Shawn Fonteno - Actor, Rapper
Age: 57
Country: United States Occupations:
Actor, Rapper
Shawn Fonteno, also known by the stage name "Solo" or "Big Solo," is an American actor and rapper born on April 8, 1968, in Watts, Los Angeles, California.
He is best known for providing the voice and motion-capture for the character Franklin Clinton in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V. He reprised the role in the 2021 Grand Theft Auto Online content update, The Contract. Fonteno has also appeared in films, including The Wash.
As a rapper, he has released music under the name Solo and was affiliated with record companies such as Lench Mob, Death Row Records, and Priority Records in the early 1990s. Fonteno is the cousin of rapper and voice actor Young Maylay, who voiced Carl "CJ" Johnson in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
In 2022, he published a memoir titled Game Changer: My Journey From the Streets to Your Video Game Console, which details his life from his past as a gang member to becoming an actor.