Who is Gary Robert Durdin? The entertainment and acting world knows Gary Dourdan as an
American actor. He is widely known for portraying
Warrick Brown on the television series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Early years
Dourdan was December 11, 1966 in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, the son of Sandy, a teacher and fashion designer, and Robert Durdin, an entrepreneur and agent for jazz musicians.
[1][2] Dourdan is the second youngest of five children. When he was 6 years old, his older brother Darryl was murdered while on vacation in
Haiti; the case is still unsolved.
[2] He moved with his family 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.
Career
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| Shazza Zulu |
Dourdan played in several bands in New York City in the early 1990s and acting in regional theatre around the tristate area. He received 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. Dourdan played the character Christie, the first mate and second in command of the spaceship
Betty, in the 1997 film,
Alien Resurrection. He appears in the films
Playing God and
Thursday. He starred in the
Dick Wolf production
Swift Justice and had a recurring roles on the
Showtime series
Soul Food until he nabbed the part of
Warrick Brown on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2007, he played the character Cameron, the boyfriend of Rowena Price (played by
Halle Berry), in the film
Perfect Stranger, in 1996 Dourdan appeared in the episode "Never On Sunday" of
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, where he played an assistant.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dourdan's most popular role began as a cast member of the original
CSI series which aired on October 6, 2000. He played analyst Warrick Brown who, viewers find out, has a checkered past fraught with gambling problems. By working in
Las Vegas, the character is able to use his personal experiences from the street to help him throughout his career. Ultimately, he ends up battling his demons throughout the show instead of overcoming them.
In 2008 there was media speculation surrounding Dourdan's
CSI contract negotiations with
CBS. The parties could not reach a resolution, and as a result his contract was not renewed. It was reported on April 14, 2008, that Dourdan was leaving the show.
[3] In the Season 8 finale, Dourdan's character was shot and left for dead at the episode's end. The Season 9 premiere revealed Dourdan's character dying in the arms of his colleague and friend Grissom.
[4]
Music and music videos
Other appearances
Personal life
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| Lisa Snowden |
Dourdan married
model Roshumba Williams in 1992; the couple divorced two years later.
[6] He has two children: a son, Lyric, and a daughter, Nyla. Lyric's mother is Cynthia Hadden and Nyla's mother is Jennifer Sutton, whom Dourdan dated from 1995 to 2000.
[7] He is supposedly dating model Lisa Snowden.
Arrest
Dourdan was arrested on April 28, 2008 in
Palm Springs after a Palm Springs Police Department officer located "suspected cocaine, heroin, Ecstacy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia" in his possession. He was subsequently "booked at the Palm Springs jail on possession of narcotics and possession of dangerous drugs."
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Dourdan played in several bands in New York City in the early 1990s and acting in regional theatre around the tristate area. He received 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. Dourdan played the character Christie, the first mate and second in command of the spaceship Betty, in the 1997 film, Alien Resurrection. He appears in the films Playing God and Thursday. He starred in the Dick Wolf production Swift Justice and had a recurring roles on the Showtime series Soul Food until he nabbed the part of Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2007, he played the character Cameron, the boyfriend of Rowena Price (played by Halle Berry), in the film Perfect Stranger, in 1996 Dourdan appeared in the episode "Never On Sunday" of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, where he played an assistant.
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