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Date of Birth
8 December 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)

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Grew up in the Pontchartrain Park section of New Orleans.

Attended Benjamin Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA).

Both the part of Antoine Batiste on "Treme" and the part of Owen Thoreau, Jr., on "Men of a Certain Age" were created with him in mind. He was offered both parts around the same time but had to choose "Treme" since it was about New Orleans, his hometown.

According to the Marketplace radio program, in December, 2011, he opened Sterling Express, the first in a chain of grocery stores selling fresh produce and other staples in his hometown of New Orleans.


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