NaShawn Kearse

{{short description|American television and film actor (born 1972)}}

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| caption = Kearse at the Black Enterprise Pre-Oscar Party

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1996–present

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| children = 3

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NaShawn Kearse (born 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television and film actor. Kearse has made television appearances in HBO series Entourage, as rapper Saigon's cousin;{{Cite news |first=Tiffany |last=McGee |author2=Saryn Chorney |title=Fired Housewives actor: I did no wrong |publisher=People |date=17 November 2005 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1131825,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220054316/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1131825,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2008 }} and in The Shield.{{Cite news |date=5 January 2006 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/958297261.html?dids=958297261:958297261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+05%2C+2006&author=MICHAEL+STARR&pub=New+York+Post&desc=ROCKING+THE+SUBURBS+-+BROOKLYN+GETS+%27DESPERATE%27&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131162957/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/958297261.html?dids=958297261:958297261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+05,+2006&author=MICHAEL+STARR&pub=New+York+Post&desc=ROCKING+THE+SUBURBS+-+BROOKLYN+GETS+'DESPERATE'&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Rocking the suburbs: Brooklyn gets 'Desperate' |first=Michael |last=Starr |publisher=New York Post }}

Career

Prior to Desperate Housewives, Kearse had roles in Taxi, Marci X,{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M |date=10 November 2005 |title=Newcomer hired on Desperate Housewives |publisher=People |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1128179,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220055524/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1128179,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2008}} Cross Bronx,{{Cite news |date=10 November 2005 |title=ABC Hires 'Housewives' Caleb Replacement |publisher=WTOP News |url=http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=114&sid=618654 |url-status=dead |access-date=28 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011122955/http://wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=114 |archive-date=11 October 2007}} and as a voice of a pedestrian in the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.{{Cite news |date=10 November 2005 |title=Whoville: Star Gazing |publisher=Chicago Tribune |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/925038981.html?dids=925038981:925038981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+10%2C+2005&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=WHOVILLE%3A+STAR+GAZING&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604144422/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/925038981.html?dids=925038981:925038981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+10,+2005&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=WHOVILLE:+STAR+GAZING&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2011}} Kearse co-starred in the 2007 film My Brother alongside Vanessa L. Williams. Kearse appeared as a sketch regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Kearse had a recurring part in ABC series Desperate Housewives, replacing the fired Page Kennedy in the role of Caleb Applewhite, a fugitive held captive in his mother (Alfre Woodard)'s basement.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-05-18-housewives-applewhites_x.htm |publisher=USA Today |title="Housewives" casts Applewhites aside |first=William |last=Keck |date=18 May 2006 }}