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Dennis Haysbert: Biography

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Birth Name: Dennis Dexter Haysbert
Birth Place: San Mateo, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/02/1954, Gemini
Profession: Actor

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It's not surprising that this commanding actor has played a striking number of athletes. The defensive end on his high-school football team, Haysbert turned down multiple sports scholarships in order to study a... read more

Dennis Haysbert: TV Guide News

A Deadly Reality Check for The Unit | Roush Dispatch | 11/6/2007
Any TV drama that deals with military heroism must eventually also confront the enormity of tragic loss. With that said, consider this a spoiler alert regarding the next two episodes (tonight and Nov. 13) of CBS’ underrated The Unit, in which this covert Special Forces team takes a fateful, fatal hit.The network and the show’s production studio have been urgently promoting these episodes (so much for keeping this twist under wraps), and while they’re uneven, they’re very much worth watching. There’s undeniably a bit of a sweeps stunting at play here, but I’m willing to take executive producer Shawn Ryan (The Shield) at his word when he says, in a cover letter attached to the screeners I received, “For three years, we’ve wanted to tell this story, but couldn’t until now. We needed the audience to know and love our characters for it to have the impact we knew it deserved.” He adds: “In the current war we are fighting, military... read more
The Beauty of the Hair-and-makeup Trailer | Regina Taylor's The Unit Blog | 10/9/2007
I had forgotten that the hair/makeup trailer is such a crossroads until my cousin Phillip flew back to L.A. with me from Dallas. Raising three daughters — he separated from their mother because he "always had his eyes open for what might be around the corner" — and orphaned at the age of 14, he's a devoted father, saving for his three daughters' futures. He gets up in the morning at 5:30 am, seven days a week, to take a bus to his job at a milk plant. He'd like to buy a house one day where all his girls can have their own rooms — "Even after they're grown they can live with their dad." He stresses education and is ever-protective of his girls — always gives them the practical advice, like, "Don't let the boys talk you out of your panties." Phillip has muscle-bound arms and the sweet smile of a teenager that belies the fact that he is about to hit 40. He takes two weeks off every year but never really goes anywhere. Wanting to do something for himself for a... read more
Looking Forward to New Journeys | Regina Taylor's The Unit Blog | 9/28/2007
We wrapped shooting in April. We then had two-and-a-half months off. We actors go our separate ways to discover ourselves in different roles.Michael Irby headed off to New Orleans to shoot a jazz movie featuring Wynton Marsalis. Demore Barnes went back home to Canada and worked on his own film project. Abby Brammell traveled to Bangkok, where her tattooed blues-singing husband was making his acting premiere in a Sylvester Stallone movie.I returned to Dallas to start a home-renovation project. My aunt Virginia currently lives in the atomic ranch-style house as I go back and forth to L.A. I'm moving in another aunt who has a disabled daughter by the end of the year and wanted to make the home wheelchair accessible — ramps, wider doors, a new bathroom — so I find a contractor who says they can knock the job out in three weeks. In my mind I tack on a couple of extra weeks, thinking I'll still have plenty of time to sit on a beach in Tahiti during the remaining hiatus and... read more
Ask Matt | 9/14/2007
Someone wrote in recently about there not being any shows on the air that have a lead character of color, even in an ensemble show, and you said you couldn't think of any, either. I can think of at least one, and it happens to be one of my very favorites: The Unit. Jonas (Dennis Haysbert) is very much the lead character of that ensemble cast, and a fantastic one at that. Please don't overlook this excellent show: It wouldn't be the same without Dennis Haysbert's Jonas Blaine. He is the star. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/8/2007
Few television shows pack the same live-grenade tension as an hour of The Unit (which presents its season finale tonight read more

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Muhammad Ali, Victoria Rowell, Dennis Haysbert courtesy Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

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Meatloaf, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Haysbert courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

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Dennis Haysbert: TV Listings

Dennis Haysbert: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
Breach (Actor - Dean Plesac)	2007	Movie
58th Annual Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2006	TV Show Series	Available
A Day in the Life of Television: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (Narrator)	2006	TV Show Series
The Unit (Actor - Jonas Blane)	2006	TV Show Series
Jarhead (Actor - Major Lincoln)	2005	Movie