Donald Faison

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Donald Faison at Comic-Con 2013

Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974 in New York ) is an American actor . He is best known for his role in the comedy series Scrubs (2001-2010).

life and career

Donald Faison was born in New York in 1974, the oldest of three brothers. His parents, Shirley and Donald, worked as actors at Harlem's National Black Theater . The relationship with his mother had a significant impact on his decision to pursue an acting career. He describes her as "his greatest heroine" ("My biggest hero has always been my mother.") And names one of her theater rehearsals as one of his earliest memories.

Faison attended Children's School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art , an institution of the National Black Theater . With his younger brothers Dade and Olamide, he tested his acting talent in small private films. At the age of six he played a role in the play When the Lion Roars , which he had previously been involved in developing.

Faison got his first commercial television experience at the age of five in a commercial for the breakfast cereal brand Oatmeal Raisin Crisp . Several appearances in the US version of Sesame Street followed during the 1980s. He learned more professional acting at the artistically oriented Manhattan's Professional Children's School and LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and the Performing Arts in New York.

Faison has been a film and television actor since graduating in 1992. He made his debut in a supporting role alongside rapper Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Juice . In the following years he was in the well-known films Sugar Hill (1994 with Wesley Snipes ) and Waiting for Mr. Right (original title: Waiting to Exhale ; 1995 with Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett ) to see. He made his breakthrough in 1995 as Murray Lawrence Duvall with the film Clueless - What Else! and a subsequent television series that was produced until 1999.

Faison in New York (2010)

At the same time, he took guest roles in the late 1990s on the television series New York Undercover (for an episode, 1996) and Sabrina - Totally Verhext! (Original title: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ; for four episodes, 1996-1998). His cast as Petey Jones in the sports drama Against Any Rule (original title: Remember the Titans ; 2000) with leading actor Denzel Washington is a major role . The following year he played the recurring character Tracy in JJ Abrams ' Felicity .

Between 2001 and 2010 Faison impersonated the budding surgeon Dr. Christopher Duncan Turk on the hospital sitcom Scrubs . "Turk", as he is mostly called in the series, was his longest continuous role and is still the character Faison is generally identified with. Compared to the online magazine E! He compared working on Scrubs and Felicity online : “I loved working on both. But in Scrubs , I'm part of the cast. In Felicity , I was only in little parts, so I didn't feel like a total cast member. Even though I was there two years, I wasn't a regular. " ( " I really liked working on both [series]. But with Scrubs, I'm part of the cast. With Felicity , I only made minor appearances and so I didn't feel like a full-fledged cast member. Although I was there for two years, I wasn't part of the regular cast. " ). Since 2011 Faison has played the leading role of the divorced man Phil Chase in the television series The Exes .

Faison has been close friends with his Scrubs colleague Zach Braff ever since . During the break from filming after the first season of the sitcom, the two shared an apartment in New York in the spring and summer of 2002. Faison's voice actor on the series is Sebastian Schulz . Between 2002 and 2004, Faison was for his role with the BET Comedy Award in the category Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ( Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series award). He was also nominated four times for the Teen Choice and the NAACP Image Award between 2004 and 2008 .

During his work on Scrubs he starred in Lies Have Short Legs (Original title: Big Fat Liar ; 2002) and Uptown Girls - A bitch rarely comes alone (2003). He also lends his voice to cartoon and animation characters. His dubbing casts include In Tierischer Mission (original title: Good Boy!; 2003), Robot Chicken (2005–2009) and various characters in Clone High (2002–2003). Most recently - after the end of Scrubs - Faison appeared in the science fiction thriller Skyline and the comedy Venus & Vegas .

Faison began a relationship with Lisa Askey in 1997 and married her on February 27, 2001. The two have three children together, Faison also has a son from a previous relationship with Audrey Ince . In 2006, Faison and Askey filed for divorce. Since 2006 he has been dating actress CaCee Cobb , who had several guest appearances on the MTV series Newlyweds . They both got engaged in August 2011 and married in December 2012. In mid-August 2013, their son was born.

Filmography

Movies

TV Shows

Appearances in music videos

Web links

Commons : Donald Faison  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What's Up, Doc? June 17, 2002, accessed November 28, 2010 .
  2. ↑ a b Candace LaBalle: Donald Faison Biography - Born into a family of Actors, Found Fame and Family, Became a Star on Scrubs. December 20, 2004, accessed November 29, 2010 .
  3. ^ TV.com: Donald Faison. Retrieved November 28, 2010 .
  4. ↑ George J. Tanber ( Black History Month ): Q&A: 'Scrubs' star as pro team owner? February 22, 2007, accessed November 28, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: Scrubs: Donald Faison gets engaged . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Lesley Messer: Donald Faison Marries Cacee Cobb. In: people.com . December 15, 2012, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: Scrubs: Donald Faison became a father . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Faison, Donald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faison, Donald Adeosun (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States