Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (born 8 March 1973) is an Austrian-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as courier-turned-sports agent Damon Carter on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food.
Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Ursula, a German psychologist, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician. His namesake is Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer Boris Pasternak. He was born Jewish through...
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Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (born 8 March 1973) is an Austrian-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as courier-turned-sports agent Damon Carter on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food.
Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Ursula, a German psychologist, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician. His namesake is Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer Boris Pasternak. He was born Jewish through his mother and maternal grandmother, though Kodjoe and his wife are members of Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kodjoe's parents divorced when he was six years old. He is fluent in German, French, English and Spanish. He has a brother named Patrick and a sister named Nadja. Kodjoe aspired to be a professional tennis player and attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, where he played tennis for the Rams. His brother Patrick played for VCU's basketball team. A back injury ended Boris' tennis...
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