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Name: Dulé Hill
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Date of Birth:
May 03, 1975
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Place of Birth:
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Mini-bio:
Although his screen appearances, particularly that of his role as aide to the president on the TV series The West Wing, have earned him career success, Dule Hill's real love of the spotlight relates m... read moreore closely to his love of tap dancing than of performing in other genres. Born in Orange, NJ, on May 3, 1974, and raised in Sayreville, NJ, Hill began dancing at the age of three. His Jamaican parents enrolled him in dance school as a young child, and he branched out into film and theater by the time he finished high school. After gaining attention as an actor for appearing in a Corn Pops commercial, as a high school senior, he played the role of Harlem in his first feature film, Sugar Hill, in 1993. That same year, he also had a small part in the TV movie Hallelujah, and on the series City Kids. His childhood theater experience would prove beneficial, as he chose to leave college before the end of his third year to perform Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk on Broadway.In 1997, he played the young Donald in the drama The Ditchdigger's Daughters, which explored the complex themes of race in America, as well as fatherhood. He appeared in the made-for-TV murder mystery Color of Justice, also relevant to racial issues, that year also. Switching to a more light-hearted genre, he played Preston in the teen romantic comedy She's All That, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, in 1999.His recurring role on The West Wing, the drama series about political life in the White House, rounded off his widespread attention, along with his role in 2000's Men of Honor, the war drama starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. Having appeared with the ranks of several established Hollywood stars, Hill's dramatic talent grew increasingly apparent. In 2002, he appeared in another dramatic role, this time in the crime thriller Holes, with Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, and Patricia Arquette. ~ Sarah Sloboda, Rovi
Dulé Hill mini-bio: He began attending dance school when he was 3 and got his first break years later when producers of Broadway's "The Tap Dance Kid" called the school in search of child dancers who could sing and act for the production. As the understudy to Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid," he went on to perform the lead role in the musical's national tour , and star the musicals "Shenandoah," "Little Rascals," and "Black & Blue." During Hill's senior year of high school, he appeared in his first feature film, Sugar Hill (1994), as the young character later played by Wesley Snipes. Hill was also seen in several national commercials and was cast as one of the "CityKids" (1993), a Saturday-morning series produced by the Jim Henson company, while he was studying business finance at Seton Hall.
Hill's next career boost came with his starring role in the original cast of "Bring in Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk" on Broadway, as he re-teamed with Glover but, as a result, had to abandon his college studies during his junior year. He spent two and a half years on the show and earned favorable notices from casting directors, leading him to star with Freddie Prinze Jr. in the hit feature film She's All That (1999). Hill might be best known for his role as Charley on "The West Wing," and Gus on "Psych."
