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• As a child, wanted to be an OB/GYN because he idolized the character Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show.
• Played varsity basketball at Peekskill High School alongside future NBA star Elton Brand.
• While starting his career as an actor, he held a day job as a summer-camp counselor for the Trinity School in New York City.
• Portrayed the title character in Shakespeare's Othello in Central Park in 2001.
• Portrayed a baseball player in the TV series The Starter Wife, but he had no experience playing baseball going into the audition.