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Tyrese Gibson Profile |
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Birth Date: December 30, 1978
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Birth Place: Watts Quarters, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Tyrese Darnell Gibson
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Tyrese is an American R&B artist, professional
skateboarder, rapper and former male fashion model. After
releasing several successful albums, he transitioned into a
film career, with lead roles in several Hollywood films,
including Baby Boy, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers,
"Annapolis" and his latest, Waist Deep and Transformers.
Gibson was born in the Watts Quarter in Los Angeles,
California, where he attended Locke High School. His mother,
Priscilla, raised him and his three older siblings as a
single parent after Gibson's father left in 1983. Gibson's
career began when he won a talent show at the age of
fourteen. An appearance in a 1997 Coca-Cola advertisement,
singing the phrase "Always Coca-Cola", led to wider fame,
and at the age of seventeen he modeled for Tommy Hilfiger.
Gibson, who was once a member of a rap group called Triple
Impact, released his self-titled debut music album, which
went platinum, in 1998; his second album, 2000 Watts, shares
the name of the organization he founded to help inner city
children. Gibson was given the role originally intended for
Tupac Shakur in the 2001 film Baby Boy; the movie was a
critical success and performed fairly at the box office.
Gibson subsequently appeared in the 2003 box office success
2 Fast 2 Furious (opposite Paul Walker, with whom he formed
a close friendship with during filming), as well as Flight
of the Phoenix (2004), Four Brothers (2005) and Annapolis
(2006), co-starring James Franco. Gibson was picked as one
of People Magazine's Sexiest Men of the Year in 2000.
Gibson has also established himself as a successful
screenwriter, selling the pitches D.A. Verdict to MGM and
Extortion to Universal Studios. In 2006, Gibson sold his
first original spec script, To Each His Own, to Screen Gems.
He is to star in and produce all of the films. Gibson has
also created HQ Pictures, a television and film production
company. He has hired Mike Le as VP of development &
production to oversee and develop projects under the
company's banner.
Gibson's latest film is Waist Deep, in which he plays a man
fighting to rescue his son from kidnappers; his co-stars in
the film, Meagan Good and Larenz Tate, are personal friends
of Gibson's in real life. Like several of his previous
roles, the film is set in an urban environment, but Gibson
has said that he does not view the role as a "step back",
rather seeing the film as taking "another direction" due to
some of its themes and action sequences. Waist Deep was
released on June 23, 2006.
Gibson prefers his music career to acting, but will focus on
both areas. His next album will be called Alter Ego, and
will feature both R&B and hip hop songs. He will use an
alias, "Black Ty", for the rap tracks. His next film role
will be in the big-budget action movie, Transformers, which
is currently filming and is scheduled for a release in July
of 2007; the film's director, Michael Bay, had Gibson in
mind for the role before he was cast, and thus Gibson did
not have to audition for the part. Gibson may also star in a
film version of the superhero Luke Cage; the script is
currently being re-formatted.
Gibson was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher's crew members, pitching
an idea for a movie he wrote to members of what seemed to be
the mafia. In his appearance on The New Tom Green Show,
Gibson admitted a fear of owls and was frightened when host
Tom Green drew pictures of them. |
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Other Information |
The name of his sophomore album is 2000 Watts.
2000 Watts is an organization he founded to help inner city
children.
Bears a strong resemblance for male model Tyson Beckford.
At 17 started modeling.
At 16 purchased his first home.
At 14 got into music and won his first talent show.
Modeled for Tommy Hilfiger.
Has 9 tattoos.
Raised over $300,000.00 to build the first Boys and Girls
Youth
Is host for MTV Jams Countdown.
Childhood friend is Brandy.
Debut album, "TYRESE" went platinum.
Is an exclusive model for GUESS?
One of People Magazine's Sexiest Men of the Year. [2000]
Former VJ for "MTV Jams Countdown."
Revealed on "The New Tom Green Show" (2003) that he has such
a fear of owls that looking at a picture would make him
freak out. Tom Green proceeded to draw a picture of an owl
anyway.
Actually has a background in the underground rap scene,
rapping on numerous mixtapes with an alias of Black Ty (or
sometimes Chocolate Ty).
Created HQ Pictures, his TV and film production company. |
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You have the "chops' to render an amazing performance as this phenomenal performer.
Your charisma, your screne presence and your wonderful voice would be perfect to share the story of a great but short lived legend.
Love...from San Diego, California.