Cory Hardrict
{{Short description|American actor (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Cory Hardrict 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hardrict in 2013
| name = Cory Hardrict
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|11|9}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| occupation = Actor, producer
| years_active = 1996–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Tia Mowry|April 20, 2008|April 21, 2023|end={{abbr|div.|divorced}}}}
| children = 2
| website =
}}
Cory Hardrict (born November 9, 1979){{cite web|last=Haynes|first=Danielle|title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 9: Cory Hardrict, Eric Dane|date=November 9, 2020|website=United Press International|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2020/11/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-9-Cory-Hardrict-Eric-Dane/2171604895449/|access-date=June 17, 2022}} is an American actor. He has appeared in film and television since the late 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362484/|title=Cory Hardrict|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-06-29}}
Personal life
Hardrict was born in Chicago, Illinois. After dating for six years, he and actress Tia Mowry became engaged on Christmas Day, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/sister-sister-star-tia-mowry-is-engaged/|title=Sister, Sister Star Tia Mowry Is Engaged|last=Tan|first=Michelle |date=January 21, 2007|publisher=people.com|access-date=December 20, 2009}} On April 20, 2008, they married in Santa Barbara, California.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/tia-mowry-gets-married/|title=Tia Mowry Gets Married|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica |date=April 20, 2008|publisher=people.com|access-date=March 20, 2009}} In 2011, Mowry's first pregnancy was chronicled on the reality TV show Tia & Tamera starring her and her twin sister on the Style Network.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/styles-tia-tamera-debut-is-220998/|title=Style's 'Tia & Tamera' Debut Is the Network's Most-Watched Series Premiere Ever|first=Jethro|last=Nededog|date=August 9, 2011|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 11, 2012}} Hardrict and Mowry have a son named Cree Taylor born on June 28, 2011,[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tia-mowry-pregnant-sister-sister-star-to-have-a-child_n_807583 Tia Mowry Pregnant: 'Sister, Sister' Star To Have A Child]. Huffington Post. Retrieved on 2012-07-05.[https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/trending/its-a-boy-for-tia-mowry/ It's a boy for Tia Mowry!]. Today's Parent. Retrieved on 2012-02-05.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703154514/http://mediaoutrage.com/2011/06/30/cory-hardict-tia-mowry-decided-on-a-name-for-their-little-boy/#more-114286 Blog Archive » Cory Hardict & Tia Mowry Decided On A Name For Their Little Boy]. Media Outrage (June 30, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-07-05. and a daughter named Cairo Tiahna who was born on May 5, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/babies/tia-mowry-cory-hardrict-welcome-daughter|title=Cree's Got a Little Sister, Sister! Tia Mowry-Hardrict Welcomes Second Child, a Daughter}}{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/tia-mowry-reveals-newborn-daughters-unique-name-105250|title=Tia Mowry Reveals Newborn Daughter's Unique Name}} On October 4, 2022, it was announced that the pair had separated due to irreconcilable differences.{{cite web|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|title=Tia Mowry announces split from Cory Hardrict after 14 years of marriage|date=October 4, 2022|website=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/entertainment/tia-mowry-cory-hardrict-divorce/index.html|access-date=October 4, 2022}} They finalized their divorce in April 2023.{{cite web |last=Wenger |first=Stephanie|title=Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict Settle Terms of Divorce 6 Months After Announcing Split|url=https://people.com/tv/tia-mowry-and-cory-hardrict-settle-terms-of-divorce-divorce-after-split/|website=People.com |date=April 25, 2023 |publisher=Meredith Corporation |access-date=May 18, 2023}}
Career
Hardrict began his career on television during the late 1990s, with appearances in weekly prime-time programs including Smart Guy, That's So Raven, Felicity, Once and Again and ER. He made his film debut in the 1999 romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore, followed by a role in the drama Crazy/Beautiful (2001). Hardrict has also appeared in Creature Unknown (2004), Miles from Home (2006), and Driftwood (2006).
In 1999, Hardrict co-starred in the film Hollywood Horror with his future wife Tia Mowry and her twin sister Tamera Mowry. In 2007, he had a recurring role on the ABC Family series Lincoln Heights and executive produced the film Neighborhood Watch, in which he also starred.{{Cite web|url=https://www.photobookmagazine.com/features/cory-hardrict|title=Cory Hardrict|website=Photobook}} The following year, Hardrict had a supporting role in the film Gran Torino directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfA5OOmSR-A|title=Cory Hardrict Interview - 'Gran Torino'|website=Youtube}} That same year, he was cast as singer Brandy's love interest in the music video for her song "Right Here (Departed)".{{Cite web|url=https://soulbounce.com/2008/09/brandys_video_for_right_here_departed_is_right_on_time/|title=Brandy's Video for 'Right Here (Departed)' Is Right On Time|website=Soul Bounce}}
In 2009, he appeared in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You, and the drama Dough Boys. Hardrict also had a guest appearance on the CW show The Game (alongside then-wife Tia Mowry) as the cable guy in the "Hill Street Blues" episode. Hardrict later appeared as Ryan in the pilot episode of the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose. However, he was subsequently replaced by Pooch Hall (his then-wife's co-star from The Game).{{Cite web|url=https://thelightnc.com/8991489/getting-to-know-pooch-hall/|title=Getting To Know Pooch Hall}}
