Gary Dourdan

Gary Dourdan is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI Crime Scene Investigation.

Dourdan was born Gary Robert Durdin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Sandy, a teacher and fashion designer, and Robert Durdin, an entrepreneur and agent for jazz musicians. Dourdan is the fourth of five children. When he was six, his 21yearold brother Darryl died by falling from a balcony in Haiti while doing research on the family lineage. The case remains unsolved. In his youth he moved with his family to Willingboro, New Jersey. During that time, his interests included acting, music, and martial arts. Later, Dourdan moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio, where he met some of Manhattans promising young artists.

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