Chad L Coleman is a TV, film and stage actor known for his roles in the series The Wire and the walking dead and the video game left 4dead 2 Coleman was rais in a foster home .he start studying drama in his youth .
He work as a video cameraman during his service in the unit states army he play several roles in on screen production s before finding success with the of Dennis Katie wise in the HBO crime drama.
He also made guest appearance in series like terminator the Sarah Connor chronicles and in plain sight he has lent his voice to the web series electric city and the city and the video game left 4 dead 3 seen in movie like brother to brother ,the green hornet and horrible bosses.
He has been a part of short films like the gilded six bits and making lemonade his current TV feature includes recurring characters in the series the expanse and the Orville.
Childhood & Early Life
Chad L Coleman was born on September 6, 1974 in rich mind Virginia us when he was 11 month old, Coleman, his two older sisters, and two older brothers moved into a foster home in Richmond, Virginia later at the age of 14 he started living with his grandmother .he participated in track and field during his youth, but later turned his attention to drama lessons due to a leg injury. He received a scholarship and enrolled in the Virginia commonwealth university .however he dropped out of university after his freshman year ,serving in the untitled state army he worked as a video cameraman during his tenure in the us army from 1995 to 1999.
Family & Personal Life
They have two children Asani and Naya.
Career
Coleman also played O.J. Simpsons in the TNT TV movies Monday night mayhem (2002) meanwhile he stated acting in films like new York cop (1993) and speed of life (1998) he played the role of joe banks in the short film the gilded six bits released in 2001.
Dennis Katie wise a reformed gang enforcer young boxing instructor in the third season of the HBO crime drama series the wire Dennis character first appeared in the 2004 episode time after time and became part of the main cast in the series fourth season. He made another guest appearance in the fifth season of the show. Coleman appeared in 20 episodes of the series until 2008.
The 2004 film brother to brother which premiered at that year’s Sundance film festival featured him in the role of EI the following year he played the role of Clyde in the short video film Carlitos way move towards power.in 2009 he starred in the
Broadway revival of august Wilsons play joe turner come and gone and in the Norwegian series .I also acted Norwegian TV during November –December 2011.
He star as Gary miller in the fox sitcom I hate my teenage daughter between 2010 and 2013 meanwhile in 2011 he appear in two blockbuster hits the green hornet and horrible bosses moving on he act in many short films such as habeas corpus 2013 and making in the lemonade 2018 he voice the role of many in the animat post – apocalyptic science fiction web series electric city the series originally air on yahoo It was releas by screen on 17 July 2012.
He played the role of mango in the miniseries roots aired in 2016 on history channel in the same year he also appeared in the superhero series arrow and the horror web series freakish he also guest starred in such series such as in plain sight 2010 lie to me 2010 and I always it in Philadelphia 2010-2017. Since 2017 he has been playing the recurring role of klyden in the science fiction comedy drama the Orville he show premiered on fox on September 10 of the same year. Over the year he has lent his voice several video games such as the warriors 2005 ,Billy 2006 left 4 dead 2 2009 and resident evil 6 2013.
Before Fame
He ran track and field until a leg sidelined him. He then turned to studying drama and attended Virginia commonwealth university on scholarship for just one freshman year he service in the us army from 1995 to 1999 as a video cameraman.
Family Life
He was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia has was marri to sally Stewart from 1999-2010 they had two children with them.