It's not surprising that this commanding actor has played a striking number of athletes. The defensive end on his high-school football team, Haysbert turned down multiple sports scholarships in order to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. But he didn't quite leave his past behind. In his very first TV role he was cast as a basketball player on an episode of White Shadow, and later he appeared in numerous sports-related projects (Love & Basketball, Grambling's White Tiger, Mr. Baseball). Throu - www.tvguide.com

actor Personal InformationBorn on June 2, 1954, in San Mateo, CA; son of Charles and Gladys Haysbert; divorced; two childrenEducation: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Pasadena, CA. CareerActor, mid 1980s-. Life's WorkThough success came slowly for actor Dennis Haysbert, by the early 2000s he had become a star on both the big and small screens. He has appeared in such popular hits as Waiting to Exhale and Absolute Power, and costarred with Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field, the story of an interracial marr - www.answers.com

He has two children with Lynn Griffith: Charles Haysbert and Katharine Haysbert.He was a defensive end on his high school football team.Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA).Grand marshal of the "Allstate 400 at the Brickyard" auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 7 August 2005.Attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California.He is also a certified Deep Sea Diver per Discovery Channel "Secrets of Pearl Harbor" in June 2008 that he hosts, narrates and stars in.Lives in - www.imdb.com