night
Shift.Lemon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating
high school, he attended Stanford University and played running back
on the Stanford Cardinal football team while also earning a Bachelor
of Science degree in Management Science & Engineering in 2005. He
played briefly for the Oakland Raiders, but was cut during 2006
training camp. After moving to the Los Angeles area to continue his
football training, he went on to pursue modeling and acting.Lemon was
an action-capture actor for the Madden NFL series of video games from
2009 through 2012. In 2017, Lemon portrayed Devin Wade, the
protagonist of Madden NFL 18's "Longshot" story mode. His first film
role was as the main character Jenkins in the little-known stoner
comedy Bad Batch. He next appeared in the 2012â€"13 Web series Shadow
Love before getting his big break in 2013 when he was cast in his
first major film role: playing Oliver in Tyler Perry’s A Madea
Christmas. Most recently, he appeared as Nurse Kenny Fournette, a main
character on the NBC medical drama The Night Shift, which ran for four
seasons (2014â€"2017).
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