Kadeem Hardison is an American actor and director best known for his role in NBC’s long-running spin-off television series “A Different World” as Dwayne Wayne. He is African-American by ethnicity and American by nationality.
It is 5 feet tall. There is not much information about his personal life, as he respects his privacy.
Kadeem Hardison’s Bio
Kadeem Hardison was born on the 24th day of July 1965 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was designed for the father of ancient and fine art collectors, Donald McFadden, and for mother Bethann Hardison, a trailblazing African-American catwalk pioneer and advocate for fashion diversity. He is the only child of his parents.
Kadeem hasn’t really revealed much about his early life and upbringing, but we do know that his mother signed him up for acting lessons at age nine. Kadeem Hardison had his first acting role at the age of 14 in the ‘Color of Friendship ‘ ABC Afterschool Special.
Kadeem Hardison’s acting career
He studied acting at the Eubie Blake Theater in New York and got his first exposure in an episode of a popular series. “The Cosby Show”. Kadeem Hardison has been in several sitcoms like The Boondocks, Living Single, and The Cosby Show.
His previous shows led him to also appear in other shows titled ‘A Different World’, Girlfriends, Greek, and Everybody Hates Chris (as a judge) among others. He has also starred in movies like; 30 Years to Life, Biker Boyz, The 6 th Panther, White Men Can’t Jump, Showtime, Made of Honor, and a host of other movies he’s starred in.
Kadeem Hardison is known for flip-up wearing sunglasses as Dwayne Wayne in A Different World. It was the same gesture as popular American basketball player Dwayne Wade did at the press conference for the NBA’s last game in 2012, when he wore flip-up sunglasses during his interview and paid a small tribute to Dwayne Wayne that night.
Video game
In 2013, he appeared in the Playstation exclusive video game ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ as Cole Freeman.
Kadeem Hardison’s net worth
His net worth is estimated at $2 million. He has won several awards for his achievements and work. Some notable awards include; Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, also the NAACP Image Award given to Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series in 1991 and 1992 for the popular comedy series ‘A Different World’.
Kadeem Hardison’s wife and daughter
Hardison married American singer Chanté Moore in 1997 and after the divorce in 2000, their daughter Sophia was born in 1996. The couple have been very protective of their personal lives, but most reports say the couple had a secret marriage, especially since there was no mention of the news of their union appeared.
However, all we know is that the couple went their separate ways in the year 2000. Although it was recently revealed that a new ‘chemistry’ was rekindling, Chanté and Kadeem seemed to be getting along just fine. despite the divorce. This could be seen in the “R&B Divas LA” TV series. She said at one point
“She’s my baby… But I don’t want to be her daughter. He appreciates for who I was and who I am and we grew up together that’s what friendship is whether we’re married or not or whatever you gotta know who you’re with and he and I spent a lot of time together. “
She also mentioned how good a father and good dad he was. We still don’t know the reason for the divorce, but according to her, “He’s family. I love it; not in love, but love him.
Chanté remarried in 2002 to Kenny Lattimore and they have a son together but they divorced in 2011.
Sophia, Hardison’s daughter with Chante was born on 27 th September 1996, a year before they were officially married. Most people would say she is a heartbreaking image of her father; However, both parents played their part in his life.
Kadeem Hardison’s relationship with Summer Cris
The Cree Summer was aired together in one of Kadeem Hardison’s most famous works “A Different World” and it was known that Cree and Kadeem dated at the time. People had this idea when the role played by the Crees was that of a student activist, Freddie Brooks, who had feelings for Dwayne Wayne.
Cree married Angelo Pullen in 2000 and they have two children together. Kadeem Hardison is currently single.