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Date of Birth

16 November 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Harry Joseph Lennix III

Height

6' 4" (1.93 m)

Mini Biography

Harry Joseph Lennix--born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 16, 1964, to Lillian and Harry Lennix--was not always certain he wanted to be an actor. Always an A student, he decided to act in his high school's play while he waited for the baseball season to begin. From this bloomed a veritable bevy of movies and guest-starring roles in many popular television shows such as "ER" (1994), "Diagnosis Murder" (1993), "Century City" (2004), and most recently, "House M.D." (2004). Lennix attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was recognized in "Who's Who Among American College Students." He majored in Acting and Direction at Northwestern and upon graduation stayed teaching in Chicago for a bit, before moving to New York, and from there to Los Angeles, California.

Harry has two older brothers and an older sister, and often returns to Chicago to visit his remaining family there. He currently resides in Los Angeles and has recently finished work on several movies. He will be participating in the play "Permanent Collection," in Los Angeles, in which he acted in Chicago, in March of 2005.

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Spouse

Djena Nichole Graves

(27 June 2009 - present)

Trivia

Taught in the Chicago public schools system.

His first movie was filmed in Chicago and was entitled "The Package."

He went to school with David Schwimmer of Friends

He is the youngest of four children

He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical or Revue for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Pegasus Players Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was awarded the 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Caught in the Act" at the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was awarded the 1997 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Son of the late Harry Joseph Lennix II and Lillian C. Lennix of Chicago, Illinois.

Son-in-law of Barbara H. Graves of Missouri City, Texas and Eric R. Graves Sr. of Austin, Texas.

Where Are They Now

(June 2009) He is the trustee of the Robey Theater Company in Los Angeles, California.

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