This charming actor went to his profession progressively, gradually, stubbornly overcoming the difficulties of the path. This is probably why now Donald Faison is in demand by directors and loved by the audience. And not only because of the series "Clinic", because he has even more significant and vivid roles.
Donald Faison was born in 1974 in New York. The Faison had a very interesting family: their parents worked as night actors in a dark-skinned area of Harlem. They were part of the National Black Theater troupe, which was considered innovative because it worked at night. Their five sons often sat in the dressing room or played backstage instead of sleeping.
The life of the theater, the work of all services flowed before their eyes, and it was at that time that Donald realized that he wanted to become a theater actor, like his parents. He was enrolled in a school at the theater, then in a junior theater group.
Donald also studied successfully at the LaGuardia School of Dramatic Art. By the time he graduated from high school, Faison already had a good portfolio of theatrical roles and commercials. Faison decided he was ready to show up in Hollywood to make a good acting career. Then he was only eighteen years old.
Carier start
Almost immediately after his arrival in Los Angeles, Donald played a small role in the crime tape "Authority". With actors, it often happens that they fall into the trap of one role, this happened with Faison - he began to be invited to such projects. On the one hand, it is good that the role was noticed and appreciated, but on the other hand, it is not very interesting to portray the same thing every time.
Nevertheless, the actor did not give up the roles, and in a short time he played in the TV series "Sugar Hill" (1994), "Driver from New Jersey" (1995), "Undercover Cops" (1995-1999) and the films "Cases in New Jersey "(1995) and" Clueless "(1995).
A special place in Faison's filmography is occupied by the series "Clinic", filmed in the genre of comedy. In this series, the actor played the role of a young doctor Christopher Turck, who just started working after graduation. As in life, in the series, Donald gradually climbed the career ladder, starting with an intern and finishing as a teacher at the institute. All this happened in nine seasons, the last of which came out in 2010. The audience loved the series so much that its sequel was later filmed.
Critics also praised The Clinic, and experts nominated the series for an Emmy and for several years in a row it was nominated for the Golden Globe. After this series, Faison began to receive many invitations to various projects.
In the second decade of this century, he has already starred in more than fifty films and TV series, and much more is planned for the future.
Personal life
Donald Faison is reputed to be a loving man. At least four long-term relationships are known that he had with women over the years. Already in his early years, he was the father of Sean, but they did not marry his mother Audrey Ince.
The first legal wife Lisa Asuka lived with Donald for four years and bore him three children - Kaia, Koba and Deida.
In 2012, information appeared in the press about Faison's marriage to Kaki Cobb, who was Jessica Simpson's secretary. The couple live together, in 2013 they had a son, Rocco, in 2015, a daughter, Wilder Francis.
