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Boris Kodjoe

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March 8, 1973 in Vienna, Austria
Biography:Owing his unique, smoldering good looks to his German mother and West African father, actor Boris Kodjoe first caught the attention of Hollywood casting agents in the pages of major men's magazines, as one of the most highly sought-after male models of the late '90s. The former star tennis player delayed a career in marketing -- his major in college at Virginia Commonwealth University -- for a chance to be the subject of fashion spreads from such photographers as Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber. The exposure led him to Hollywood, where he first found roles as a romantic heavy on television, and eventually a steady gig on the small-screen version of Soul Food. Despite starring roles in a pair of independent features (The Gospel and Doing Hard Time), Kodjoe's big-screen breakthrough would come courtesy of the second feature in writer/director Tyler Perry's popular Madea series, 2006's Madea's Family... Full Biography
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Rosamund Pike and Boris Kodjoe in "Surrogates"
Radha Mitchell and Boris Kodjoe in "Surrogates"
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker
Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe
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