| Dulé Hill | |
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Dulé Hill at the set of Psych, season 6, on July 27, 2011. |
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| Born | Karim Dulé Hill May 3, 1975 East Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, tap dancer |
| Spouse | Nicole Lyn (2004-present) |
Karim Dulé Hill (pronounced /ˈduːleɪ/; born May 3, 1975) is an American actor and tap dancer. He is best known for his roles as personal presidential aide (body man) Charlie Young on the NBC drama television series The West Wing, and as pharmaceutical salesman-private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama Psych. He has also had minor roles in the movies Holes and She's All That.
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Hill was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, to parents Jennifer and Bertholomu Hillshire (who, when married, shortened his name to Hill).[1][2] He studied ballet from an early age, and performed in the musical The Tap Dance Kid as Savion Glover's understudy on Broadway, and then played the part on the show's national tour.[3] Hill graduated in 1993 from Sayreville War Memorial High School, in Sayreville, New Jersey.[4] Hill went on to attend Seton Hall University and also studied acting at William Esper Studio.[5] Hill was a business finance major at Seton Hall,[4] when he accepted a role on Jim Henson's CityKids. In a commercial aired on USA Network, Hill stated he is a Christian.
His first film role, in Sugar Hill, came in 1993 during his 2nd senior year of high school. During his time at Seton Hall, he was cast in a starring role in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk on Broadway.
In 1999, Hill was cast on The West Wing as Charlie Young, personal aide to President Josiah Bartlet (played by Martin Sheen). During the sixth season of the series, Charlie became a Special Aide to the Chief of Staff. Hill starred as Charlie for six seasons before he chose to leave the show at the beginning of the seventh season (September 2005) to star in the pilot for the new television show Psych for the USA Network,[6] which premiered July 7, 2006. However, when the announcement was made that The West Wing would be ending in May 2006, Hill returned for the show's last episodes.
Hill also had roles in She's All That in 1999 starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook (he later reunited with Cook & Prinze in Psych), as a Los Angeles doctor named Owen in the movie and series 10.5, and the Disney movie Holes as Sam the Onion Man (the movie itself was referenced in the Psych episode "65 Million Years Off"), and The Guardian.
In 2004, Hill married actress Nicole Lyn.[7]
| Films | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
| 2010 | Remarkable Power | Reggie | |
| 2007 | Whisper | Detective Miles | |
| 2006 | Psych | Burton Guster | 2006–present (TV series) Producer 2009–Present |
| The Guardian | Ken Weatherly | ||
| The Numbers | Brady | ||
| 2005 | Edmond | Sharper | |
| Sexual Life | Jerry | ||
| 2004 | 10.5 | Dr. Owen Hunter | (TV movie) |
| 2003 | Holes | Sam the Onion Man | |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Red Tail | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Charlie Young | (1999–2006) (TV series) |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | Unknown | 1 episode | |
| Love Songs (TV movie) | Leroy | (A Love Song for a Dad) | |
| She's All That | Preston | ||
| The Jamie Foxx Show | Tap Dancer | (1 episode) | |
| 1998 | Smart Guy | Calvin Tierney | (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Cosby | Marcus | (1 episode) |
| Color of Justice | Kameel | (TV movie) | |
| The Ditchdigger's Daughters | Young Donald | (TV movie) | |
| 1995 | New York News | Raymond Gates | (TV movie) |
| All My Children | Simon | (1 episode) | |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Georgie | (1 episode) |
| 1993 | American Playhouse | Unknown | (1 episode) |
| Sugar Hill | Roemello Skuggs(age 17) | ||
| City Kids | John | ||
| 1992 | Ghostwriter | Basketball Boy | (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood | Robert E. Lee | |
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| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
| 1989 | The More You Know | Himself | (TV series) |
| 2002 | 3rd NAACP Image Awards | Himself | (TV special) |
| The West Wing Documentary Special | Charlie Young | (TV documentary) | |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Himself | ||
| 2001-2002 | MADtv | Himself | 2 episodes |
| Hollywood Squares | Guest Appearance | 2 episodes | |
| 2003 | Punk'd | Himself | |
| 2004 | New Year's Eve with Carson Daly | Himself | (TV special) |
| 2004-2005 | Celebrity Poker Showdown | Himself | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | |
| 2006 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | |
| 2007 | The Making of Whisper | Himself | (video short) |
| 2009 | 11-04-08: The Day of Change | Himself | (TV movie) |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Himself | ||
| 2010 | WWE Raw | Himself | Guest host[8] |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | (voice) | (TV documentary) | |
| IMDb's 20th Anniversary Star of the Day | Himself | (TV series documentary) | |
| The Daily Habit | Himself | (TV series) | |
| Backwash | Host | ||