Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill in July 2013.
Born	Karim Dulé Hill May 3, 1975 East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actor, tap dancer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Nicole Lyn (2004–12)

Karim Dulé Hill (/ˈduːleɪ/) is an American actor and tap dancer. He has played personal presidential aide and Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff Charlie Young on the NBC drama television series The West Wing for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and pharmaceutical salesman-private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama Psych. He has also had minor roles in the movies Holes and She's All That. Hill also serves as a member of the Screen Actors Guild Hollywood Board of Directors.

Hill was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey, to parents Jennifer and Bertholemu Hillshire (both are from Jamaica). He studied ballet from an early age, and performed in the musical The Tap Dance Kid as Savion Glover's understudy on Broadway, then played the part on the show's national tour. Hill graduated in 1993 from Sayreville War Memorial High School, in Sayreville, New Jersey, and studied business finance at Seton Hall University and acting at William Esper Studio. While at Seton Hall, he accepted a role on Jim Henson's CityKids.