The handsome supporting actor and S.U.N.Y. graduate Seth Gilliam is most recognizable from gritty #92;crime dramas on HBO. He started acting in the early '90s with small roles in feature films, most notably in the #92;comedy Mad Dog and Glory. Also appearing in made-for-TV movies, his first starring role was in Assault at West Point as Johnson Whittaker, the first African-American cadet admitted to West Point. His next sizable role was in the Merchant Ivory production Jefferson in Paris, the story of Thomas Jefferson's affair with the 15-year-old slave girl Sally Hemmings. After appearing in a few scenes in Courage Under Fire and Starship Troopers, he made a successful move to HBO as Officer Clayton Hughes in the #92;prison drama Oz. A few years later, he played Detective Ellis Carver in the #92;crime series The Wire. He returned to feature filmmaking for the chest-baring role of Marcus in Punks, a #92;comedy about the black gay male scene in West Hollywood. In 2002, he appeared in the third part of Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity: Three Portraits. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide