Monti Sharp (born September 20, 1967 in

Monroe, Louisiana Monroe (historically french: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropol ...

) is an American actor, best known for his role as David Grant on the daytime US drama ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

''. Sharp received professional actor training at the

University of North Carolina School of the Arts The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...

Career

Sharp was the first actor to portray David Grant on the CBS daytime

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

'', which he appeared in from 1992 to 1995. In 1993, he won the

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role in ''GL''. He has also appeared in '' The City'' (1996) as James, ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...

'' (1997–1998) as Dr. Lewis McCloud, and '' General Hospital'' (1998–1999) as Justus Ward. On stage, he starred in the Off-Broadway premiere of

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's play '' Before It Hits Home, as Junior.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Monti 1967 births African-American male actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series winners Living people Male actors from Louisiana People from Monroe, Louisiana 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people