McKinley Freeman (born June 9, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in films and on television series, including the starring role of Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor,[1] portraying the role of Dominic in the OWN's drama TV series Queen Sugar, and playing the character Lewis in Hulu's Reasonable Doubt.[2][3][4][5]

Early life

Freeman earned a BS in finance at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In 2004 while working at IBM as a Business Development Manager, he auditioned for All My Children and ended up getting the role.[2][3][6][7]

Career

After working on the soap opera All My Children, he later made appearances on shows such as ER, CSI: Miami, and Criminal Minds. In 2007, he starred as the role Airborne Soldier in the comedy film Delta Farce.[8] In 2009, Freeman became a regular, playing Tony Dane on the ABC's series Samantha Who? Afterwards, he took on some acting roles for a few soap opera series, such as Days of Our Lives, and General Hospital. In 2012, he landed an acting spot on End of Watch.[9] Freeman became a series regular, starring as the character Derek Roman in the drama series Hit the Floor. After three seasons, he left and became a series regular for Daytime Divas and If Loving You Is Wrong.[2][10][3][6]

Personal life

Freeman stays healthy by practicing a variety of forms of boxing, kickboxing and martial arts, such as Bojuka, Jeet Kune Do, and Muay Thai. He also works with the Covenant House and the Boys & Girls Club of America, while focusing on using his basketball skills in order to help children.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2004 Pop Rocks TV Host TV movie [12][13]
2006 McBride: Requiem Uniformed Officer TV movie [14]
2007 Delta Farce Airborne Soldier [8]
Sharpshooter Andre TV movie [15]
2008 Good Behavior Mountain Man TV movie [16]
2010 10 Years Later Darrell Litner [17][18]
2011 Hallelujah Lyndon TV movie [19]
Waking Madison Henry [20]
2012 Blue-Eyed Butcher Constable TV movie [21][18]
End of Watch Williams [9]
2013 Crosstown LB [22]
Jaded the Series Eric Video [23]
2014 A Second Chance Christmas Malcolm TV movie [24]
2016 The Best Thanksgiving Ever The Hammer [25]
2017 Hometown Hero Mitch TV movie [26]
Message From a Mistress Jackson Clinton [27]
2019 I Got the Hook Up 2 Detective Freeman [28]
Loved to Death Jackson [10][21]
If Not Now, When? Jackson [29]
2020 Illicit Lance [30]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2004 All My Children McKinley Freeman Episode: "September 16, 2004" [11][22]
2005 ER Flight Medic Episode: "Here and There" [31]
CSI: Miami MDPD Uniform Episode: "Recoil" [32]
Over There MDPD Uniform Episode: "Roadblock Duty" [33]
2006 In Justice Ray Estevez Episode: "Victims" [34]
Close to Home William Harding Episode: "Still a Small Town" [34]
Boston Legal Entertainment Lawyer Episode: "Spring Fever" [33]
2007 Criminal Minds Agent Franks Episode: "The Big Game" [35]
2008–11 Days of Our Lives Evan Sayers Regular Cast [36]
2009 Samantha Who? Tony Dane Recurring Cast: Season 2 [37]
NCIS Marine Sergeant Ross Barnes Episode: "Code of Conduct" [2]
General Hospital Det. Roy Williams Regular Cast [32][7]
2010 Look Zach Recurring Cast [38]
2011 The Protector Patrick 'Trick' Purcell Episode: "Safe" [39]
The Closer Agent Burns Episode: "Relative Matters" [36]
2012 The Client List Client 1 Episode: "Life of Riley" [40]
2013 Major Crimes Agent Burns Episode: "Backfire" [36]
Bones Coach Davis McIntyre Episode: "The Spark in the Park" [11]
2013–18 Hit the Floor Derek Roman Main Cast [3][9][41][42]
2015 Switched at Birth Brad Ziff Episode: "We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again" [31]
In-Between Nick Recurring Cast
2016 Relationship Status Scotty Recurring Cast [43]
2017 Scandal Sean Campbell Episode: "Head Games" [44][32]
Daytime Divas Shawn Robinson Main Cast [22]
If Loving You Is Wrong Deon Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 [22]
2018 9-1-1 Burglar Episode: "Let Go" [34]
2019 American Soul Ike Turner Episode: "Proceed with Caution" [45]
2019-21 Titans Justin Colt Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 [46]
2020 Pump Jared Main Cast [47]
Into the Dark Nate Episode: "Good Boy" [48]
2021–22 Our Kind of People Nate Robinson Recurring Cast [49]
Queen Sugar Dominic Bachard Recurring Cast: Season 6-7 [50][4][51]
2022 Reasonable Doubt Lewis Stewart Main Cast [5][52][53][31]

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome
2013 California Film Awards Diamond Award - Best Actor Greencard Warriors Winner[22]

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