Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC (formerly NBC) comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–Present).
Faison first emerged on the scene with parts in films such as Clueless (1995) and Remember the Titans (2000). He has continued his career with Next Day Air.
Faison was born into a family of actors, in New York City. His parents, Donald and Shirley, were part of the ...
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Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC (formerly NBC) comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–Present).
Faison first emerged on the scene with parts in films such as Clueless (1995) and Remember the Titans (2000). He has continued his career with Next Day Air.
Faison was born into a family of actors, in New York City. His parents, Donald and Shirley, were part of the National Black Theatre, in Harlem. Faison also has two younger brothers, Dade and Olamide, who is also an actor. Faison's mother visited Lagos, Nigeria, when she was pregnant with him and gave him the Yoruba (the language of same named people in Nigeria) name in remembrance of the trip. He attended high school at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan. Alums of the school include Macualay Culkin, Ricki Lake, and Christina Ricci.
Before his debut on Scrubs, Faison became famous for his role as "Murray Lawrence Duvall" in Clueless, the...
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