American movie and television actor Donald Faison was born on June 22, 1974 in New York City, New York. He is best friends with his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff, who became his roommate. He has also worked as a lifeguard before becoming an actor.
Donald Faison’s first role was a small one in the 1992 thriller Juice. He was next cast in 1994’s Sugar Hill, but became famous for playing Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless. He reprised this role in the subsequent television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999. He began to have supporting roles on a number of television series. He was in New York Undercover, as well as portraying Dashiell on four episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. In 1998, he was in the series Sister, Sister and the films Butler and Can’t Hardly Wait. He was also cast alongside Loretta DeVine in Waiting to Exhale. In 2000, he landed a recurring role in the series Felicity. He gained popularity as the ambitious Petey in Remember the Titans.
The next year, he was cast as the devout Christian Dr. Christopher Turk in the NBC sitcom Scrubs, which earned him more fame. He co-stars with his close friend Zach Braff, who was his co-producer in an episode of MTV’s Punk’d. In 2002, Faison was cast in the comedy Big Fat Liar with Amanda Bynes and Frankie Muniz, as well as providing the voice for a character in MTV’s Clone High. He had roles in other films like Uptown Girls and King’s Ransom, while lending his voice to the movie Good Boy! and in the children’s series Higglytown Heroes. He also appeared on Saturday Night Live, and has voiced several characters on Seth Green’s stop motion-animated series Robot Chicken. He was in other films like Something New in 2006, Homie Spumoni, and Venus & Vegas in 2007. After Scrubs, he was seen in series like Cubed, The Exes, and Love Bites.
2011: Stag - Ken
2011: Love Bites (TV series) - Ricky
2005-2011: Robot Chicken (TV series) - Mumm-Ra/Boy/ Del Spooner/… (voice)
2011: The Exes (TV series) - Phil Chase
2010: Venus & Vegas - Stu
2010: Cubed (TV series) - Donald Faison
2010: Skyline - Terry
2010: FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (TV series) - Donald
2001-2010: Scrubs (TV series) - Dr. Christopher Turk
2010: The Odds (TV movie)
2009: American Dad! (TV series) - Christopher Turk/Turk (voice)
2009: Titan Maximum (TV series) - Cadet #3/Idiotic Club Moron/Warship Commander (voice)
2009: Scrubs: Interns (TV series) - Christopher Turk
2009: Next Day Air - Leo
2009: The Law (TV movie) - Dan
2008: Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (TV movie) - Darth Maul/Gary (voice)/Stormtrooper Nerd (voice)
2008: The Boondocks (TV series) - Wedgie Rudlin/Catcher Freeman/Tobias (voice)
2007: Kim Possible (TV series) - Ricky Rotiffle (voice)
2007: Robot Chicken: Star Wars (TV movie) - Dr. Evazan (voice)/Mace Windu (voice)
2007: Saturday Night Live (TV series) - Dr. Christopher Turk
2006: Homie Spumoni - Renato/Leroy
2006: Bachelor Party Vegas (video) - Ash
2006: Something New - Nelson McQueen
2005: The Bernie Mac Show (TV series) - Alex the Repairman
2004-2005: Higglytown Heroes (TV series) - Firefighter Hero/Fireman Hero (voice)
2005: King's Ransom - Andre
2003: Good Boy! - Wilson (voice)
2003: Uptown Girls - Huey
2003: Ravedactyl: Project Evolution (short) - Gunner
2002-2003: Clone High (TV series) - Toots/Wally/George Washington Carver/… (voice)
2000-2002: Felicity (TV series) - Tracy
2002: Big Fat Liar - Frank Jackson
2001: Josie and the Pussycats - D.J. - Du Jour
2001: Double Whammy - Cletis
2000: Remember the Titans - Petey Jones
1996-1999: Clueless (TV series) - Murray
1999: Trippin' - June Nelson
1999: Supreme Sanction (TV movie) - Marcus
1998: Sister, Sister (TV series) - Darryl
1998: Butter - Khaleed
1996-1998: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) - Dashiell/Justin
1998: Can't Hardly Wait - Drummer
1997: Academy Boyz - Glen Lewis
1996: New York Undercover (TV series) - James
1995: Waiting to Exhale - Tarik Matthews
1995: Clueless - Murray
1995: New Jersey Drive: Tiny Dime
1993: Sugar Hill - Kymie Damiels
1992: Sesame Street (TV series) - Jelani's Friend
1992: Juice - Student