Chi McBride

{{Infobox person

| name = Chi McBride

| image = Chi McBride 2.jpg

| caption = McBride in 2009

| birth_name = Kenneth McBride

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|23}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1992–present

| spouse = Julissa Marquez

}}

Kenneth "Chi" McBride ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|aɪ}} {{respell|SHY}}; born September 23, 1961){{Cite web |last= |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Chi McBride Bio, Height, Net Worth, Wife, Family, Married |url=https://www.naijanews.com/buzz/people/chi-mcbride-bio-height-net-worth-wife-family-married/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Buzz |language=en-US}} is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles.

In film, he has played prominent roles including The Frighteners (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), I, Robot (2004), Waiting... (2005), Let's Go to Prison (2006), and Draft Day (2014).

On television, he was high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, Detective Laverne Winston on the Fox drama Human Target, Detective Don Owen on the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy, and Captain Lou Grover on Hawaii Five-0.

Early life

McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois, from which his stage name derives.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/07/23/my-son-the-actor/|title=My Son The Actor|date=July 23, 1996|access-date=June 27, 2017}} He was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Chi_McBride.html|title=The religion of Chi McBride|date=September 23, 2005|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507062305/http://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Chi_McBride.html|archive-date=May 7, 2011|url-status=usurped}} and attended Shiloh Academy, now known as Chicago SDA Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school. McBride originally planned to pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1986 to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.

Career

McBride's first success in show business came with the hit song "Basically, He's the Champ" as part of the group KSL, which parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=October 29, 2020 |title=Boxing: Exhibition will be real thing, say Tyson and Jones Jr |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50040119/boxing-exhibition-will-be-real-thing-say-tyson-and-jones-jr |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=KSL |language=en}} Based on the song's success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records, and he joined the rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in front of the camera, McBride moved to Los Angeles and, billed as "Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, as well as a featured role in the television film Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.

In 1998, he was a co-star of Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride's work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films Mercury Rising and The Terminal. He is also notable for television roles on The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.

McBride's other film credits include Cradle 2 the Grave, The Distinguished Gentleman, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Frighteners, Narc, Disney's The Kid, I, Robot, Roll Bounce, Annapolis, Hoodlum, Undercover Brother, Let's Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

He starred in Human Target as Winston, business partner of Christopher Chance (the protagonist). The show premiered on January 17, 2010, on FOX.{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2010 |title=Human Target aims to make movies for TV |url=https://www.twincities.com/2010/01/14/human-target-aims-to-make-movies-for-tv/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}}

Starting in 2013, he starred on Hawaii Five-0 as Captain Lou Grover. He previously worked with co-star Scott Caan in Gone in 60 Seconds.{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Scott |date=November 22, 2018 |title=Hawaii Five-0's Chi McBride talks first-time writing and show milestones |url=https://www.insideottawavalley.com/opinion/contributors/hawaii-five-0-s-chi-mcbride-talks-first-time-writing-and-show-milestones/article_9c6c8008-6800-5501-b98b-8a08d5a8f117.html |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=InsideOttawaValley.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=April 8, 2016 |title=Hawaii Five-O: Chi McBride on Season 6, Voicing Nick Fury |url=https://collider.com/hawaii-five-o-chi-mcbride-marvel-interview/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}

In May 2021, Chi McBride has signed with Verve.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 5, 2021 |title=Chi McBride Signs With Verve For Representation |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/chi-mcbride-verve-hawaii-five-0-1234750180/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

