Donald Faison Bio - Donald Faison Biography

Donald Faison: Biography

He is an African-American television and movie actor, best known for his role as Doctor Chris Turk in the NBC television series Scrubs.

His acting career began at childhood when he attended the Children's School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art and the Professional Children's School in New York.

Before his debut on Scrubs, he became famous for his role as Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless, the 1995 movie and the television series of the same name which ran from 1996 to 1999.

In 1995, he appeared in Waiting to Exhale as Tarik, the son of Loretta Devine's character Gloria. He also had a recurring role as Tracy on Felicity, appeared in Remember the Titans, and provided voice work for various characters in the MTV animated series Clone High.

Donald: (on playing a romantic lead or villain) As long as it's a good role and I can get into the script. I don't want to play a bad guy in some really (awful) movie. I don't want to be the romantic lead in some poo poo.(edit)
Donald: I don't think there's a problem with dating somebody outside of your race, as long as you're doing it because you want to be with that person. Everybody tells you what you should do when you're dating, but if you follow your heart, it usually works out.(edit)
Donald: (on "Scrubs" having the same time slot as "Grey's Anatomy" in its sixth season) Hopefully, having The Office as a lead-in, we can get higher ratings this year. But that's not really what it's about. It's about putting quality shows on television for people to enjoy.(edit)
Donald: (on his favorite nickname for his character Turk in "Scrubs") They're all pretty funny. Brownest of Bears is hilarious. Mocha Bear, Chocolate Bear, Brown Bear, Brownest of Browns. [Laughs] Those are all funny names for another grown man to call you.(edit)
Donald: (on knowing "Scrubs" is on its final season; in an October 2007 interview) I'm more excited that I completed a journey, completed a story. We got to go out on our own terms, and not a lot of shows can say that.(edit)
Donald: I am doing my best to get a hold of some of that Zach Braff money. I hope everybody on this planet gets a hold of some of that Zach Braff money.(edit)
Donald: (on trading his career with the body and physical skills of NBA player LeBron James) Yeah, because as handsome as I am, I'd be the highest-grossing athlete ever in the NBA if I had that man's skills. Me?! With that freakin' dominance?! In the league?!(edit)
Donald: (on the first time he went naked on "Scrubs") It was awesome, because nobody had seen how nice of an ass I had. So when I finally took the robe off, I got a lot of nice screams from the ladies...and some men.(edit)
Donald: (on acting between serious and silly in "Scrubs") That's how life is, you know - when you're feeling your best, someone snatches the rug out from under you. That's how I look at this show. You experience it so much in real life that it's not hard to act out.(edit)
Donald: My mother always told me if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it.(edit)
Donald: I don't know why, I always play a woman when I play videogames.(edit)
Donald: Star Wars was one of the first movies that ever made me want to be an actor. Hanging with Wookies, getting to fight it out with Jabba... That's some crazy stuff. At one point, I used to dream about being Han Solo.(edit)

Faison is a former member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet. Members of the cabinet help out using their talents and resources in furthering the cause of the organization.(edit)
Donald has a Superman tattoo on his right arm. He got it when he was 18 years old.(edit)
Donald's experience as an actor on Scrubs has made him want to produce and direct on television. He admits that he has learned so much on filmmaking and television-making through the show.(edit)
Donald attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in New York, New York.(edit)
When Donald was six years of age, he wrote and acted in a play named When The Lion Roars.(edit)
Donald has received the BET Comedy Award twice, in year 2004 and 2005, for his performance in Scrubs. He was also nominated for Teen Choice Award's "Choice TV Sidekick" for playing Turk on the show from 2004-2007.(edit)
In 2002, Donald appeared in a print ad for America's Milk Processors "got milk?" campaign. (edit)
Donald has appeared in the following music videos: "Sittin' Up in my Room" for Brandy, "Chariot" for Gavin DeGraw, "3:00 AM" for Matchbox 20.(edit)
Donald was one of three actors to play in both the Clueless movie and in the series. The other two were Elisa Donovan, who played Amber, and Stacey Dash, who played Dee.(edit)
Donald's Scrubs co-stars refer to him as "that guy from Clueless". Similarly, cast-mate Sarah Chalke is called "Becky Number Two", in reference to her role on Roseanne.(edit)
He has worked as a lifeguard.(edit)
Donald's nickname is Shun.(edit)
Donald gave his used napkin to Improv Everywhere during one of their missions which involved them selling used celebrity trash in Times Square.(edit)
He played in the 2007 NBA Celebrity All Star Game. He started on the East team but was then traded to the West team with Jamie Kennedy.(edit)
Donald's best friend in real life is Scrubs co-star and on-screen best friend Zach Braff. After they finished the first season of Scrubs, they became roommates for a summer in New York. Zach was performing in a play then while he was doing a movie.(edit)
He is a big Star Wars fan. As a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he admitted to viewing Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 350 times.(edit)
He is a big fan of his hometown NBA team New York Knicks.(edit)
Uptown Girls is the second movie he has been a supporting character with Brittany Murphy, the first film being Clueless in 1995.(edit)
He dated Minka Kelly after his marriage ended.(edit)
Donald recently started to grow his hair out , in the 6th season of Scrubs, for the first time in the show's run.(edit)
Faison has four children: his eldest son (Sean) with childhood friend Audrey Ince, and three others (Kobe and twins Dade and Kaya) with Lisa Askey, whom he married in 2001.(edit)
Donald has been dating Cacee Cobb (Jessica Simpson's best friend) since February 2007.(edit)
While starring in Scrubs, Donald appeared in 7 of NBC's public service announcements, The More You Know. His topics were anti-prejudice, self-esteem, the environment, v-chip, parental involvement in school, talking with your kids, and reading.(edit)
Donald was one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive, 2006. He is found in the "Bald and Beautiful" section.(edit)
Donald helped Ashton Kutcher to Punk his Scrubs castmate Zach Braff. A gang of kids led by Punk'd star Ryan Pinkston vandalized Zach's precious Porsche with fake spray paint after they refused to buy the kids beer. Donald was also the producer of the episode.(edit)
Donald has appeared in TV commercials for Pepsi Edge and Folger's Coffee. His first commercial was a spot for Oatmeal Raisin Crisp cereal.(edit)
He is 6' (1.83 m) tall.(edit)
Donald is the oldest of the three Faison boys, who include Dade and Olamide Faison. Olamide is a singer from the R&B group Imagin.(edit)
Donald participates in MTV's Rock n Jock Basketball.(edit)