Chi McBride

Chi McBride
Chi McBride

McBride at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010
Born Kenneth "Chi" McBride
September 23, 1961 (1961-09-23) (age 50)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation Actor, singer-songwriter
Years active 1992–present

Kenneth "Chi" (pronounced "shy"[1]) McBride (born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He starred as Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, and recently appeared in Fox's drama Human Target.

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Early life

Kenneth McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois, from which his nickname, Chi, derives. He was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church[2] and attended Shiloh Academy, now known as Chicago SDA Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school. He graduated from high school at the age of 16. McBride originally planned to pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, he relocated to Atlanta in 1986 to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.

Career

His first success in show business came with the hit song "He's the Champ", which parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune's success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and, billed as "Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.

In 1998, he was a co-star of Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride's work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films Mercury Rising and The Terminal. McBride is unusual among actors in that he did not begin his acting career until the age of 30. He is notable for his television roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.

McBride's film credits include The Distinguished Gentleman, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Frighteners, Narc, The Terminal, I, Robot, Roll Bounce, Annapolis, Hoodlum, Undercover Brother, Let's Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

He starred in Human Target as Winston, business partner of Christopher Chance (the protagonist). The show premiered on January 17, 2010, on the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Chi has also appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Ghost Stories", depicting an incident during 1988 before his acting career in which he was subconsciously led to the Lorraine Motel while stopped over in Memphis, and experienced psychic visions of Martin Luther King's assassination on the 20th anniversary of the event.

Filmography

Guest appearances

  • Suits (2011)....District Attorney Wolf
  • How I Met Your Mother (2011)....Rod
  • Psych (2010)....Craig
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live .... Himself
  • Monk (2006)....Mayor of San Francisco
  • House, M. D. (2005)....Edward Vogler
  • Day Out of Days: The 'I, Robot' Production Diaries (2004)... Himself
  • Inside 'The Terminal' (2004) .... Himself
  • HBO First Look
  • The N-Word (2004) .... Himself
  • Robot Revolution: The Making of 'I, Robot' (2004) (TV).... Himself
  • Watch the Making of Mercury Rising (1999).... Himself
  • The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998).... Himself
  • Married... with Children (1994) .... Dexter

Productions

  • Delusion (2003) (producer)

References

External links


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