McKinley Freeman

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McKinley Freeman (born June 9, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in films and on television series, including the starring role of Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor , [1] portraying the role of Dominic in the OWN's drama TV series Queen Sugar , and playing the character Lewis in Hulu's Reasonable Doubt . [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Freeman earned a BS in finance at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In 2004 while working at IBM as a Business Development Manager, he auditioned for All My Children and ended up getting the role. [2] [3] [6] [7]

Career

After working on the soap opera All My Children, he later made appearances on shows such as ER , CSI: Miami , and Criminal Minds . In 2007, he starred as the role Airborne Soldier in the comedy film Delta Farce . [8] In 2009, Freeman became a regular, playing Tony Dane on the ABC's series Samantha Who? Afterwards, he took on some acting roles for a few soap opera series, such as Days of Our Lives , and General Hospital . In 2012, he landed an acting spot on End of Watch . [9] Freeman became a series regular, starring as the character Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor. After three seasons, he left and became a series regular for Daytime Divas and If Loving You Is Wrong . [2] [10] [3] [6]

Personal life

Freeman stays healthy by practicing a variety of forms of boxing, kickboxing and martial arts, such as Bojuka, Jeet Kune Do, and Muay Thai. He also works with the Covenant House and the Boys & Girls Club of America, while focusing on using his basketball skills in order to help children. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
2004 Pop Rocks TV HostTV movie [12] [13]
2006McBride: RequiemUniformed OfficerTV movie [14]
2007 Delta Farce Airborne Soldier [8]
Sharpshooter AndreTV movie [15]
2008Good BehaviorMountain ManTV movie [16]
201010 Years LaterDarrell Litner [17] [18]
2011HallelujahLyndonTV movie [19]
Waking Madison Henry [20]
2012 Blue-Eyed Butcher ConstableTV movie [21] [18]
End of Watch Williams [9]
2013CrosstownLB [22]
Jaded the SeriesEricVideo [23]
2014A Second Chance ChristmasMalcolmTV movie [24]
2016The Best Thanksgiving EverThe Hammer [25]
2017Hometown HeroMitchTV movie [26]
Message From a MistressJackson Clinton [27]
2019I Got the Hook Up 2Detective Freeman [28]
Loved to DeathJackson [10] [21]
If Not Now, When? Jackson [29]
2020 Illicit Lance [30]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
2004 All My Children McKinley FreemanEpisode: "September 16, 2004" [11] [22]
2005 ER Flight MedicEpisode: "Here and There" [31]
CSI: Miami MDPD UniformEpisode: "Recoil" [32]
Over There MDPD UniformEpisode: "Roadblock Duty" [33]
2006 In Justice Ray EstevezEpisode: "Victims" [34]
Close to Home William HardingEpisode: "Still a Small Town" [34]
Boston Legal Entertainment LawyerEpisode: "Spring Fever" [33]
2007 Criminal Minds Agent FranksEpisode: "The Big Game" [35]
2008–11 Days of Our Lives Evan SayersRegular Cast [36]
2009 Samantha Who? Tony DaneRecurring Cast: Season 2 [37]
NCIS Marine Sergeant Ross BarnesEpisode: "Code of Conduct" [2]
General Hospital Det. Roy WilliamsRegular Cast [32] [7]
2010LookZachRecurring Cast [38]
2011 The Protector Patrick 'Trick' PurcellEpisode: "Safe" [39]
The Closer Agent BurnsEpisode: "Relative Matters" [36]
2012 The Client List Client 1Episode: "Life of Riley" [40]
2013 Major Crimes Agent BurnsEpisode: "Backfire" [36]
Bones Coach Davis McIntyreEpisode: "The Spark in the Park" [11]
2013–18 Hit the Floor Derek RomanMain Cast [3] [9] [41] [42]
2015 Switched at Birth Brad ZiffEpisode: "We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again" [31]
In-BetweenNickRecurring Cast
2016Relationship StatusScottyRecurring Cast [43]
2017 Scandal Sean CampbellEpisode: "Head Games" [44] [32]
Daytime Divas Shawn RobinsonMain Cast [22]
If Loving You Is Wrong DeonRecurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 [22]
2018 9-1-1 BurglarEpisode: "Let Go" [34]
2019 American Soul Ike TurnerEpisode: "Proceed with Caution" [45]
2019–2021 Titans Justin ColtGuest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 [46]
2020PumpJaredMain Cast [47]
Into the Dark NateEpisode: "Good Boy" [48]
2021–22 Our Kind of People Nate RobinsonRecurring Cast [49]
Queen Sugar Dominic BachardRecurring Cast: Season 6–7 [50] [4] [51]
2022–present Reasonable Doubt Lewis StewartMain Cast [5] [52] [53] [31]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientOutcome
2013California Film AwardsDiamond Award - Best ActorGreencard WarriorsWinner [22]

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