Donald Faison starred as Phil Chase in the TV Land sitcom The Exes.
20 Facts About Donald Faison
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Faison was born in Harlem in New York City, the son of Shirley, a talent agent, and Donald Faison, a building manager.
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Donald Faison's parents were active with the National Black Theatre in Harlem.
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Donald Faison attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan with his best friend, actor Dash Mihok.
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Donald Faison first appeared in a 1989 commercial for Folgers coffee at the age of 15, in which he played the younger brother of a soldier returning from war.
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Donald Faison had a small role in Sugar Hill starring Wesley Snipes.
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Donald Faison then became famous for his role as Murray Duvall in the 1995 film Clueless and the subsequent television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999.
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Donald Faison starred in Big Fat Liar alongside Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, and Amanda Bynes.
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Donald Faison had a recurring role as Tracy on Felicity, appeared in Remember the Titans as the running-back turned corner-back Petey Jones, and provided voice work for various characters in the MTV animated series Clone High.
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Donald Faison had minor roles in the sitcoms Sister, Sister and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and in the film Josie and the Pussycats.
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In 2005, Donald Faison produced one episode of MTV's Punk'd involving his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.
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In 2008, Donald Faison voiced Gary the Stormtrooper in Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.
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On February 13,2009, Donald Faison participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game.
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In 2010, Donald Faison starred alongside Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Eric Balfour, Laz Alonso, and Crystal Reed in the Brothers Strause science fiction thriller Skyline.
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From 2018 until 2020, Donald Faison voiced pilot Hype Fazon, a character written and named for him by Dave Filoni, in Star Wars Resistance.
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Donald Faison had caught Filoni's attention via his stop motion Star Wars cartoons.
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Donald Faison created the web series Alabama Jackson for Adult Swim's Youtube channel, which premiered in 2022.
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In 1997, Donald Faison started dating Lisa Askey, a nursing student.
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Donald Faison has six children: son Shawn, born in 1997, with ex-girlfriend Audrey Ince; fraternal boy-girl twins Dade and Kaya born in 1999, and son Kobe, born in 2001, with first wife Lisa Askey; and with second wife Cobb, a son Rocco born in 2013 and a daughter Wilder, born in 2015.
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Donald Faison's permission was not sought before including the dance, and he did not receive royalties for it.