Kadeem Hardison Biography (1965?-)

Born July 24, 1965 (some sources cite 1966), in Brooklyn, NY; son of Donald (an art collector) and Bethann (a fashion model and owner of a modeling agency; maiden name, Hardison) McFadden; married Chante Moore (a singer), November17, 1997 (divorced, c. 2000); children: Sophia Milan. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Fifth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: July 24, 1965?; Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Dwayne Cleophus Wayne, A Different World, NBC, 1987-1993
Charles Gordon (some sources cite Charles Winston), Between Brothers, Fox, 1997
Provided voices for the animated series Captain Planet.
Specials
"The Color of Friendship," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1981
Royal, Go Tell It on the Mountain, PBS, 1984
Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1989
Gladys Knight's Holiday Family Reunion Concert, syndicated, 1991
Big Bird's Birthday, or, Let Me Eat Cake, PBS, 1991
Magic Johnson's All-Star Slam N Jam, syndicated, 1992
Comic Relief V, HBO, 1992
Henry Brooks, "Words Up!" CBS Schoolbreak Special, CBS, 1992
Host, For Our Children: The Concert, 1993
Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994
Intimate Portrait: Jasmine Guy, Lifetime, 2001
Also appeared in "Amazing Grace" and "Don't Touch," both ABC Afterschool Special, ABC.
Movies
Jim Parker, Dream Date (also known as Home by Midnight), NBC, 1989
Malik Brody, Drive, HBO, 1996
Eddie Williams, Blind Faith, Showtime, 1998
Michael Williams, Fire & Ice, Black Entertainment Television,2001
Episodic
Phillip Washington, "A Shirt Story," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1984
Bobby Waters, "My Enemy, My Friend," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1987
The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
"Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect: Part 2," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 1990
Reverend Adams, "Dear Landlord," Roc, Fox, 1992
Family Edition, The Family Channel, 1992
Marcus Hughes, "Who's Scooping Who?," Living Single, Fox, 1994
Marcus "Marc" Hamilton, "Smokescreen," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1996
Perry, "Smooth Sailing," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998

Skull cowboy, "Give Me Death," The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, syndicated, 1998
Michael Wilkinson, "Wishboned," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998
Skull cowboy, "It's a Wonderful Death," The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, syndicated, 1999
Tad, "Blackjack," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 2000
Voice of rubber-band man, "Bent Out of Shape" and "They're Playing My Song," episodes of Static Shock!
Awards Presentations
The Third Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1989
The 21st Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1989
The 10th Annual American Black Achievement Awards, syndicated, 1989
National Basketball Players Association Awards, 1989
The 22nd Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1990
The 24th Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1992
Other
Mac Darrow, House of Dies Drear, 1984
Television Director: Episodic
"Special Delivery," A Different World, NBC, 1992
"Occupational Hazards," A Different World, NBC, 1992
"Love Taps," A Different World, NBC, 1992
"Homey, Don't Ya Know Me?," A Different World, NBC, 1993
Television Work
Specials
Co-executive producer, "Words Up!" CBS Schoolbreak Special, CBS, 1992
Film Appearances
High school student, Beat Street, Orion, 1984
Moon, Rappin', Cannon, 1985
Enemy Territory, Empire, 1987
Edge, School Daze, Columbia, 1988
Willie, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
K, Def by Temptation, Troma, 1990
Junior, White Men Can't Jump, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Izzy, Gunmen, Dimension Films/Live Entertainment, 1994
Private Jamaal Montgomery, Renaissance Man (also known as ArmyIntelligence and By the Book), Touchstone, 1994
Temptation, Live Home Video, 1994
Julius Jones, Vampire in Brooklyn, Paramount, 1995
Judge, Panther, Gramercy, 1995
Antoine Tyler, The Sixth Man (also known as The 6th Man), Buena Vista, 1997
Winston, Dancing in September, HBO Home Video, 2000
Brookes, Who's Your Daddy?, Middle Fork Productions, 2001
Billy Ferrell, Thank Heaven, Heaven Sent/Leslie Masoner Productions, 2001
Lance Difford, Instinct to Kill, American World Pictures, 2001
Walter Taylor, Dunsmore, 2001
Bruce, 30 Years to Life, 2001, Exodus Entertainment/Kino International, 2002
Kyle, Showtime, Warner Bros., 2002
Stage Appearances
Appeared in productions at the Eubie Blake Theatre, New York City.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Time Out: The Truth about HIV, AIDS, and You, 1992
The Imagination Machines, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 22, Gale, 1999
Who's Who among African Americans, 11th edition, Gale, 1999

Periodicals

Ebony, May, 1995, pp. 36-38; January, 1996, pp. 26-30
Entertainment Weekly, April 19, 1996, p. 86; October 24, 1997, p.72
Essence, February, 1993, p. 49; June, 1995, p. 48
Jet, April 16, 1990, pp. 59-60; April 19, 1991, p. 52; October 19,1992, p. 56; May 10, 1993, p. 60; February 2, 1998, p. 46; September 25, 2000, p. 40
Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1992, p. F9
People Weekly, April 27, 1992, pp. 101-102; May 22, 1995, p. 17; November 13, 1995, p. 26
Playboy, July, 1995, p. 20
Seventeen, June, 1995, p. 110
Variety, March 31, 1997, p. 86
Washington Post, September 20, 1990, p. D1

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