Chi McBride's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) House Edward Vogler Pushing Daisies Emerson Cod Human Target Winston Golden Boy Don Owen The Nine Malcolm Jones Boston Public Steven Harper Ultimate Spider-man Nick Fury Killer Instinct Lt. Matt Ca… The John Larroquette Show Heavy Gene The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Desmond Pfe…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - American Son 2008 - First Sunday 2007 - The Brothers Solomon 2006 - Annapolis 2006 - Let's Go to Prison 2005 - Roll Bounce 2005 - Waiting... 2004 - I, Robot 2004 - The Terminal 2003 - Cradle 2 the Grave 2002 - Undercover Brother 2002 - Paid In Full 2002 - Narc 2000 - The Kid 2000 - Gone in Sixty Seconds 1998 - Mercury Rising 1997 - Hoodlum 1996 - The Frighteners 1993 - What's Love Got to Do with It 1992 - The Distinguished Gentleman

BIOGRAPHY:

Kenneth McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois, from which his nickname, Chi, derives. He was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church and attended Shiloh Academy, now known as Chicago SDA Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school. He graduated from high school at the age of 16. McBride originally planned to pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, he relocated to Atlanta in 1986 to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.

His first success in show business came with the hit song "He's the Champ", which parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune's success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and, billed as "Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.

In 1998, he was a co-star of Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride's work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films Mercury Rising and The Terminal. McBride is unusual among actors in that he did not begin his acting career until the age of 30. He is notable for his television roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.

McBride's film credits include The Distinguished Gentleman, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Frighteners, Narc, The Terminal, I, Robot, Roll Bounce, Annapolis, Hoodlum, Undercover Brother, Let's Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

He starred in Human Target as Winston, business partner of Christopher Chance (the protagonist). The show premiered on January 17, 2010, on the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Chi has also appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Ghost Stories", depicting an incident during 1988 before his acting career in which he was subconsciously led to the Lorraine Motel while stopped over in Memphis, and experienced psychic visions of Martin Luther King's assassination on the 20th anniversary of the event.


TRIVIA:

• His name "Chi" comes from his hometown of Chicago
• His first name is pronounced "shy".
• Was considered for the role of A.D.A. Ron Carver on _"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)_ (qv).
• Did not start acting until he was 30