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Biography

Career

Before his debut on Scrubs, Faison became famous for his role as Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless, the 1995 movie and the subsequent television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999. In 1995, he appeared in Waiting to Exhale as Tarik, the son of Loretta Devine's character, Gloria. He was also featured in the 1995 movie New Jersey Drive. He had a recurring role as Tracy on Felicity, appeared in Remember the Titans as the ambitious running back Petey, and provided voice work for various characters in the MTV animated series Clone High. He had minor roles in the sitcoms Sister Sister and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and in the film Josie and the Pussycats. For other uses, see Scrub. ... Clueless is a 1995 comedy film loosely based on Emma by Jane Austen, but set in a Beverly Hills high school. ... Clueless was a television series based on the 1995 teen movie Clueless. ... Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romance film starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett and directed by Forest Whitaker. ... Loretta Devine Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress. ... New Jersey Drive opens with Jason (Gabriel Casseus) heading off to juvenile detention then unfolds in flashback as, chronologically, the incidents leading to his arrest surface one by one. ... Felicity is a Golden Globe-winning American primetime television drama produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB network. ... Remember the Titans is an American drama film released in 2000. ... P.J. Daniels was a star running back for Georgia Tech from 2002-2005. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Clone High (occasionally referred to in the U.S. as Clone High U.S.A.) is an American animated series that aired for one season (November 2002 — April 2003) on MTV and Teletoon. ... Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about twin girls (Tia and Tamera Mowry), separated and adopted at birth, who one day come face-to-face after 14 years apart. ... For the comic book series, see Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. ... Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 comedy released by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ...

In 2005, Faison produced one episode of MTV's Punk'd involving his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff. He also appears in the video for Fall Out Boy's cover of Michael Jackson's Beat It. Also he starred in Gavin Degraws "Chariot" music video. This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Punkd is an American hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003. ... Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Fall Out Boy (often abbreviated FOB) is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Beat it redirects here. ...

Personal life

Faison was born in New York City, New York. He has four children: his eldest son with childhood friend Audrey Ince, and three others with Lisa Askey, whom he married in 2001. The couple filed for divorce in 2005. He dated Minka Kelly after his marriage ended. In February 2007, he began dating CaCee Cobb, who was a former personal assistant of Jessica Simpson. New York, New York redirects here. ... Minka Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. ... Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ...

His younger brother is singer Olamide Faison, from the R&B group Imajin. He has 3 other brothers: David Faison, Denzel Faison, and Dade Faison. Zach Braff has stated that Donald Faison is one of his only friends. Faison's middle name, Adeosun, is Yoruba for "I put on the crown of Oshun", and was given by his parents after they visited Nigeria. Olamide Aladejobi Patrick Alexander Faison (born July 21, 1983) is an American actor. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Imajin is an American R&B boy band that is known for their hit Shorty (You Keep Playing With My Mind) featuring Keith Murray. ... The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. ...

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Filmography

Film

• Juice - (1992)
• Sugar Hill - (1994)
• Waiting to Exhale - (1995)
• New Jersey Drive - (1995)
• Clueless - (1995)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Trippin' - (1999)
• Remember the Titans - (2000)
• Double Whammy - (2001)
• Josie and the Pussycats - (2001)
• Big Fat Liar - (2002)
• Good Boy! - (2003)
• Uptown Girls - (2003)
• Ravedactyl: Project Evolution - (2003)
• King's Ransom - (2005)
• Bachelor Party Vegas - (2006)
• Homie Spumoni - (2007)
• Something New - (2006)
• The Happening - (2008)
• Next Day Air (2008)

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TV appearances

• Clone High - (2002-2003)
• Robot Chicken - Star Wars Special (2007)
• The Playbook Host
• Punk'd - (2005, One episode) - himself, also a producer for season 4 episode 3
• Scrubs - (2001-present) - Dr. Christopher Duncan Turk
• Felicity (TV series) - (2000-2002) - Tracy
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV Series) - (1998, four episodes) - three as Dashiell, one auditioning for magician assistant.
• Clueless (TV series) - (1996-1999) - Murray Lawrence Duvall
• Yo Momma (TV series) - Guest Judge
• The Boondocks (TV series)-The Story Of Catcher Freeman - Catcher Tobias Freeman

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Cameo Appearances

• Beat It by Fall Out Boy (Music Video) - (2008)

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External links

• Donald Faison at the Internet Movie Database

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