John Singleton

Movies & TV A Peckham boy played a Los Angeles drug kingpin for six seasons: Damson Idris and Snowfall British-Nigerian actor Damson Idris grew up in Peckham, south London, and became a star as Franklin Saint in FX's Snowfall, a drama about the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles co-created by John Singleton. The series ran for six seasons from 2017 to 2023.