Donald Faison
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| Donald Faison | |
 Faison as Dr. Chris Turk from Scrubs |
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| Birth name | Donald Adeosun Faison |
| Born | June 22, 1974 New York City, New York |
Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974 in New York City, New York) is a television and movie actor, best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the NBC television series Scrubs.
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[edit] Career
Faison's acting career began at childhood when he attended the Children's School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art and the Professional Children's School in New York.
Before his debut on Scrubs, he became famous for his role as Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless, the 1995 movie and the subsequent television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999. In 1995, he appeared in Waiting to Exhale as Tarik, the son of Loretta Devine's character, Gloria. He also had a recurring role as Tracy on Felicity, appeared in Remember the Titans, and provided voice work for various characters in the MTV animated series Clone High. He had minor roles in the sitcoms Sister Sister and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
In 2005, Faison produced one episode of MTV's Punk'd involving his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.
[edit] Private life
Faison married Lisa Askey in 2001. In 2006, however, they filed for divorce. They have three children together; Faison has one other child from a previous relationship. He is currently dating CaCee Cobb.
He is brother to Olamide Faison from R&B group Imajin.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
- Bachelor Party Vegas - (2006)
- Something New - (2006)
- King's Ransom - (2005)
- Uptown Girls - (2003)
- Big Fat Liar - (2002)
- Double Whammy - (2001)
- Josie and the Pussycats - (2001)
- Remember the Titans - (2000)
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Waiting to Exhale - (1997)
- Clueless - (1995)
- Juice - (1992)
[edit] TV appearances
- The Playbook Host
- Punk'd - (2005, One episode) - himself, also a producer for season 4 episode 3
- Scrubs - (2001-Present) - Dr. Chris Turk
- Felicity (TV series) - (2000-2002) - Tracy
- Clueless (TV series) - (1996-1999) - Murray Lawrence Duvall
- Yo Momma (TV series) - Guest Judge
