Best known for his starring role as Dr. Christopher Turk for nine years on the Emmy Award-nominated hit series Scrubs, Faison has received six NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and was awarded the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series award at the first annual BET Comedy Awards. Donald is a regular on TV Land's new original sitcom, The Exes, which is in its fourth season. Faison plays ladies' man Phil, who lives with roommates Haskell (Wayne Knight) and Stuart (David Alan Basche) in an apartment that his divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) owns. Faison also is the host of the new TBS reality show, Last Laugh from Ashton Kutcher's production company.
On the film side, Faison wrapped a lead role in Let's Kill Ward's Wife, written and directed by Scott Foley, and opposite Patrick Wilson. Donald was feature in Wish I Was Here written and directed by Zach Braff. Additionally, Donald has starred in a number of films including Kick Ass 2 for Universal Pictures, Relativity media's film Skyline, as well as, Benny Boom's Next Day Air opposite Mos Def and Mike Epps. His additional film credits include Amy Heckerling's classic cult comedy Clueless, Something New, Remember The Titans, Waiting to Exhale, King's Ransom, Uptown Girls, Josie and The Pussycats, Can't Hardly Wait, Big Fat Liar and Juice. Faison's additional television credits include two seasons as Tracy on the JJ Abrams drama Felicity, Clueless on which he reprised his role as Murray from the feature film of the same name, Party of Five, Sister, Sister, and New York Undercover.
Faison also hosted the Spike series, The Playbook, the ultimate guide for guys, designed to show them how to navigate the trickiest situations, scenarios and circumstances. Faison has also lent his voice to the Cartoon Network's animated series Titan Maximum and Robot Chicken. A New York City native, Faison began his acting careers as an enthusiastic five year old attending the Children's School of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art, and went on to study theatre at the Professional Children's School.
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