Gary Dourdan

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Gary Dourdan
Dourdan as CSI Warrick Brown
Birth name	Gary Durdin
Born	December 11, 1966 (age 40) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Notable roles	Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Gary Dourdan (born Gary Durdin, December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Haitian-American actor, widely known for portraying Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

[edit] Biography

Dourdan and his family moved to Willingboro, New Jersey when he was in his youth. 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.

Green-eyed 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 continued to work sporadically until he nabbed the part of Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was also the host of a BET Spoken Word show entitled the Lyric Cafe.

Dourdan was briefly married to Roshumba Williams, and he has a daughter, Nyla and a son, Lyric from other relationships. He recently joined DMC on stage at Live 8 at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, and also co-sang the lyrics to the theme song of The Jeffersons at the 2005 Emmy Awards.

He also starred in the movie Alien: Resurrection.

He is currently set to play Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, on a biographical film on the latter's life^[1]

He had a small role, in the movie Thursday, starring Thomas Jane.

[edit] References

^ .Rolling Stone: Lizzy's Lynott Lives On

Hiltbrand, David. "It's in the eyes". The Philadelphia Enquirer reprinted in the Austin American-Statesman "Showorld" section. November 13, 2005. pp 1,2.