McBride, Chi 1961- (Chi)

PERSONAL

Born September 23, 1961, in Chicago, IL; married Katie McKinley, February 1982.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—The Collective, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700 West, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor. Signed record deal with Esquire Records; former member of the musical group Covert; previously worked as a telephone operator for MCI.

Awards, Honors:

Television Critics Association Award nomination, individual achievement in drama, 2001, Television Award nomination, actor of the year—male—series, American Film Institute, 2002, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a series—drama, International Press Academy, 2003, all for Boston Public.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Chi) Homer, The Distinguished Gentleman, Buena Vista, 1992.

(As Chi) Fross, What's Love Got to Do with It?, Buena Vista, 1993.

Cyrus, The Frighteners (also known as Robert Zemeckis Presents "The Frighteners"), Universal, 1996.

Illinois Gordon, Hoodlum, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997.

Thomas "Bizzi" Jordan, Mercury Rising, Universal, 1998.

Himself, The Making of "The Frighteners" (documentary), Universal Studios Home Video, 1998.

Himself, Watch the Mercury Rising (documentary short), Universal Studios Home Video, 1999.

Donny Astricky, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Buena Vista, 2000.

Kenny, The Kid (also known as Disney's "The Kid"), Buena Vista, 2000.

Tom, Magicians, 2000.

Pip, Paid in Full, Dimension Films, 2001.

Captain Mitchell Cheevers, Narc (also known as Narco), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

The chief, Undercover Brother, Universal, 2002.

(Uncredited) Jump Chambers, Cradle 2 the Grave, Warner Bros., 2003.

John, Delusion (short), 2003.

Mulroy, The Terminal, DreamWorks, 2004.

Lieutenant John Bergin, I, Robot, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Himself, The N-Word (documentary; also known as The N-Word: Divided We Stand), Urban Works Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Day Out of Days: The "I, Robot" Production Diaries (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Himself, Boarding: The People of "The Terminal" (documentary short), DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2004.

Bishop, Waiting, Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Curtis Smith, Roll Bounce, Fox Searchlight, 2005.

McNally, Annapolis, Buena Vista, 2006.

Barry, Let's Go to Prison, Universal, 2006.

Voice of chief elder, Ultimate Avengers II (animated; also known as Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther), Lions Gate, 2006.

The Brothers Solomon, Columbia, 2007.

Film Work:

Producer, Delusion, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Heavy Gene, The John Larroquette Show (also known as Larroquette), NBC, 1993-96.

Desmond Pfeiffer, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, UPN, 1998.

Voice of Jefferson Smith, Max Steel, The WB, 2000.

Voice of Mike, God, the Devil, and Bob (animated), NBC, 2000.

Steven Harper, Boston Public, Fox, 2000-2005.

Edward Vogler, House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2005.

Lieutenant Matt Cavanaugh, Killer Instinct, 2005-2006.

Malcolm Jones, The Nine, 2006.

Emerson Cod, Pushing Daisies, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Chi) Malcolm Pennington III, Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation, 1992.

Dancing in September, HBO, 2000.

Bundini Brown, Muhammad Ali: King of the World, ABC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Earl, Missing Links, ABC, 1997.

Odd Man Out, The WB, 1998.

Emerson Cod, Pushing Daisies, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

T-Bone, "Tang," Cosmic Slop, HBO, 1994.

Presenter, Lifetime Presents: Disney's American Teacher Awards, Lifetime, 2001.

The 4th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest, syndicated, 2001.

Himself, Robot Revolution: The Making of "I, Robot" (documentary), 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

In Living Color, Fox, 1991.

Ed Barker, "Boyz in the Woods," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992.

Dexter, "Nooner or Later," Married … with Children, Fox, 1994.

Luscious Moncreif, "The Great Escape," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1996.

Cliff Rogers, "Betting on Love," The Parkers, UPN, 1999.

Steven Harper, "The Day After," The Practice, 2001.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001.

"Inside ‘The Terminal,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2004.

Steven Harper, "Let Sales Ring," Boston Legal, 2005.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS, 2005, 2006.

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2005, 2006.

Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2005, 2006.

"All Access Pass with LL Cool J," The Tyra Banks Show, UPN, 2006.

Mayor Ray Nicholson, "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike," Monk, USA Network, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Nagataki Sake.

WRITINGS

Songs:

Wrote "He's the Champ."