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Donald Faison
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| Donald Faison | |
 Faison as Dr. Christopher Turk from Scrubs |
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| Birth name | Donald Adeosun Faison |
| Born | June 22, 1974 (age 32) New York, New York,  United States |
| Notable roles | - Murray Duvall in Clueless (film and TV series) - Tarik Matthews in Waiting to Exhale - Dr. Christopher Turk in Scrubs |
Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974 in New York City, New York) is a television and movie actor, best known for his role as Dr. Christopher Turk in the NBC television series Scrubs.
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Faison's acting career began at childhood when he attended the Children's School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art and the Professional Children's School in New York.
Before his debut on Scrubs, he became famous for his role as Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless, the 1995 movie and the subsequent television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999. In 1995, he appeared in Waiting to Exhale as Tarik, the son of Loretta Devine's character, Gloria. He also had a recurring role as Tracy on Felicity, appeared in Remember the Titans as the ambitious offensive runner Petey, and provided voice work for various characters in the MTV animated series Clone High. He had minor roles in the sitcoms Sister Sister and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
In 2005, Faison produced one episode of MTV's Punk'd involving his Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.
Faison has an oldest son with his childhood friend Audrey Ince. In 2001, Faison married Lisa Askey. In 2005 they filed for divorce. They have three children together.
He is the brother of Olamide Faison from R&B group Imajin and children's television show Sesame Street.
He dated Minka Kelly after his marriage ended. In February 2007, he began dating CaCee Cobb who was a former personal assistant of Jessica Simpson.
- Uptown Girls is the second movie he has been a supporting character with Brittany Murphy, the first film being Clueless in 1995.
- He starred with Breckin Meyer in three movies, first being "Clueless", then "Can't Hardly Wait", and finally "Josie and the Pussycats". He has also voiced several episodes of Robot Chicken in which Meyer is a frequent voice actor on.
- Best friend in real life is Scrubs co-star Zach Braff
- He is a big fan of his hometown NBA team New York Knicks.
- He played in the 2007 NBA Celebrity All Star Game. He started on the East team but was then then traded to the West team with Jamie Kennedy.
- On June 19th 2004 the improv group Improv Everywhere was selling celebrity trash just east of Times Square. Donald walked by and offered to contribute some of his trash. He gave them a used napkin. Even though they did not know who he was at the time, the group accepted his trash to sell.
- Bachelor Party Vegas - (2006)
- Something New - (2006)
- King's Ransom - (2005)
- Uptown Girls - (2003)
- Big Fat Liar - (2002)
- Double Whammy - (2001)
- Josie and the Pussycats - (2001)
- Remember the Titans - (2000)
- Trippin' - (1998)
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Waiting to Exhale - (1995)
- New Jersey Drive - (1995)
- Clueless - (1995)
- Sugar Hill (1994 film) - (1994)
- Juice - (1992)
- The Playbook Host
- Punk'd - (2005, One episode) - himself, also a producer for season 4 episode 3
- Scrubs - (2001-Present) - Dr. Chris Turk
- Felicity (TV series) - (2000-2002) - Tracy
- Clueless (TV series) - (1996-1999) - Murray Lawrence Duvall
- Yo Momma (TV series) - Guest Judge
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| Main: | John "J.D." Dorian • Elliot Reid • Christopher Turk • Carla Espinosa • Perry Cox • Bob Kelso • Janitor | |||
| Supporting: | Jordan Sullivan • Todd "The Todd" Quinlan • Ted Buckland • Keith Dudemeister • Doug Murphy • Laverne Roberts | |||