Danso Gordon
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| Born | Danso Nyameche Gordon August 3, 1979 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Danso Gordon (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actor.
Gordon was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving on to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. His very first acting gig was as a guest star in CBC's Street Cents and moved on to filming footwear commercials with the basketball star Charles Barkley. He later appeared in a number of other acting projects like the TV series Sliders, the 1998 film American History X and starring roles in the NBC Saturday morning sitcom Hang Time, The Disney Series In a Heartbeat and The N-Network's original series South Of Nowhere. He also made special appearances in the internet drama College Daze His latest film project is the indie feature "The Test", which filmed in San Diego the summer of '11. He is also co-creator of the Talentboxblog.com online music showcase.
He co-directed the short film "COLE" which won Best Actor in a short film during the 2007 Playhouse West Film Festival.
In 2010, he was in a State Farm commercial. In 2011, he was in a WWE/Domino's, Mike's Hard Lemonade and EA Sports commercial. In 2012, he was in a McDonald's commercial.
[edit] Early Life
Danso was born in the Jane and Trethewey public housing area of Toronto, Ontario. His parents divorced when he was 2 and he was raised with his working mother. His father is from Jamaica and his mother was born and raised in Canada. He moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia at the age of 12 and immersed himself in sports. He played soccer, basketball and was an award-winning track star in Jr. High. He is also a trained amatuer boxer. At the age of 15 he moved to Los Angeles to live with his father and began to pursue acting. A friend in his high school english class introduced him to his acting teacher/manager who got him connected with an agent that he's continued to have throughout his career. He quickly booked his first job filming a shoe commercial working alongside Charles Barkley and quickly landed his first series regular role on the NBC show 'Hang Time' and has been a Series Regular on a total of three television shows ('In A Heartbeat' and 'South of Nowhere'). He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Psychobiology. Is currently studying to receive a Masters in Computer Science.
[edit] External links
- Danso Gordon at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.dansogordon.net Danso's personal blogsite
- http://www.thetalentboxblog.com The TLNTBOX Music Showcase
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