Boris Kodjoe

Highest Rated: 82% Love and Basketball (2000)

Lowest Rated: 7% Addicted (2014)

Birthday: Mar 8, 1973

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Owing his unique, smoldering good looks to his German mother and West African father, actor Boris Kodjoe first caught the attention of Hollywood casting agents in the pages of major men's magazines, as one of the most highly sought-after male models of the late '90s. The former star tennis player delayed a career in marketing -- his major in college at Virginia Commonwealth University -- for a chance to be the subject of fashion spreads from such photographers as Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber. The exposure led him to Hollywood, where he first found roles as a romantic heavy on television, and eventually a steady gig on the small-screen version of Soul Food. Despite starring roles in a pair of independent features (The Gospel and Doing Hard Time), Kodjoe's big-screen breakthrough would come courtesy of the second feature in writer/director Tyler Perry's popular Madea series, 2006's Madea's Family Reunion. Kodjoe would continue to find success in the coming years on shows like

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
71%	Ferdinand	Klaus	$70.5M	2017
No Score Yet	Downsized	Michael	—	2017
7%	Addicted	Jason Reynard	$17.4M	2014
61%	Nurse	Detective Rogan	—	2014
16%	Baggage Claim	Graham	$17.3M	2013
29%	Resident Evil: Retribution	Luther West	$42.4M	2012
No Score Yet	A Killer Among Us	Actor	—	2012
22%	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Luther	$60.2M	2010
No Score Yet	The Confidant	Nigel Patterson	—	2010
37%	Surrogates	Stone	$38.6M	2009
No Score Yet	Whatever She Wants	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Whatever She Wants	Julian Heaven	—	2009
50%	Starship Troopers 3: Marauder	Dix Hauser	—	2008
No Score Yet	All About Us	Edward Brown	—	2007
25%	Madea's Family Reunion	Frankie	$63.3M	2006
32%	The Gospel	David Taylor	$15.8M	2005
No Score Yet	Doing Hard Time	Michael	—	2004
66%	Brown Sugar	Kelby	$27.2M	2002
82%	Love and Basketball	Jason	—	2000

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2019 2017 2016
No Score Yet	Celebrity Family Feud 2015	Appearing	2019 2015
No Score Yet	Code Black 2015-2018	Will Campbell	2018 2017 2016 2015
No Score Yet	Tales 2017	Ray Vance	2017
No Score Yet	Harry 2016-2018	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	The Dr. Oz Show 2009	Guest	2016
84%	The Last Man on Earth 2015-2018	Phil Miller	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Real Husbands of Hollywood 2013-2016		2016 2015 2014 2013
No Score Yet	The Chew 2011-2018	Guest	2016 2015 2014 2013
100%	The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore 2015-2016	Panelist	2015
No Score Yet	The Wendy Williams Show 2008	Guest	2015 2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	Unforgettable 2011-2016	Agent Simms	2014
61%	Franklin & Bash 2011-2014		2012
36%	Undercovers 2010	Steven Bloom	2010
No Score Yet	The Mo'Nique Show 2009-2011	Guest	2009
No Score Yet	Tyler Perry's House of Payne 2007-2012	David	2009
75%	Nip/Tuck 2003-2009	Forrest	2007
55%	The Women's Murder Club 2007-2008	Simon Perry	2007
No Score Yet	America's Next Top Model 2003-2018	Guest	2005
60%	Second Time Around 2004-2005	Jackson Muse	2005 2004
No Score Yet	Eve 2003-2006	Kevin	2004
No Score Yet	Boston Public 2000-2005	Coach Williams Coach Derek Williams	2003
No Score Yet	Soul Food 2000-2004	Damon	2002 2001 2000
No Score Yet	For Your Love 1998-2002	Terrence	2000

QUOTES FROM Boris Kodjoe CHARACTERS

Ada Wong says: The Red Queen. She's activating bio-weapons to stop us! Let's go.

Alice says: Wait! You hear that...?

Ada Wong says: You know what it is?

Luther West says: I have an idea..

Alice says: I have an idea..

Alice says: Waiting for a written invatation

Alice says: Hi, waiting for a written invitation?

Luther West says: Sweet ride

Luther West says: Sweet ride.

Luther says: That's right. Star power, bitches.

Luther says: Nice landing.

Alice says: I think technically it's called crashing.