In 2014, Hardrict had a role in the film American Sniper, which reunited him with director Clint Eastwood.{{Cite web|url=https://toofab.com/2015/02/19/cory-hardrict-talks-american-sniper-character-interview/|title=Cory Hardrict Reveals He Was Intimidated To Play His Real-Life "American Sniper" Character!|website=Too Fab}} In 2015, he played June, the older brother who takes care of his family by any means necessary, in the film Brotherly Love co-starring Keke Palmer and Eric D. Hill Jr.{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pv7vCRWTd_4|title=Brotherly Love Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Keke Palmer, Cory Hardrict HD|website=Youtube}} In 2017, he portrayed Jacques Agnant in the Tupac Shakur biopic titled All Eyez on Me, alongside Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira and Money-B.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebony.com/exclusive-cory-hardrict-talks-eyez/|title=Exclusive: Breakout Star Cory Hardrict Talks 'All Eyez On Me'|website=Ebony}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| Packer | |
| 2001
| Wilcox | |
| 2004
| Lance | |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis | Cody | |
| Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
| Cody | |
| Hollywood Horror
| Stacy | |
| rowspan="3"|2006
| John Conway | |
| The Contract
| - | |
| Driftwood
| Darryl Jones | |
| 2007
| Neighborhood Watch | James | |
| 2008
| Duke | |
| rowspan="3"|2009
| Roscoe | |
| He's Just Not That Into You
| Tyrone | |
| Dough Boys
| Smooth | |
| rowspan="3"|2011
| Lockett | |
| The Day
| Henson | |
| Dance Fu
| TK | |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Kevin | |
| Lovelace
| |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Joel Edmund | |
| American Sniper
| 'D' / Dandridge | |
| 2015
| June | |
| rowspan="3"|2016
| Car Dogs | Boyd | |
| Destined
| Sheed / Rasheed | |
| Spectral
| Sgt. Alessio | |
| rowspan="4"|2017
| Nate | |
| All Eyez on Me
| Nigel | |
| Naked
| Drill | |
| November Criminals
| D Cash | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| 211 | Officer Hanson | |
| City of Lies
| |
| 2020
| Sgt. Vernon Martin | |
| 2021
| Karen | Malik | |
| rowspan="3"|2023
| Akil | |
| Young. Wild. Free.
| Desmond | |
| American Outlaws
| Agent Morely | |
| 2024
| Dallas | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Kid | Episode: "Dateline" |
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Felicity | R.A. No. 4 | Episode: "Drawing the Line: Part 1" |
| ER
| Lil 'Toine | Episode: "Split Second" |
| 1999
| James | Episode: "Outside Hearts" |
| rowspan="3"|2000
| Joe Williams | Episode: "Painful Cuts" |
| Pacific Blue
| Ty Davis | Episode: "A Thousand Words" |
| City of Angels
| Jamon | Episode: "Nathan's Hot Dog" |
| rowspan="5"|2001
| Angel | Ray | Episode: "The Thin Dead Line" |
| Boston Public
| John | Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Two" |
| Go Fish
| Letterman | Episode: "Go Wrestling" |
| The Huntress
| Jiks | Episode: "Showdown" |
| That's Life
| Carl Morris | Episode: "The Devil and Miss DeLucca" |
| rowspan="3"|2002
| Mike | Episode: "Just the Beginning: Part 2" |
| The District
| Kenny | Episode: "Payback" |
| NYPD Blue
| - | Episode: "Death by Cycle" |
| rowspan="6"|2003
| - | Episode: "PMS, Lies and Red Tape" |
| CSI: Miami
| Darnell Jackson | Episode: "Dead Woman Walking" |
| The Shield
| Louis | Episode: "Coyotes" |
| ER
| Curtis | Episode: "Foreign Affairs" |
| Cold Case
| Officer Joe Washington | Episode: "The Runner" |
| Law & Order
| Henry Lift | Episodes: "Blaze" & "Identity" |
| rowspan="3"|2004
| Tony | Episodes: "My Two Moms" & "Ladies Night" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Ross Davis, Biker | Episode: "Early Rollout" |
| Without a Trace
| Gerald Billingsley | Episode: "Trials" |
| 2005
| Billy Jr. | Episode: "Gone" |
| 2006
| Shark | Marcus Jones | Episode: "LAPD Blue" |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| CSI: NY | Luther Fields | Episode: "One Wedding and a Funeral" |
| Heroes
| Hype Wilson | Episodes: "Truth & Consequences" & "Powerless" |
| K-Ville
| Terence Jackson | Episodes: "Critical Mass" & "Game Night" |
| 2007–2008
| Luc Bisgaier | Recurring cast: seasons 2–3 |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| The Game | Tony the Cable Guy | Episode: "Hill Street Blues" |
| NCIS
| Officer Porter | Episode: "Legend: Part 1 & 2" |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Dylan Putnam | Episode: "Am I Gonna Die Today?" |
| Dark Blue
| Josh | Episode: "Shell Game" |
| 2012
| Derrick | Episode: "The Choice Is Yours" |
| 2013
| Walter | Episode: "Chapter 22" |
| 2018–2019
| The Oath | Cole Hammond | Main cast |
| 2019–2020
| S.W.A.T. | Nate Warren | Recurring cast: season 3 |
| 2020–2021
| The Chi | Dante | Guest: season 3, recurring cast: season 4 |
| 2021
| Coach Marcus Turner | Episode: "Homecoming" |
| 2022–2024
| Coach Marcus Turner | Main cast{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/all-american-homecoming-cast-peyton-alex-smith-cory-hardrict-the-cw-planted-spinoff-camille-hyde-1234724206/|title='All American: Homecoming': Peyton Alex Smith & Cory Hardrict Among Six Cast In the CW's Planted Spinoff|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=March 29, 2021|access-date=May 24, 2021}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0362484}}
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Category:Male actors from Chicago
Category:American male film actors
Category:Film producers from Illinois
Category:20th-century American male actors
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Category:People from Sauk Village, Illinois
Category:20th-century African-American male actors