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Name: Boris Kodjoe
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Date of Birth:
March 08, 1973
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Place of Birth:
Vienna, Austria
Mini-bio:
Boris Kodjoe,is a multilingual actor and former male fashion model.
Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine in 2002,
Kodjoe starred in the short-lived sitcom Seco...( read more)nd Time Around (2004 - 2005) with wife
Nicole Ari Parker. He played the role of David Taylor, the wayward son of Pastor
Fred Taylor in the October 2005 film
The Gospel.
Kodjoe recently starred in the film Madea's Family Reunion playing the role of
Frankie the bus driver.
His mother was a psychologist from Germany and his father a physician from Ghana.
Fluent in German, French, English and some Spanish, Kodjoe aspired to be a
professional tennis player. A back injury ended his tennis aspirations; however, he
was quickly discovered for modeling and soon after fell into acting.
He has a brother named Patrick and a sister named Nadja.
On June 20, 2004, Kodjoe and his Soul Food: The Series co-star, Nicole Ari Parker,
became engaged. Their first child, Sophie Tei-Naaki Lee Kodjoe, was born on March 5,
2005. The two later married on May 21, 2005 in Gundelfingen, Germany. Their second
child, a boy named Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe, was born October 31, 2006 in Atlanta,
Georgia.