Birthday: Aug. 14, 1952.
Birthplace: Minneapolis.
Occupation: Actor.
Current homes: Dream Beach, Jamaica; Santa Monica, Calif.
Marital status: Married for six years to Vonetta McGee.
Child: Brandon, 4.
Car: A black 1986 944 Porsche Turbo.
Working on: Going to Extremes, on ABC, and South Central L.A., a movie.
The book I’ve been reading is: Frontiers, by South African writer Noel Mostert.
Favorite pigout food: My wife makes a sauce with calamari and peas that she serves over pasta, and I have no reason to resist.
Favorite performer: Bob Marley.
Personal hero: Sidney Poitier.
Nobody knows I’m: A great singer.
I’d give anything to have met: Dr. Charles Drew. He was a black man who developed plasma.
If I could change one thing about myself: Some days I think I would want a woman’s heart.
I knew I was a grown-up when I: Lasted through my wife’s Caesarean section.
The best time of my life: Now. It has long been my dream to work in Jamaica, where my family comes from, and I’ve been welcomed back as a returning celebrity. I don’t imagine it can get much better.
The worst time of my life: A year ago I severed my Achilles’ tendon. It changed my own sense of my immortality.
Behind my back, my friends say: “He’s too driven, and he’s socially retarded.”
My most humbling experience: Going to Africa. People who are poor and homeless had a wealth that we don’t possess.
When people first meet me, they think: “He’s very serious.”
Three words that best describe me: Committed, crazy, loving.
