Kadeem Hardison- Biography

About Kadeem Hardison

A personable African-American actor who gained prominence as the fast-talking girl-watching Dwayne Wayne on the NBC sitcom "A Different World", Hardison got his start doing a small turn in the "The Color of Friendship", a 1981 "ABC Afterschool Special", that starred future director James Bond III. He made his motion picture debut in Stan Lathan's adaptation of James Baldwin's classic "Go Tell it on the Mountain" (1984) and worked again with Lathan that same year in "Beat Street". He went on to "A Different World" in 1987. From there, Hardison took small comic supporting roles in such films as Spike Lee's "School Daze" (1988), Keenen Ivory Wayans' Blaxploitation tribute "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (1988) and Ron Shelton's "White Men Can't Jump" (1992). He also co-starred with Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett in the pallid comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn" (1995).

Partners

Companion

Cree Summer. Met while starring together on A Different World (NBC); dated in the late 1980s

Family

daughter

Sophia Hardison. Born in October 1996; mother, Chante Moore

father

Donald McFadden.

mother

Bethann Hardison. Owned a fashion agency

Education

Eubie Blake Theatre, New York, NY
HB Studio, New York, NY

Career Milestones

1981

Made TV debut in the after school special, The Color of Friendship

1984

Made feature debut in Go Tell it on the Mountain

1987

Made TV series debut in A Different World (NBC); also made directorial debut for a 1992 episode

1997

Returned to series TV as co-star of the Fox sitcom Between Brothers

2001

Appeared in the Sundance-screened comedy 30 Years to Life

2002

Co-starred as Brookes in the comedy feature Who s Your Daddy?

2003

Cast in the action feature Biker Boyz