Dulé Hill

Karim Dulé Hill (/ˈduːleɪ/; born May 3, 1975)[2] is an American actor and tap dancer. He played personal presidential aide and Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Charlie Young, on the NBC drama television series The West Wing, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and pharmaceutical salesman-private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama Psych. He also had minor roles in the movies The Guardian, Holes and She's All That and a recurring role on Ballers. In 2018, it was announced that Hill would join the regular cast of Suits for season 8, after a recurring role in season 7. Hill also serves as a member of the Screen Actors Guild Hollywood Board of Directors.[3]

Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill in July 2013.
Born
Karim Dulé Hill

(1975-05-03) May 3, 1975
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationSeton Hall University[1]
OccupationActor, tap dancer
Years active1985–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2004; div. 2012)​

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(m. 2018)​
Children2

Early life

Hill was born in Orange, New Jersey, to Jamaican parents and raised in Sayreville, New Jersey.[4][5][6] He studied ballet at a young age, and appeared in the musical The Tap Dance Kid as Savion Glover's understudy on Broadway, a part he subsequently played on the show's national tour.[7] Hill graduated in 1993 from Sayreville War Memorial High School,[8] and studied business finance at Seton Hall University and acting at William Esper Studio.[9] While at Seton Hall,[8] he accepted a role on Jim Henson's CityKids.

Career
Dule Hill (left) with James Roday Rodriguez (right) at a ComicCon panel for the TV show "Psych" in 2010

In 1985, 10-year-old Dulé performed a tap dance number on the MDA telethon. When the music could not be found for his routine, telethon host Jerry Lewis helped by having the orchestra play another song while Dulé performed. His first film role was in Sugar Hill in 1993 during his senior year of high school. While in college at Seton Hall, he was cast in a starring role in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk on Broadway.

In 1999, Hill was cast on The West Wing as Charlie Young, the personal aide to President Josiah Bartlet, who was played by Martin Sheen. During the sixth season of the series, Charlie became a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff. Hill starred as Charlie for six seasons before he chose to leave the show at the beginning of the seventh season (September 2005) to star in the pilot for the new television show Psych for the USA Network,[10] which premiered July 7, 2006. However, when the announcement was made that The West Wing would be ending in May 2006, Hill returned for the show's last episodes.

Hill also had roles in the 1999 film She's All That starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, both of whom he later reunited with on Psych, as a Los Angeles doctor named Owen in the movie and series 10.5, the Disney movie Holes as Sam the Onion Man (the movie itself was referenced in the Psych episode "65 Million Years Off"), and in The Guardian.

Hill also appeared on Broadway in Stick Fly from December 2011 to February 2012 and After Midnight in November 2013.[11]

Personal life

Hill married actress Nicole Lyn in 2004. Hill filed for legal separation from Lyn in 2012 citing irreconcilable differences.[12] On April 14, 2017, Hill became engaged to girlfriend and Ballers co-star Jazmyn Simon.[13] In early 2018, Hill married Simon. On May 31, 2019, Hill and his wife announced the birth of their son Levi Dulé Hill, who was born on May 10, 2019.[14]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Sugar Hill Roemello Skuggs
1998 Smart Guy Calvin Tierney
1999 She's All That Preston
2000 Men of Honor Red Tail
2003 Holes Sam
2005 Sexual Life Jerry
Edmond Sharper
2006 The Guardian Ken Weatherly
2007 Whisper Detective Miles
2010 Remarkable Power Reggie
2012 Miss Dial Popcorn Caller
Gayby Adam
2015 Gravy Delroy
2017 Sleight Angelo
2021 Locked Down Stuart

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Ghostwriter Basketball Boy 1 episode
1993 CityKids John Main role, 13 episodes
1994 New York Undercover Georgie 1 episode
1995 All My Children Simon 1 episode
1995 New York News Raymond Gates 1 episode
1997 Cosby Marcus 1 episode
1999 The Jamie Foxx Show Tap Dancer 1 episode
1999–2006 The West Wing Charlie Young Main role, 137 episodes
2004 10.5 Dr. Owen Hunter Miniseries
2006–2014 Psych Burton "Gus" Guster Main role, 120 episodes; also producer
2015–2019 Ballers Larry Seifert Recurring role, 15 episodes
2017 Doubt Albert Cobb Main role, 13 episodes
2017 Psych: The Movie Burton "Gus" Guster Television film, also executive producer
2017–2019 Suits Alex Williams Recurring role (season 7), main role (seasons 8–9), 35 episodes
2019 Muppet Babies Mr. Manny Voice role, 1 episode[15]
2020 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Burton "Gus" Guster Television film, also executive producer

Theatre
YearTitleRoleOther Notes
1996Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da FunkThe Kid
2007Dutchman[16]Clay
2011Stick FlySpoon (Kent) LeVay
2013After Midnight
2017Lights Out: Nat "King" ColeNat "King" ColePeople's Light and Theatre
2019Geffen Playhouse

Awards and honors
Dulé with the rest of the main cast of Psych
  • Emmy Awards
    • 2002, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated)
  • Image Awards
    • 2009, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Psych (Nominated)
    • 2008, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – Psych (Nominated)
    • 2005, Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special – 10.5 (Nominated)
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated) 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2005
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
    • 2006, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated)
    • 2005, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated)
    • 2004, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated)
    • 2003, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Nominated)
    • 2002, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Won)
    • 2001, Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series – The West Wing (Won)

References
  1. "Congressional Record". Congress.gov. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. "Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Dule Hill [biography]," Performing ARts Databases, Library of Congress.
  3. Screen Actors Guild. Archived April 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Dugas, Christine (2001-03-30). "On the Money with Dulé Hill". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2017-07-23. Hill was born in Orange, N.J., and raised in Sayreville, N.J., by his Jamaican-born parents.
  5. Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. 2009. ISBN 978-1414434407. A New Jersey native, Hill was born in Orange in 1975, and raised in Sayreville.
  6. "Doubt Cast Biography". CBS. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-24. Born in Orange, N.J. and raised in Sayreville, Dulé Hill began attending dance school when he was three years old.
  7. King, Susan (August 28, 2006). "'West Wing' actor takes 'Psych' sidekick role". The Day. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020 – via Google News.
  8. Granieri, Laurie. "Sayreville native Dule Hill gears up for show's new season" Archived 2013-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Home News Tribune, August 7, 2009. Accessed February 15, 2011. "The biggest challenge for me is not making Gus too nerdy or too cool. Because Gus is a nerd, says Hill, 34, who grew up in Sayreville and is a 1993 graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School."
  9. "Dule Hill: The Enduring Rage of Dutchman". Broadway.com. 2007-02-13. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  10. "Dule Hill Leaving The West Wing". 16 September 2005. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  11. "Dulé Hill | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  12. "Dule Hill Files for Legal Separation". Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  13. "'West Wing' Alum Dule Hill Gets Engaged to Girlfriend Jazmyn Simon". Usmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  14. | url=https://people.com/parents/dule-hill-jazmyn-simon-welcome-son-levi-dule-first-photos-exclusive/amp/ Archived 2019-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Butler, Karen (November 14, 2019). "Dule Hill lends voice to 'Muppet Babies' character Mr. Manny". UPI. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  16. http://www.cherrylanetheatre.org/, Cherry Lane Theatre. "History | Cherry Lane Theatre". Cherrylanetheatre.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
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