Clarence Gilyard

Clarence Alfred Gilyard, Jr. is an American actor, college professor, and author who has been featured in movies, television and regional theatre, since 1980. He is sometimes credited as Clarence A. Gilyard.

Gilyard was born into a military family in Moses Lake, Washington, the son of Clarence Gilyard, Sr., a U.S. Air Force officer. His family was originally from New Orleans, Louisiana but Gilyard grew up on Air Force bases in Hawaii, Texas, and Florida. Raised primarily as a Lutheran, he became Catholic in the 1990s.

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