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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

37

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-11-26 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Dwayne Barnes

Dwayne L. Barnes

Biography

Dwayne Barnes was born and reared in Detroit, Michigan where he witnessed some of life's harsh realities, which has consequently affected and transformed him as an artist and human being. In his senior year in high school, Barnes, voted "Most Likely to Succeed," won a citywide acting competition and was awarded a scholarship to attend Eastern Michigan University. However, after a few years of collegiate life, Barnes heard the call of his destiny and chose to immediately set his sights on moving to Los Angeles and stardom. Not just an actor, Barnes is also blessed with vocal talent and just two years after moving to Los Angeles, his performance in Robert Townsend's, "The Five Heartbeats: The Musical," was nominated BEST ACTOR for an NAACP Theater Award. Barnes also starred in the musicals, "Letters from Nam", which was written and produced by Emmy award-winning director, Paris Barclay, and "Dorian," which The Denver Daily New said, Barnes "gave a knockout performance." Barnes' musical talents also led to a contract with Capitol Records, where he recorded an album with the group H20. The group disbanded before the album was released. Barnes has guest-starred in over 30 different episodic shows, including such hit shows as C.S.I., E.R., and Cold Case. Other network guest appearances include, "Without a Trace", "Angel", "Judging Amy", "Numbers", "The Shield" and "Six Feet Under." Following in the shoes of such greats as, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry (Jungle Fever) and Chris Rock (New Jack City), Barnes' haunting portrayal of the cheeseburger loving crack addict in the urban classic Menace II Society has garnered him critical acclaim throughout Hollywood.

Known For

Acting

Big George Foreman

2023

Big George Foreman

as

Dick Sadler

Angry Dogs

1997

Angry Dogs

as

Homer Hayward

Bad Trip

1999

Bad Trip

as

Driver

The Big Time

2002

The Big Time

as

Stuff

Menace II Society

1993

Menace II Society

as

Basehead

Parental Guidance

2002

Parental Guidance

as

Rashaan

The Flock

2007

The Flock

as

Vincent Dennison

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

as

Officer Myers

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

as

Jared Spruell

Cold Case

Cold Case

as

Clinton

Angel

Angel

as

Lester

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

as

Andre Jones

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as

Rodney

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as

Al Larkin (segment "The Subway")

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

as

Jayden Flower

Weeds

Weeds

as

Cecil

Baywatch

Baywatch

as

Carter

ER

ER

as

Officer Hunt

Monk

Monk

as

Officer Cooper

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as

Darius

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Conner Squire

JAG

JAG

as

Saunders

Brooklyn South

Brooklyn South

as

Kenny Nevins

Pacific Blue

Pacific Blue

as

Rondell

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

as

U.S. Marshal Drew Groller

Production

Crew

Directing

I (Un)Do

2024

I (Un)Do

as