- Born
- Birth nameKarim Dulé Hill
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Dulé Hill can currently be seen starring as the patriarch Bill Williams in ABC's re-imagining of "The Wonder Years". Inspired by the beloved award-winning series of the same name, the Peabody Award winning, "The Wonder Years" is a coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dulé was most recently seen in the Netflix film "Hypnotic" and opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway in the HBO Max heist film "Locked Down". Previously, Dulé portrayed the role of Alex Williams in the USA Network drama "Suits," recurred in the second of the SHOWTIME series "Black Monday" with Don Cheadle and Regina Hall, appeared in the HBO series "Ballers" with Dwayne Johnson and starred in J.D. Dillard's drama "Sleight"
Theatrically, Dulé starred in the People's Light production of "Lights Out: Nat 'King' Cole" by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor. Hill reprised his role of Nat "King" Cole in the West Coast premiere production at the Geffen Playhouse. For eight seasons Dulé portrayed the role of Burton 'Gus' Guster in the USA Network comedy "Psych" and served as a producer of the series. He received seven NAACP Image Award nominations for "Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series." Dulé revived his role with the original co-stars in the films "Psych: The Movie," "Psych 2: Lassie Come Home" and the third comedy feature "Psych 3: This Is Gus," which premiered on PEACOCK.
Dulé first came to prominence as The Kid opposite Savion Glover and Jeffrey Wright in "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" (Public Theatre, Broadway), directed by George C. Wolfe. He also appeared in the Tony nominated musical "After Midnight" and co-starred in the Alicia Keys produced play "Stick Fly" on Broadway. His other stage credits include "Black and Blue" (Broadway), "Shenandoah" (Paper Mill Playhouse), "The Little Rascals" (Goodspeed Opera House) and Amiri Baraka's Obie award winning play "Dutchman" (Cherry Lane Theatre).
Dulé began attending dance school at the Marie Wildey School of Dance in East Orange, New Jersey when he was three and received his first break years later as the understudy to Savion Glover in "The Tap Dance Kid" on Broadway. He went on to perform the lead role in the musical's national tour alongside Harold Nicholas of the legendary Nicholas Brothers.
In 1999, Dulé joined the cast of NBC's acclaimed series "The West Wing," as Charlie Young, personal aide to the President (Martin Sheen) and subsequently, deputy special assistant to the chief of staff (Allison Janney). During his seven seasons on the series, Hill garnered an Emmy Award nomination and four Image Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as receiving two Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the ensemble in a drama series.
Some of Dule's previous film credits include David Mamet's "Edmond," opposite William H. Macy, "The Guardian," "Sugar Hill," "She's All That" and the 2003 Disney release "Holes," an adaptation of the award-winning children's novel by Louis Sachar in which he appeared as Sam the Onion Man alongside co-stars Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf and Patricia Arquette.- IMDb Mini Biography By: N/A
- SpousesJazmyn Simon(April 21, 2018 - present) (2 children)Nicole Lyn(July 10, 2004 - 2012) (divorced)
- ChildrenLevi Dulé HillKennedy Irie Hill
- Proficient tap dancer, as seen performing with Savion Glover on the 32nd NAACP Image Awards show.
- Is friends with Freddie Prinze Jr., co-star of She's All That (1999).
- Studied business finance at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey but left in his junior year to pursue acting.
- Graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1993. Other alums include Jon Bon Jovi, Marilyn Ghigliotti, and Greg Evigan.
- Announced engagement to girlfriend of nearly 2 years, Jazmyn Simon.
- On working with James Roday Rodriguez in the series, Psych (2006): We have the chemistry off-camera. I think eventually, I personally think it wouldn't work. We both like to have a lot of fun, and I think that translates to the screen. We're all thankful to have a job.
- On his role of "Gus" in the television series, Psych (2006): It's nice to have a character who has all this knowledge, especially an African American character--he's a very smart guy, but at the same time he's kind of cool...So it's cool to be smart and vice versa. So if we can have the character live in the balance of these two places, then I think it would be a fun journey.
- On acting: I learned that the majority of the time, simplicity is the best way to go about things as you peel away the layers...that's when you start finding the gold...I can't say that was from my own acting. That was from observing actors like John Spencer and Martin Sheen...I had a chance just to observe.
- On playing "Gus" in the series, Psych (2006): The biggest challenge for me is not making Gus too nerdy or too cool. Because Gus is a nerd..the only place that's interesting to me. I think most people have a little bit of both in them anyway. I think that's where the most interesting place is. I think it's fun trying to play cool but not really being cool at all.
- I love soccer, I haven't played since my freshman year of high school, but it's the family sport, so I just wanted to get out here and live my pro dream for one day.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content