Gary: My favorite eppisode of season 3 was perhaps Random Acts of Violence.
Gary Dourdan: I want to mix mediums so that it's not about making a choice between music, film or TV. I don't want to have to make an either/or decision.
Gary Dourdan: I was really connected to my brother. So everything I do now, be it my acting or my music, is always in honour of him.
Gary Dourdan: Looks are good, but the only thing constant in life is change and I just had to renew.
Gary Dourdan: I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
Talking about his and Marg Helgenberger's character on CSI. Gary Dourdan: There's a lot of tension between us now.
Gary Dourdan I'm the practical joker on the set. I crack jokes all the time. If someone has a close-up I make sure I'm the one to crack them up. The directors get mad as hell but I always try to have fun. You can't go to work for five or six years in the same job and not have fun, life is too short.
Gary Dourdan: Being married was something of an art to play. I had never done a romantic scene on the show before because our personal on-screen lives are normally kept in the background. The crew was all stuffed into the room watching the filming to see what I was going to do, because I'm usually seen as the tough guy in the show and they've never seen me being romantic. I had to step to it and play it.
Gary Dourdan: I have teachers come up to me and say, 'We showed your show in our schools because it helps us teach.' And I like that because a lot of teachers are not getting paid a lot of money, and they come to school disgruntled, and they want to put a little bit of life into their work, so they use our show as an example. So on a couple of levels, I'm really proud about being on this particular show (CSI)."
Gary Dourdan: I do have lots of kids come up to me, going “I want to be a forensic scientist.” Are you sure, kid? It’s carving off the top of heads and sh*t. It’s rough, there are these guys who’ve been in law enforcement 27 years, I don’t know how they do it, they see a lot of hard stuff.
Gary Dourdan: I’m learning something new everyday; I don’t know half this shit! I read the script and I’m like, ‘what is that?’ But you need to learn.
Gary Dourdan: Well, I look to the boundless energy of those people who brought me up. I want to continue to work in every aspect to elevate the craft to the highest level and leave a legacy for the younger cats that is not held by boundaries.
Appeared at 'An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin' in January 2007
Gary Dourdan received the NAACP's Image Award of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance of Warrick Brown in 2006. He has been nominated 4 years in a row and won twice.
His daughter Nyla appeared with him at the People's Choice Awards.
Appeared on a televised special honoring singer Stevie Wonder.
Sang Movin' On Up the theme from The Jeffersons with artist Macy Gray at the Emmy's for Emmy Idol. He didn't win.
Gary has a hip-hop music group called Smoky Mirrors.
After high school, he spent his time wandering from city to city playing music in clubs and developing a quite nasty addiction to both alcohol and drugs. When he was held up by a drug fiend and realized he'd be ashamed to die at that moment, having done nothing with his life, he finally decided it was time to snap out of it. He got out of music, quit drinking and drugs, and started pursuing a career in acting and modeling instead.
Gary has been a big fan of acting since his younger days.
Gary moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio where he met some of Manhattan's promising young artists.
Gary' s fathers name is Robert, and his mother's name is Sandy.
His eye color is green.
Gary was married to Roshumba Williams, (1992 - 1994) they are now divorced.
Gary won Outstanding Perfomance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)
Gary is more recognized as Warrick Brown from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Gary Dourdan won a 2002 NAACP Image Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Warrick Brown in CSI and was nominated again in 2003 in the Best Actor category.
Gary was discovered by actress/singer/dancer Debbie Allen.
Gary's height is 6'2" (1.88m).
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