On May 14, 2021, CBS announced that McBride would star along with Pete Holmes and Katie Lowes in a sitcom based around the life of laid-off auto worker-turned-professional bowler Tom Smallwood.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/cbs-orders-smallwood-good-sam-series-1234973869/ |title=CBS Orders 'Smallwood' and 'Good Sam' to Series |first=Elaine |last=Low |date=May 14, 2021 |accessdate=May 17, 2021}} McBride plays Archie, a bowling alley owner who serves as friend and mentor to the main character played by Holmes. The multi-camera series debuted on March 31, 2022.{{cite web |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Pete Holmes To Star In New CBS Comedy Smallwood Debuting Mid-Season |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/smallwood/news/1010284/pete-holmes-to-star-in-new-cbs-comedy-smallwood-debuting-mid-season/ |accessdate=May 20, 2021 |website=cbs.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519180936/https://www.cbs.com/shows/smallwood/news/1010284/pete-holmes-to-star-in-new-cbs-comedy-smallwood-debuting-mid-season/ |archive-date=2021-05-19 }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \| The Distinguished Gentleman \| Homer \|
1993 \| What's Love Got to Do with It \| Fross \|
rowspan="2"\| 1996 \| The Great White Hype \| Rowdy Spectator \|
The Frighteners \| Cyrus \|
1997 \| Hoodlum \| Illinois Gordon \|
1998 \| Mercury Rising \| FBI Agent Thomas "Bizzi" Jordan \|
rowspan="4"\| 2000 \| Dancing in September \| Security Guard \|
Gone in 60 Seconds \| Donny Astricky \|
Disney's The Kid \| Kenny \|
Magicians \| Tom \|
rowspan="3"\| 2002 \| Narc \| Captain Cheevers \|
Undercover Brother \| The Chief \|
Paid in Full \| Pip \|
rowspan="2"\| 2003 \| Cradle 2 the Grave \| Jump Chambers \|
Delusion \| John \| Short
rowspan="2"\| 2004 \| The Terminal \| Joe Mulroy \|
I, Robot \| Lt. John Bergin \|
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \| Roll Bounce \| Curtis Smith \|
Waiting... \| Bishop Coleman \|
rowspan="3"\| 2006 \| Annapolis \| McNally \|
Ultimate Avengers 2 \| Chief Elder \| Voice, direct-to-video{{cite web \|title=Chi McBride (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Chi-Mcbride/ \|access-date=August 12, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Let's Go to Prison \| Barry \|
2007 \| The Brothers Solomon \| James Coolwell \|
rowspan="3"\| 2008 \| American Son \| Eddie \|
First Sunday \| Pastor Arthur Mitchell \|
Who Do You Love \| Willie Dixon \|
2009 \| Still Waiting... \| Bishop Coleman \|
rowspan="2"\| 2011 \| The Family Tree \| Simon Krebs \|
Fruit of Labor \| Mr. Hoffman \| Short
rowspan="2"\| 2013 \| Pawn Shop Chronicles \| Johnson \|
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload \| Nick Fury, Red Skull \| Voice, short
2014 \| Draft Day \| Walt Gordon \|
2015 \| Home Sweet Hell \| Chief Malcom Brown \|
2017 \| Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin \| Actor \|
2022 \| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe \| Metcalf, Judge \|Voice

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| The Distinguished Gentleman

| Homer

1993

| What's Love Got to Do with It

| Fross

rowspan="2"| 1996

| The Great White Hype

| Rowdy Spectator

The Frighteners

| Cyrus

1997

| Hoodlum

| Illinois Gordon

1998

| Mercury Rising

| FBI Agent Thomas "Bizzi" Jordan

rowspan="4"| 2000

| Dancing in September

| Security Guard

Gone in 60 Seconds

| Donny Astricky

Disney's The Kid

| Kenny

Magicians

| Tom

rowspan="3"| 2002

| Narc

| Captain Cheevers

Undercover Brother

| The Chief

Paid in Full

| Pip

rowspan="2"| 2003

| Cradle 2 the Grave

| Jump Chambers

Delusion

| John

| Short

rowspan="2"| 2004

| The Terminal

| Joe Mulroy

I, Robot

| Lt. John Bergin

rowspan="2"| 2005

| Roll Bounce

| Curtis Smith

Waiting...

| Bishop Coleman

rowspan="3"| 2006

| Annapolis

| McNally

Ultimate Avengers 2

| Chief Elder

| Voice, direct-to-video{{cite web |title=Chi McBride (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Chi-Mcbride/ |access-date=August 12, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

Let's Go to Prison

| Barry

2007

| The Brothers Solomon

| James Coolwell

rowspan="3"| 2008

| American Son

| Eddie

First Sunday

| Pastor Arthur Mitchell

Who Do You Love

| Willie Dixon

2009

| Still Waiting...

