Hill Harper

Born: 17th May 1973
Where: Iowa City, Iowa

Hill attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated with two degrees from Harvard, one in Law, and the other in Government.

While attending Harvard, he began his stage career working with the Black Folks' Theatre Company in Boston, and co-hosted the local Boston talk show Night Shift.

In 1992, he appeared in the short Confessions of a Dog, and made his primetime debut as a nurse in an episode of the family drama Life Goes On.

The following year, Hill displayed his comedic abilities in the recurring role of a football prodigy in the sitcom Married...With Children.

While he made his feature debut in the forgettable sequel Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, the actor fared better as Louis Gossett Jr's teenaged son in the acclaimed TV drama, Zooman.

With his career still ascending, Hill signed to co-star as a medical resident in the Stephen Bochco-produced TV series, City of Angels.

He also co-starred with Omar Epps and LL Cool J in the drama In Too Deep; and in 2000, co-starred as a student journalist out to uncover an elite secret society in the thriller The Skulls.

He followed this played a prisoner estranged from his family who attempts a reconciliation, in The Visit, and appeared on stage with Phylicia Rashad in Blue.