 Sturgis made his acting debut in the 1986 film "The Big Easy".He later starred in the 1989 film "Blaze" as Marquez' Son.Sturgis later appeared as an antagonist in two of Tyler Perry's movies, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005) and "Daddy's Little Girls" (2007), as well as the movie "Pride" (2007), starring Terrence Howard, and co-stars in the independent feature directed by Cedric the Entertainer, Chicago Pulaski Jones.