Aaron Meeks

Meeks started acting in childhood as a member of the Cornerstone Theater Company troupe.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqDGkUAsczYC&pg=PA139|page=139|title=Staging America|last=Kuftinec|first=Sonja|date=2003|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=9780809388530}} His brother, Andrew, was also a child actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.paramount.com/television/soulfood/cast/meeksbio.html|website=Paramount Television|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604115330/http://www.paramount.com/television/soulfood/cast/meeksbio.html|archive-date=June 4, 2002|title=Aaron Meeks as ahmad}} Aaron made his screen debut in 1999 on the medical drama Diagnosis: Murder, playing an abused young boy.{{cite news|date=November 4, 1999|title=Tonight's Highlights|page=C7|newspaper=Beaver County Times}} In 2000, Meeks appeared as Herman D. Washington{{cite news|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=February 5, 2000|title='Storm' brewing on Showtime|page=5D|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World}} in the Showtime movie A Storm in Summer, starring opposite Peter Falk.{{cite news|last=Elber|first=Lynn|date=February 3, 2000|title=TV honors Black History Month|page=5B|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard}} Their characters form an unlikely friendship.{{cite news|last=Bobbin|first=Jay|date=February 5, 2000|title=Peter Falk must weather 'A Storm in Summer' in Showtime remake|newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News}} One reviewer found Meeks' performance "impressive."{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=January 23, 2000|title=Peter Falk Drops 'Columbo' Guise For Dramatic Role in TV Film|page=5|newspaper=The Mount Airy News}} He earned a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 for his work in this film.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm|title=Twenty-Second Annual Young Artist Awards|website=Young Artist Awards|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928181449/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm|archive-date=September 28, 2014}} Meeks portrayed a young Cassius Clay in Ali: An American Hero (2000) and acted in the Gregory Hines television film Bojangles (2001).{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118|page=119|title=teens At The top|last=Bennett Kinno|first=Joy|date=April 2004|magazine=Ebony|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}}

Meeks portrayed the role of Ahmad Chadway, a teenager who attends prep school,{{cite news|date=June 15, 2000|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=BALLMT20000615-01.1.16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Aaron+Meeks%22------|title='Soul Food,' the series, comes to TV June 28|pages=1; 16|newspaper=The Muncie Times}} on drama series Soul Food.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|title='Soul Food' Keeps TV Viewers Hungry For Drama And Intrigue|page=59|magazine=Jet|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|date=January 22, 2001}} He also narrated the series as Ahmad.{{cite news|last=Owen|first=Rob|date=June 26, 2000|title=Showtime series about families show more or less promise|page=C6|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|author-link=Rob Owen (journalist)}} Meeks played the role from 2000 to 2004.{{cite news|last=Scott|first=Tracy L.|date=June 24, 2000|title='Soul Food' comes to TV|page=5D|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World}}{{cite news|last=Weintraub|first=Joanne|date=February 24, 2004|title='Soul Food' family ready to clear table for last time|page=C4|newspaper=The Day}} For playing Ahmad, he won two consecutive NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Youth Actor in 2001 and 2002.{{cite news|date=March 2, 2001|title=First set of awards announced|page=2B|newspaper=The Daily News}}{{cite news|date=December 8, 2002|title='Brown Sugar' leads Image Award nominees|page=C10|newspaper=Beaver County Times}} In 2003, he received an NAACP Image Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, Meeks was given two Young Artist Award nominations in 2003 and 2004 for his performance on Soul Food.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm|title=Twenty-Fourth Annual Young Artist Awards|website=Young Artist Awards|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204172303/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm|archive-date=December 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm|title=25th Annual Winners and Nominees!|website=Young Artist Awards|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802044855/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm|archive-date=August 2, 2011}}

Following his work on Soul Food, he appeared in the television film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) and had a guest role on crime drama Crossing Jordan (2007). Meeks has not acted since 2007.

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