Hill Harper: Plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes
| Full Name: |
Francis "Frank" Harper |
[Photo: © 2009 CBS, all rights reserved] |
| Birth Date: |
May 17, 1966 |
| Astrological Sign: |
Taurus |
| Birth Place: |
Iowa City, IA |
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| College: |
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts
- Graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctorate
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| Awards: |
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Black Reel Awards
- 2002 Best Actor for: The Visit (2000/I) – Nominated
- Image Awards
- 2009 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Winner
- 2008 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Winner
- 2007 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
- 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
- 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for: “CSI: NY” (2004) – Nominated
- 2001 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “City of Angels” (2000) – Nominated
- Independent Spirit Awards
- 2001 Best Male Lead for: The Visit (2000/I) – Nominated
- Method Fest
- 2000 Best Actor Feature Film for: The Visit (2000/I) – Winner
- Satellite Awards
- 2004 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama for: “The Handler” (2003) – Nominated
- Urbanworld Film Festival
- 2008 Best Film for: This Is Not a Test (2008) – Winner
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| Fast Facts: |
- Father, Henry Harper, a psychiatrist
- Mother, Marilyn Hill, one of the first practicing African-American anesthesiologists in the United States
- Stage name is a combination of his mother and father’s last names (Marilyn Hill and Henry Harper)
- Close friend and Harvard classmate with president Barack Obama
- Was a part of “The New Harmony Project” in the summer of 1997.
- He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School, as well as with a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government.
- The 13th Annual Inner City Awards honored him with the W.E.B. DuBois Scholar Award.
- Appears with William Petersen in The Skulls (2000). He is currently one of the stars of “CSI: NY” (2004), the spin-off of Petersen’s series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000).
- Author of a book of advice for teens, Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny
 . The book won the American Library Association’s 2007 prize for Best Book for Young Adults.
- Also authored Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny
 and The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
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