Christopher B. Duncan

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Christopher B. Duncan (born December 4, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his television series regular roles like Braxton P. Hartnabrig on The Jamie Foxx Show, President William Johnson in The First Family, and his portrayal of Clarence Weidman on Veronica Mars.

Early life and education

Duncan received his B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Colorado, Boulder.^{[citation needed]} His father is retired from the Air Force and passed away in 2023 from Alzheimer's. Christopher lived in West Germany, Japan, New Mexico, Colorado, and Chicago. His mother was a registered nurse. He has three brothers: Robert, Charles, and Phillip. His youngest brother, Phillip, died in 2018 due to suicide.

Career

Duncan had a starring role as Braxton P. Hartnabrig on The Jamie Foxx Show. He played the leading role of President William Johnson in the sitcom The First Family. He also had recurring roles on The Resident, Veronica Mars, Aliens in America, Lincoln Heights, Jane by Design, The District, and Soul Food. He also guest-starred in Martin, iCarly, Rosewood, Castle, NCIS, Bones, Mental, ER, Boston Legal, 24, CSI,and The Practice. He played Barack Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,as well as in the 2010 film My Name Is Khan.^[1][2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Deadly Medicine	–	TV movie
1994	In the Army Now	Soldier #1
	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Rookie	TV movie
1996	Original Gangstas	Spyro
1999	Three Kings	Camp Soldier
2000	Gedo	Matt	Video
2001	The Elevator	Bruce	TV movie
2003	The Midget Stays in the Picture	A List Actor	Short
	A One Color System	Lucas Desmond	Short
2004	Johnson Family Vacation	Stan Turner
2005	Fair Game	Marcus
2009	Contradictions of the Heart	Michael	Video
2010	My Name Is Khan	Barack Obama	Hindi-English Movie
	Lego Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies	Dunkan Bulk (voice)	TV movie
2011	Lego Hero Factory: Savage Planet	Dunkan Bulk (voice)	TV movie
2013	Feeding Mr. Baldwin	Lance Bryant
	The Congress	Christopher Ryne
2017	What About Barb?	Craig Kellog	TV movie
	Raptors	Terrance 'T'
2019	3 from Hell	Glassy Wolf
2020	Christmas Dilemma	Howard	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Generations	Gordon Williams	Regular Cast
1990	Thirtysomething	Interviewer	Episode: "Control"
1990–95	Coach	Bo Whitley	Recurring Cast: Seasons 3–4, Guest: Season 8
1992	Dream On	Mark	Episode: "Terms of Employment"
1993	Family Matters	Sam 'The Slam'	Episode: "The Way the Ball Bounces"
	Martin	Michael	Episode: "The Break Up: Part 3"
1994	Hardball	Palmer Atkins	2 episodes
1996	Soul Train	Himself/Guest Host	Episode: "Keith Sweat/Tony! Toni! Tone!/Ginuwine"
	Diagnosis: Murder	Bobby Scott	Episode: "X Marks the Murder"
1996–2001	The Jamie Foxx Show	Braxton P. Hartnabrig	Main Cast
1997	Living Single	Paul	Episode: "Swing Out Sisters"
2000	Walker, Texas Ranger	Defense Attorney Lime	Episode: "The Bachelor Party"
2001–02	Soul Food	Bob Wayne	Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
2001–04	The District	Sergeant Ray Cutter	Recurring Cast: Seasons 2–4
2002	The Practice	F.B.I. Agent	Episode: "Judge Knot"
	The Parkers	Curtis King	Episode: "Make a Joyful Noise"
2003	The Proud Family	Mr. Webb (voice)	Episode: "Culture Shock"
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	George the Fireman	Episode: "Bad Words"
2005	24	Spectre	Episode: "Day 4: 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m."
	Wanted	Police Officer	Episode: "Ronin"
2005–07	Veronica Mars	Clarence Wiedman	Recurring Cast: Seasons 1–2, Guest: Season 3
2006	CSI: Miami	Carvell Watson	Episode: "Driven"
	Criminal Minds	Agent James Sheridan	Episode: "The Last Word"
2007	Shark	Rick Lucas	Episode: "Backfire"
	iCarly	Colonel Morgan	Episode: "iRue the Day"
2007–08	Aliens in America	Mr. Matthews	Recurring Cast
2008	Boston Legal	Dr. Jeremy Marley	Episode: "Happy Trails"
	Lincoln Heights	Reverend John Kingston	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2008–09	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Barack Obama	Recurring Cast: Season 16, Guest: Season 17
2009	ER	Matthew Graham	Episode: "Shifting Equilibrium"
	Mental	Detective Paul Bagdonis	Episode: "Coda"
	Bones	Arthur Rutledge	Episode: "The Bond in the Boot"
2010	Days of Our Lives	Donald Marcus	Episode: "Episode #1.11244 & #1.11245"
2010–13	Hero Factory	Dunkan Bulk (voice)	Main Cast
2011	Reed Between the Lines	Mr. Harris	Episode: "Let's Talk About Hair"
2012	Jane by Design	Judge Bentley Pope	Recurring Cast
	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Luke Cage (voice)	2 episodes
2012–15	The First Family	President William Johnson	Main Cast
2012–17	General Hospital	D.A. Joseph Campbell	Regular Cast
2013	Make It Happen	Matt Demon	Episode: "Acting Class"
2014	Switched at Birth	Dr. Trent Larkin	2 episodes
	Play It Again, Dick	Clarence Wiedman	Main Cast
2015	NCIS	Dale Harris	Episode: "The Artful Dodger"
2016	Unsung Hollywood	Himself	Episode: "Fred Williamson"
	Castle	Marcus Weller	Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
	Rosewood	Marcel Crawford	Episode: "Paralytics and Priorities"
2017	Chicago P.D.	Lavar Spann	Episode: "Fagin"
2018	9-1-1	Mr. Cready	Episode: "Worst Day Ever"
	Modern Family	Security Guard	Episode: "Written in the Stars"
2019	Legacies	Terrance Greasley	Episode: "The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do"
	The Resident	Brett Slater	Recurring Cast: Season 2
	Veronica Mars	Clarence Wiedman	Episode: "Entering a World of Pain"
2019–20	Black Lightning	Commander Carson Williams	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2020	American Soul	Ray Bradley	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2020–21	Your Honor	Sgt. Joe Corrigan	2 episodes
2022	First Kill	Principal Waters	Recurring Cast
	Tom Swift	Barton Swift	Recurring Cast
	Black Bird	Dr. Aaron Zicherman	Recurring Cast
	The Wright Turn	Detective Duncan	Recurring Cast
2023	FBI: Most Wanted	Alonzo Stackhouse	Episode: "These Walls"
	Swagger	Camden Ryder Sr.	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2024	BMF	Frank "Blaze" Andreas	Recurring Cast: Season 3

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Outlaw Tennis	Luther Van Jackson)
2015	Minecraft: Story Mode	Slab

Notes

External links

• Official website
• Christopher B. Duncan at IMDb