Gary Dourdan (born Gary Durdin, December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African-American actor of Haitian descent, widely known for portraying Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Dourdan and his family moved to Willingboro, New Jersey when he was in his youth. At this time his interests included acting, music and martial arts. Later Dourdan moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio where he met some of Manhattan's promising young artists.
Green-eyed Dourdan got his first break when Debbie Allen cast him as Shazza Zulu on A Different World based on a tape of him in an avant-garde play. He had a recurring role on the Showtime series Soul Food until he nabbed the part of Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was also the host of a BET Spoken Word show entitled the Lyric Cafe.
Dourdan was briefly married to Roshumba Williams, and he has a daughter, Nyla and a son, Lyric from other relationships. He recently joined DMC on stage at Live 8 at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, and also co-sang the lyrics to the theme song of The Jeffersons at the 2005 Emmy Awards.
He also starred in the movie Alien: Resurrection.
He is currently set to play Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, on a biographical film on the latter's life.
He had a small role, in the movie Thursday, starring Thomas Jane.
He also appeared in Janet Jackson's video for her 1993 hit "Again" as her love interest.
Dourdan also has a small part in the 2007 film Perfect Stranger, as the protagonist's boyfriend.
He played a small part in the episode Never on Sunday (Lois & Clark episode) in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
