Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe, better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an actor known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film Brown Sugar, and the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series Soul Food. He currently co-stars on BET's Real Husbands of Hollywood and was a recurring character on FOX's The Last Man on Earth...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 March 1973
CityVienna, Austria
CountryAustria
You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.
As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.
I had to study acting to basically educate myself.
I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from.
My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul.
I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently.
Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.
I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast.
Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that absolutely don't make any sense.
Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride.
The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single.
I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.
In Vienna, when I was a year-and-a-half or two years-old. I remember it because I remember the little blue raincoat I used to wear, and how the buttons felt. I liked to walk on the street in front of our house when it was raining, and jump into all the puddles. That's weird, but that's my earliest memory.
Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.