Gary Dourdan

Date of Birth: December 11, 1966
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Dourdan and his family moved to Willingboro, New Jersey when he was in his youth. Robert Durdin, Gary's father, is an agent for jazz musicians. Sandy Durdin, Gary's mother, is a fashion designer. Gary is the second youngest of 5 children, and when he was 6, his older brother Darryl, was murdered when he was on a vacation in Haiti. The case is still unsolved. Dourdan has African American, Native American, Scots-Irish, and Jewish ancestry. At this time his interests included acting, music and martial arts. Later Dourdan moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio where he met some of Manhattan's promising young artists.

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Dourdan got his first break when Debbie Allen cast him as Shazza Zulu on A Different World based on a tape of him in an avant-garde play. He had a recurring role on the Showtime series Soul Food until he nabbed the part of Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Also starred in the 1997 film Alien Resurrection as (Christie) alongside Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder and Ron Perlman.

Dourdan's most popular role began as a cast member of the original CSI series which aired on October 6, 2000. He played analyst Warrick Brown who, viewers find out, has a dark past checkered with gambling and addictions. By working in Las Vegas, the character is able to use his personal experiences with gambling to help him throughout his career. Ultimately, he ends up battling his demons throughout the show instead of overcoming them.

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He played Janet Jackson's love interest in the video for her 1993 hit "Again".
He joined hip hop artist DMC on stage at the Live 8 concert held in Barrie, Ontario, and also co-sang the lyrics to the theme song of the TV sitcom The Jeffersons at the 2005 Emmy Awards.
He is currently set to play Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott in a biographical film about Lynott's life.
Dourdan is also an alternative musician and a record producer.

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Gary Dourdan Information:

Eye color:Green

Height: 6' 2"

Birth Name: Gary Robert Durdin

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graduated from a local performing arts High school, which is now known as Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia,

Family:
Hes father, is an agent for jazz musicians. Sandy Durdin, Hes mother, is a fashion designer
Gary is the youngest of 5 children.
Has a daughter, Nyla and a son, Lyric

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Plays the guitar, piano, bass, drum and sax

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ajohnson86

What is there to say,
i like him in everything he does and he has so much style that i believe gets overlooked. Keep being positive and don't let no one or nothing bring u down brotha.

posted 559 days ago
eyzwdopen

he is fine and he is a great actor csi is one of my favorite tv shows i remember yhe first time i saw him in janet jacksons video for again he was fine then he just gets better with age and those eyes will make you wanna hurt somebody

posted 638 days ago
freein13

You have amazing eyes and you are a very talented actor especially in the mmost recent CSI episodes. I think u da bomb! lol

posted 708 days ago
aventuralove17

gary is sooo hott i love him on csi and i cant forget about those eyes they are beautiful!!

posted 745 days ago
jnrtanaka

gary, i could drown in yo eyes. they are th sexiest eyes on TV

posted 758 days ago
jnrtanaka

i have to say this..............
i have watched every csi episode and i love you to death. man u are one HUNK!!!!!!!!!
ohhhhhhhhhhh i really can't express myself...
you are so talented and not forgeting GORGEOUS ....

####### forever yo fan##########

posted 758 days ago
rse1198

It doesn't matter if he did or didn't i just wanted to say that i think he's a good actor and i've seen him in alike of movies. CSI it's not a movie but i like it that's it nothing more or less.

posted 816 days ago
sherley399

YOU ROCK
-csi fan

posted 866 days ago
fb505048547

Can anyone explain how he was ommitted in People's Sexiest this year?!?!?!?!

posted 908 days ago
thevamplestat25

I love him in CSI!!

posted 947 days ago

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Gary Dourdan Movies

The Magnificent Cooly-T (Unrated, 2009)
Batman Gotham Knight (Unrated, 2008)
Perfect Stranger (R, 2007)
Black August (G, 2006)
The Weekend (Unrated, 2000)
Trois (R, 2000)
King of the World (Unrated, 2000)
Scar City (Unrated, 1999)
Rendezvous (Unrated, 1999)
Alien Resurrection (R, 1997)

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