American actor
Studied composition at Eastman School Of Music, Rochester, and acting at the Yale Drama School.
Appeared in the music video for Jay Z and Beyonc s "03 Bonnie & Clyde".
Is a huge Comic book fan and has said Batman is one of his favorite characters.
So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different,characters.
As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going,to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to,have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities,for myself.
Art is art, and journalism is journalism.
Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something,different.
Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my,instinct is right.
The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment,industry.