| Bishop Coleman

rowspan="2"| 2011

| The Family Tree

| Simon Krebs

Fruit of Labor

| Mr. Hoffman

| Short

rowspan="2"| 2013

| Pawn Shop Chronicles

| Johnson

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload

| Nick Fury, Red Skull

| Voice, short

2014

| Draft Day

| Walt Gordon

2015

| Home Sweet Hell

| Chief Malcom Brown

2017

| Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin

| Actor

2022

| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

| Metcalf, Judge

|Voice

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2"\| 1992 \| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air \| Ed Barker \| Episode: "Boyz in the Woods"
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation \| Malcolm Pennington III \| Television film
1993–96 \| The John Larroquette Show \| Heavy Gene \| Main cast
rowspan="2"\| 1994 \| Married... with Children \| Dexter \| Episode: "Nooner or Later"
Cosmic Slop \| T-Bone \| Episode: "Tang"
1996 \| Nash Bridges \| Luscious \| Episode: "The Great Escape"
1998 \| The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer \| Desmond Pfeiffer \| Main cast
1999 \| The Parkers \| Cliff Rogers \| Episode: "Betting on Love"
rowspan="3"\| 2000 \| Sliders \| Mule Packer \| Episode: "Dust"
God, the Devil and Bob \| Mike \| Voice, recurring cast
King of the World \| Drew Bundini Brown \| Television film
rowspan="2"\| 2001 \| The Practice \| Steven Harper \| Episode: "The Day After"
Rocket Power \| Big Tony \| Voice, episode: "Hurricane Maurice/Reggie's Choice"
2000–02 \| Max Steel \| Jefferson Smith \| Voice, main cast
2000–04 \| Boston Public \| Steven Harper \| Main cast
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \| Boston Legal \| Steven Harper \| Episode: "Let Sales Ring"
House \| Edward Vogler \| Recurring cast (season 1)
2005–06 \| Killer Instinct \| Lt. Matt Cavanaugh \| Main cast
2006 \| Monk \| Mayor Ray Nicholson \| Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike"
2006–07 \| The Nine \| Malcolm Jones \| Main cast
2007–09 \| Pushing Daisies \| Emerson Cod \| Main cast
2010 \| Psych \| Craig Snowden \| Episode: "Ferry Tale"
2010–11 \| Human Target \| Detective Laverne Winston \| Main cast
rowspan="3"\| 2011 \| How I Met Your Mother \| Rod \| Episode: "Challenge Accepted"
HawthoRNe \| Garland Brice \| Recurring cast (season 3)
Suits \| District Attorney Terrence Wolf \| 2 episodes
2012–13 \| Fury Files \| rowspan="2" \| Nick Fury \| Voice, main cast
2012–15 \| Avengers Assemble \| Voice, recurring cast
2012–17 \| Ultimate Spider-Man \| Nick Fury, Thunderball, additional voices \| Voice, recurring cast
rowspan="3"\| 2013 \| Golden Boy \| Detective Don Owen \| Main cast
Murder Police \| Randall Hickox \| Voice, main cast
Phineas and Ferb \| Nick Fury \| Voice, episode: "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel"
2013–20 \| Hawaii Five-0 \| Captain Lou Grover \| Recurring cast (season 4), main cast (season 5-10){{Cite magazine \|last=Gonzalez \|first=Sandra \|date=November 21, 2013 \|title=Chi McBride to guest on Hawaii 5-0 \|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/07/10/chi-mcbride-hawaii-five-0-exclusive/ \|access-date=April 3, 2024 \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=Goldberg \|first=Lesley \|date=November 21, 2013 \|title='Hawaii Five-0's' Chi McBride Upped to Series Regular \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hawaii-five-0s-chi-mcbride-658456/ \|access-date=April 3, 2024 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}}
2014–15 \| Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. \| Nick Fury \| Voice, recurring cast
2015 \| Suits \| District Attorney Terrence Wolf \| Episode: "Intent"
2020 \| Puppy Dog Pals \| Pops/Mr. Kimble \| Voice, recurring cast (season 3)
2021 \| This Is Us \| Paul DuBois \| Episode: "Birth Mother"
rowspan="2"\| 2022 \| How We Roll \| Archie Betts \| Main cast
Slippin' Jimmy \| Father Karras \| Voice, recurring cast{{Cite web \|last=Oddo \|first=Marco Vito \|date=May 24, 2022 \|title=Better Call Saul Animated Prequel Slippin' Jimmy Arrives on AMC+ \|url=https://collider.com/slippin-jimmy-animated-better-call-saul-prequel-amc-plus/ \|access-date=August 12, 2024 \|website=Collider \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=Maas \|first=Jennifer \|date=February 10, 2022 \|title=Better Call Saul Final Season Gets Premiere Dates for Both Halves \|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/better-call-saul-season-6-premiere-1235174021/ \|access-date=August 12, 2024 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2"| 1992

| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

| Ed Barker

| Episode: "Boyz in the Woods"

