Dulé Hill
Best known for his work as Charlie Young on “The West Wing,” Dulé Hill stars in “Psych,” a one-hour crime/comedy series in which an amateur sleuth (James Roday) cons the police into believing he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. Hill plays straight man to Roday’s foil. Produced by NBC Universal TV Studios, “Psych” premiered in July 2006 as the # 1 rated cable show on the USA Network. It returned with new episodes on January 11th.
Hill returned to his theater roots this past winter in Dutchman. This shocking classic race drama returns to the place where it all began in 1964 at the Cherry Lane Theatre. In Amiri Baraka’s Obie-Award Winning last play as LeRoi Jones, a white woman seduces a naïve bourgeois black man (Hill) on the train with terrifying results.
On film, Hill recently appeared with William H. Macy in Stuart Gordon’s adaptation of David Mamet’s Edmond; in the Universal Pictures thriller Hellion, directed by Stewart Hendler; and in Andrew Davis’ The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Other film credits include Disney’s’ Holes, Sugar Hill, She’s All That, and the independent Sexual Life.
Hill first came to prominence as The Kid opposite Savion Glover and Jeffrey Wright in Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk (Public Theatre, Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre), directed by George C. Wolfe. The history of the African American told through tap dance and music, Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk, proved one of the most exciting events of the 1996 season. His stage credits also include Black and Blue (Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre), Shenandoah (Paper Mill Playhouse), and The Little Rascals (Goodspeed Opera House). Hill began attending dance school when he was three and received his first break years later as the understudy to Savion Glover in The Tap Dance Kid on Broadway. He went on to perform the lead role in the musical’s national tour alongside Harold Nicholas.
Hill joined the cast of NBC’s acclaimed “The West Wing” in the third episode (1999). As Charlie Young, Personal Aide to the President (Martin Sheen) and subsequently, Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff (Allison Janney), Hill garnered an Emmy Award nomination and four Image Award nominations for supporting actor (drama series), and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (from a total six nominations) as part of the ensemble (drama series).
Born and raised in New Jersey, Hill currently resides in Los Angeles.