Conversations of a Spirited Actor/EXC AND WRITTEN BY GABRIEL CASSEUS

born April 28, 1968) is an African-American actor from Roosevelt, New York. He was nominated for Best Debut Performance in the film New Jersey Drive in the Independent Spirit Awards in 1995, and has appeared in the movies Get on the Bus, where he played Jamal, a Muslim enroute to the Million Man March; in the movie thriller Fallen, in which he played Denzel Washington 's brother, Art Hobbes and as the 28-year old lead (Anton) opposite Damon Wayans in the film, Harlem Aria (2010), who possesses a powerful operatic voice. He had a small role as pool playing Freddie in the 50 Cent movie Before I Self Destruct (2009); as Elliot's cellmate in Bedazzled ; as Kurth, one of the protagonist's squad mates in Black Hawk Down; and also played a small role in the 1998 movie Black Dog. He also has appeared in some popular television shows, such as Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Practice, Law & Order and 24. A complete biography of him can be found on imdb as well as the book One Square Mile by Sheldon Parrish (Xlibris, New York, 2009