Dulé Hill (whose first name is pronounced due-LAY) was born in
East Brunswick, New Jersey; raised in Sayreville; and is the younger of
two sons born to his Jamaican parents. His father is an entrepreneur
and his mother is an educator...
He began attending Marie Wildey School of Dance in East Orange, NJ at the age of 3 and got his first break years later when producers of Broadway's "The Tap Dance Kid" called the school in search of child dancers who could sing and act for the production. As the understudy to Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid," he went on to perform the lead role in the musical's national tour working with Harold Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers for the next 16 months. He also later appeared with Gregory Hines and Jimmy Slyde.
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roles followed in the musicals "Shenandoah," "Little Rascals," and
"Black & Blue," and during Hill's senior year of high school, he
appeared in his first feature film, Sugar Hill (1993), as the young character later played by Wesley Snipes. Hill also was seen in national commercials such as one for Kellogg's Corn Pops cereal and was cast as one of the CityKids (1993), a Saturday-morning series produced by the Jim Henson company, while he was studying business finance at Seton Hall.
Hill's
next career boost came with his starring role in the original cast of
"Bring in Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk" on Broadway, as he re-teamed
with Glover but, as a result, had to abandon his college studies during
his junior year. He spent two-and-one-half years on the show and earned
favorable notices from casting directors and later starred with Freddie Prinze Jr. in the hit feature film Alguien como tú (1999).
His other television credits include guest-starring shots on Cosby (1996), Este chico es un genio (1997), and Sombras de Nueva York (1994); and appearances in the TV movies The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997), El color de la justicia (1997), and Love Songs (1999) opposite Louis Gossett Jr..
Away from the set, Hill still enjoys tap-dancing immensely, as well as
dominoes, taboo, and marathon Monopoly sessions. He often travels to
Jamaica to see family members.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Grace Z (with edit by Anonymous)
He began attending Marie Wildey School of Dance in East Orange, NJ at the age of 3 and got his first break years later when producers of Broadway's "The Tap Dance Kid" called the school in search of child dancers who could sing and act for the production. As the understudy to Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid," he went on to perform the lead role in the musical's national tour working with Harold Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers for the next 16 months. He also later appeared with Gregory Hines and Jimmy Slyde.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Grace Z (with edit by Anonymous)
Spouse
| Nicole Lyn | (10 July 2004 - present) (separated) |
Trivia
Proficient tap dancer, as seen performing with Savion Glover on the 32nd NAACP Image Awards show.
Attended the wedding of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. in 2002.
Studied business finance at Seton Hall University in South Orange,
New Jersey but left in his junior year to pursue acting.
Graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1993. Other alums include Jon Bon Jovi, Marilyn Ghigliotti, and Greg Evigan.
Best known by the public for his role as Charlie Young on El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca (1999) and for his starring role as Burton "Gus" Guster on Psych (2006).
Acting mentor was Martin Sheen.
Personal Quotes
On working with James Roday in the series, Psych
(2006): We have the chemistry off-camera. I think eventually, I
personally think it wouldn't work. We both like to have a lot of fun,
and I think that translates to the screen. We're all thankful to have a
job.
On his role of "Gus" in the television series, Psych
(2006): It's nice to have a character who has all this knowledge,
especially an African American character--he's a very smart guy, but at
the same time he's kind of cool...So it's cool to be smart and vice
versa. So if we can have the character live in the balance of these two
places, then I think it would be a fun journey.
I love soccer, I haven't played since my freshman year of high
school, but it's the family sport, so I just wanted to get out here and
live my pro dream for one day.
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