Dondre T. Whitfield is an American

United States

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 television actor

Actor

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.

Career

Whitfield attended the Performing Arts High School in New York City, New York. He was featured on the sitcom The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

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as Robert Foreman (the love interest of Tempestt Bledsoe

Tempestt Bledsoe

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's character Vanessa Huxtable). Since then, he has appeared in many television series, including The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show

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, Martin, and Girlfriends

Girlfriends

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. He had a starring role on the short-lived sitcom Between Brothers

Between Brothers

Between Brothers is an American television situation comedy centered around four middle-class African American men in their late twenties, living in Chicago. It premiered on September 11, 1997 on Fox, with the second season airing on UPN, until March 2, 1999. The lead characters were portrayed...

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Whitfield portrayed Terrence Frye on the ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime

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 drama All My Children

All My Children

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from 1991-1994. The role earned him nominations for three Daytime Emmy Awards and two Soap Opera Digest Awards

Soap Opera Digest Awards

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. He was most recently seen in Atlanta (created by Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

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 & directed by Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis

Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes , both of which he also co-wrote...

) with Christine Woods

Christine Woods

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, Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...

 and Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb

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 (comedy centers on a man and a woman who meet at a funeral and can't seem to stay away from each other), Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

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and CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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.

Whitfield has appeared along with his wife Salli Richardson

Salli Richardson

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...

 in a late night infomercial as part of an advertising campaign to promote the Time Life Zestify Midnight Soul collection.

Personal

He is married to actress Salli Richardson

Salli Richardson

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role on Eureka and her voice acting on Gargoyles.-Early life:...

. They have two children: a daughter, Parker Richardson Whitfield, and a son, Dre Terrell Whitfield (born January 24, 2009).

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