Cleavant Derricks, Jr. is an American actor and Tony Award winning singersongwriter, who is best known for his role of Rembrandt Brown on Sliders.
Derricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to a pianist mother and Baptist preachercomposer Cleavant Derricks, Sr. His twin brother is actor and musician Clinton DerricksCarroll. Derricks began his career as a Nashville gospel songwriter. With his father, he wrote the gospel album Satisfaction Guaranteed. He was the musical director and composer for the musical When Hell Freezes Over Ill Skate.
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