Rodney Chester is an American

United States

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 actor. He is best known for his role as Alex Kirby on the Logo

Logo

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 sitcom Noah's Arc.

Biography

Originally from Cocoa Beach, Florida

Florida

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, Chester graduated from Bethune-Cookman College

Bethune-Cookman College

Bethune-Cookman University or B-CU is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.- History :Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School in 1904...

 with honors before moving to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 to pursue dancing, choreography and theater. He has worked with notable performers, including Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

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, Diana Ross

Diana Ross

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, and Prince

Prince (musician)

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.

He later met Noah's Arc

Noah's Arc (TV series)

Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay...

creator Patrik-Ian Polk

Patrik-Ian Polk

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, which led to his acting debut in the independent

Independent film

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 film, Punks, also directed by Polk. While Polk was working on Noah's Arc

Noah's Arc (TV series)

Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay...

, he called Chester, specifying that he had a role available for him.

In his personal life, Chester continues to dance and runs a talent agency in Beverly Hills. He is also a reader of Oprah's O: The Oprah Magazine, which is also a hobby for his character in Noah's Arc. Jurnee Crapps, who played Kenya in season one of Noah's Arc, is Chester's god-daughter

Daughter

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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role -
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom is a 2008 Canadian-American romantic comedy-drama film based on the LOGO television series Noah's Arc. It was released on October 24, 2008 in select theaters and video on demand...	Alex
2005-2006	Noah's Arc (TV series) Noah's Arc (TV series) Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay...	Alex
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Shteps	Transvestite
2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....	Punks Punks (film) Punks is a 2001 film produced by Babyface, directed by Patrik-Ian Polk and starring Rockmond Dunbar, Seth Gilliam, Renoly Santiago, Jazzmun, and Dwight Ewell....	Alexis