Chi Mcbride Biography
Chi McBride is an American actor. He acted and starred as high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public.
As Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, Detective Laverne Winston on the Fox drama Human Target and more recently Detective Don Owen in the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy. He currently plays in a main role as Captain Lou Grover of the Five-0 taskforce in the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0. He has also appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds; The Terminal; I, Robot; Roll Bounce and Draft Day.
Chi Mcbride Age
Born on September 23 1961, Chi is 58 years as of 2019.
Chi Mcbride Net Worth
His career started in 1992, and he has been an active member of the entertainment industry ever since, primarily known as a professional actor. So, if you ever wondered how rich Chi McBride is, it has been estimated by authoritative sources that the total size of his net worth is over $10 million, accumulated through his successful career. If he continues to develop his career further, his net worth will certainly increase in the coming years.
Chi Mcbride Height |Weight
Speaking about his appearance, Chi is one of taller actors, as he stands at 6ft 4ins (1.94m), while his weight is reputed to be around 176lbs (90kgs).
Chi Mcbride Early Life
McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois. It is from that where his nickname Chi is derived. Having been raised in the Seventh-day Adventist religion, he attended Shiloh Academy, now known as Chicago SDA Academy. It is a Seventh-day Adventist school. At the age of 16, he graduated from high school. McBride originally planned to pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, in 1986 he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.
Chi Mcbride Career
With the hit song “He’s the Champ”, came his first success in show business. It parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune’s success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and billed as “Chi”, landed guest spots on Fox’s In Living Color and NBC’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.
He was a co-star of Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis in 1998. He was later given the role of Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride’s work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films Mercury Rising and The Terminal. He is notable for his television roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.
McBride’s film credits include Cradle 2 the Grave, The Distinguished Gentleman, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Frighteners, Narc, The Terminal, Disney’s The Kid, I, Robot, Roll Bounce, Annapolis, Hoodlum, Undercover Brother, Let’s Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.
He starred in Human Target as Winston, business partner of Christopher Chance (the protagonist). The show premiered on January 17, 2010, on the Fox Broadcasting Company.
Since 2013, he’s starring on Hawaii Five-0 as Captain Lou Grover. He previously worked with co-star Scott Caan on Gone in 60 Seconds.
Chi Mcbride Marriage
To talk about his personal life, Chi McBride is married to Julissa Marquez – the actual date of their wedding has not been revealed to the media yet. However, it is known that she is also involved in the film industry as a professional actress and that she gave birth to their first child, a son, in 2008.
Chi Mcbride House
He played House’s arch-nemesis Edward Vogler in Season One. The Chairman of the Board of Directors at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
Chi Mcbride Movies | TV Shows
Heavy Gene, the bus station janitor, on The John Larroquette Show. As the title character of the short lived TV show The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer. As The Chief in Eddie Griffin’s Undercover Brother. As Will Smith’s boss Lt. John Bergin in I, Robot. As Steven Harper on Boston Public. As the Mayor on Monk. As the Reverend in “First Sunday” As Emerson Cod in Pushing Daisies. As Winston on Human Target. Appeared with John Patrick Amedori in The Family Tree. Appeared with Anne Elizabeth Ramsay on Hawthorne.
Appeared with Jennifer Morrison on How I Met Your Mother. Appeared with Skyler Gisondo on Psych. Appeared with Charles Rahi Chun and Stephanie Courtney in The Brothers Solomon. Appeared with Dylan Baker in Let’s Go to Prison. Appeared with Vicellous Shannon in Annapolis. Appeared with Jurnee Smollett and Khleo Thomas in Roll Bounce. Appeared with Candice Bergen on Boston Legal. Appeared with Jude Ciccolella in The Terminal. Appeared with Ray Abruzzo on The Practice.
Appeared with Vernee Watson-Johnson in The Kid. Appeared with Carmen Argenziano in King of the World. Appeared with Mike Starr in Hoodlum. Appeared with John Larroquette on The John Laroquette Show. Appeared with R. Lee Ermey in The Frighteners. Appeared with Edward Edwards in Cosmic Slop. Appeared with Charles S. Dutton in The Distinguished Gentleman.
Chi Mcbride Social Media Presence
Many professional actors are active across many of the most popular social media sites in addition to their involvement in the entertainment industry, and Chi McBride is one of them as well as his wife. So, he runs his official Instagram account, on which he has more than 8,000 followers, which he mostly uses to share his love for food and vines with his fans.
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