Born December 11, 1966· Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Music came before acting for Gary Dourdan: the Philadelphia native, son of a teacher and fashion designer and an agent for jazz musicians, played in several New York bands in the early 1990s and appeared in music videos, memorably as Janet Jackson's love interest in "Again". Debbie Allen cast him as Shazza Zulu on A Different World after seeing a tape of him in an avant-garde play. Film roles foll…
