First commercial was for a Southern fast-food chain, Krystal Hamburgers. Stuttered as a child; followed a speech therapist's advice to audition for a play, a decision that set him on his career path. While attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, was temporarily expelled during his junior year for participating in a civil-rights campaign protesting the lack of black-studies programs. While a struggling actor, was a doorman at the renowned Manhattan Plaza New York City apartment complex. Spent… Show more two years as Bill Cosby's stand-in for The Cosby Show . Told Details magazine in 1996 that people often mistake him for Laurence Fishburne. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2000, and placed his handprints and footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in January 2006. Was the commencement speaker for his daughter Zoe's 2004 graduation from Vassar College. Provided the voice of God in a 2006 audio book of the Bible's New Testament. Signed a nine-picture deal with Marvel in 2009. ~ Rovi

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