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

| Malcolm Pennington III

| Television film

1993–96

| The John Larroquette Show

| Heavy Gene

| Main cast

rowspan="2"| 1994

| Married... with Children

| Dexter

| Episode: "Nooner or Later"

Cosmic Slop

| T-Bone

| Episode: "Tang"

1996

| Nash Bridges

| Luscious

| Episode: "The Great Escape"

1998

| The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

| Desmond Pfeiffer

| Main cast

1999

| The Parkers

| Cliff Rogers

| Episode: "Betting on Love"

rowspan="3"| 2000

| Sliders

| Mule Packer

| Episode: "Dust"

God, the Devil and Bob

| Mike

| Voice, recurring cast

King of the World

| Drew Bundini Brown

| Television film

rowspan="2"| 2001

| The Practice

| Steven Harper

| Episode: "The Day After"

Rocket Power

| Big Tony

| Voice, episode: "Hurricane Maurice/Reggie's Choice"

2000–02

| Max Steel

| Jefferson Smith

| Voice, main cast

2000–04

| Boston Public

| Steven Harper

| Main cast

rowspan="2"| 2005

| Boston Legal

| Steven Harper

| Episode: "Let Sales Ring"

House

| Edward Vogler

| Recurring cast (season 1)

2005–06

| Killer Instinct

| Lt. Matt Cavanaugh

| Main cast

2006

| Monk

| Mayor Ray Nicholson

| Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike"

2006–07

| The Nine

| Malcolm Jones

| Main cast

2007–09

| Pushing Daisies

| Emerson Cod

| Main cast

2010

| Psych

| Craig Snowden

| Episode: "Ferry Tale"

2010–11

| Human Target

| Detective Laverne Winston

| Main cast

rowspan="3"| 2011

| How I Met Your Mother

| Rod

| Episode: "Challenge Accepted"

HawthoRNe

| Garland Brice

| Recurring cast (season 3)

Suits

| District Attorney Terrence Wolf

| 2 episodes

2012–13

| Fury Files

| rowspan="2" | Nick Fury

| Voice, main cast

2012–15

| Avengers Assemble

| Voice, recurring cast

2012–17

| Ultimate Spider-Man

| Nick Fury, Thunderball, additional voices

| Voice, recurring cast

rowspan="3"| 2013

| Golden Boy

| Detective Don Owen

| Main cast

Murder Police

| Randall Hickox

| Voice, main cast

Phineas and Ferb

| Nick Fury

| Voice, episode: "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel"

2013–20

| Hawaii Five-0

| Captain Lou Grover

| Recurring cast (season 4), main cast (season 5-10){{Cite magazine |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=November 21, 2013 |title=Chi McBride to guest on Hawaii 5-0 |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/07/10/chi-mcbride-hawaii-five-0-exclusive/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=November 21, 2013 |title='Hawaii Five-0's' Chi McBride Upped to Series Regular |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hawaii-five-0s-chi-mcbride-658456/ |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

2014–15

| Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.

| Nick Fury

| Voice, recurring cast

2015

| Suits

| District Attorney Terrence Wolf

| Episode: "Intent"

2020

| Puppy Dog Pals

| Pops/Mr. Kimble

| Voice, recurring cast (season 3)

2021

| This Is Us

| Paul DuBois

| Episode: "Birth Mother"

rowspan="2"| 2022

| How We Roll

| Archie Betts

| Main cast

Slippin' Jimmy

| Father Karras

| Voice, recurring cast{{Cite web |last=Oddo |first=Marco Vito |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Better Call Saul Animated Prequel Slippin' Jimmy Arrives on AMC+ |url=https://collider.com/slippin-jimmy-animated-better-call-saul-prequel-amc-plus/ |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Better Call Saul Final Season Gets Premiere Dates for Both Halves |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/better-call-saul-season-6-premiere-1235174021/ |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0564277}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041129074037/http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/182716/personmain.jhtml Chi McBride] at MTV.com
{{Discogs artist|Kenneth B. McBride}}

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Category:Male actors from Chicago