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Name: Dulé Hill
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Date of Birth:
May 03, 1975
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Place of Birth:
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Mini-bio:
He began attending dance school when he was 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 f...( read more)or 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 , and star the musicals "Shenandoah," "Little Rascals," and "Black & Blue." During Hill's senior year of high school, he appeared in his first feature film, Sugar Hill (1994), as the young character later played by Wesley Snipes. Hill was also seen in several national commercials 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 a half years on the show and earned favorable notices from casting directors, leading him to star with Freddie Prinze Jr. in the hit feature film She's All That (1999). Hill might be best known for his role as Charley on "The West Wing," and Gus on "Psych."