Herman Wilkins
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Herman De Woyne Wilkins III is an American
actor/writer and filmmaker born in Memphis, Tennessee
on May 27, 1974, though most of his childhood was split between Memphis and various villages and cities on Chicago's North Shore. His parents are civil rights activists and union organizer Herman Wilkins Jr. and Dorothy Ingram Wilkins. He is a cousin of NBA stars Dominique Wilkins
and Gerald Wilkins
and NAACP figure Roy Wilkins
. On his mother's side he is related to Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
and Charles II of Great Britain.
As a youth, he won the Optimist Club International Oratory Contest on the city and state level and was awarded the key to the county of Shelby, city of Memphis by Mayor Richard Hackett (1988). He appeared onstage at the renowned Playhouse on the Square in "Peter Pan" and "Oliver!" and in local television.
Wilkins attended St. Paul's School
in Concord
, New Hampshire
1988-1992 (while there, he also attended the School of American Ballet
at Lincoln Center in New York). Afterwards, he attended Rhodes College
in Memphis and then Lake Forest college in Lake Forest, Illinois, in both cases to be near to his family. After a brief stint at the School of Visual Arts in New York City he left for Los Angeles, California.
After landing in Los Angeles, Wilkins struggled for years to make a name for himself in the arenas of television and film. He appeared in A Clockwork Orange at The Greenway Arts Theater and he finally got a break when an agent saw him in The Lillies of the Field at the Santa Monica Playhouse. He has appeared in several television shows including HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, Fox's The Shield
and Lifetime's The Division
. He co-wrote Broken Cookies with Udo Kier
. His first full length feature Three Boys Named Mario (2000) received a grant from Avid to be edited. His second film Affairs In Order was completed in 2006. He has appeared in advertising campaigns for KIA Motors, Captain Morgan's and Nokia. Herman co-stars in the upcoming films "American Son" with Nick Canon and Chi McBride and "Stiletto" with Michael Biehn, Dominique Swain and Tom Sizemore.
Herman also appeared in A Tale of Two Cities in North Hollywood, California and more recently in Measure for Measure with the Promeathean Theater Ensemble in Chicago, IL.
In 2008, he finished production on the documentary feature film "Victor" Directed by Gabriela Isas with Chocolate Albino Productions which is the story of Tijuana’s maverick human rights activist, Victor Clark Alfaro who fights for the rights of the most marginalised of society, stumbles upon evidence that the new ruling party of Baja California is colluding with the infamous Arellano Felix drug cartel. With quixotic bravado Victor launches a campaign to bring down the government. What happens (or doesn’t happen) to him, those close to him and all those involved, is the core of the story. "Victor" debuted at Cannes in May 2010.
Also he completed in 2009 the screenplay "TASTE" about a food writer with a very peculiar handicap, which he Co-wrote with Mike James.
He is currently directing the documentary "What Would Sidney Poitier Do?" in the Summer of 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Les Cayes, Haiti. He is also producing the documentary "Voices In the Rubble" about the tremblement de terre of January 2010 in Haiti, as well as the pilot reality-docu series "Angels In the Field".
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor/writer and filmmaker born in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
on May 27, 1974, though most of his childhood was split between Memphis and various villages and cities on Chicago's North Shore. His parents are civil rights activists and union organizer Herman Wilkins Jr. and Dorothy Ingram Wilkins. He is a cousin of NBA stars Dominique Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA...
and Gerald Wilkins
Gerald Wilkins
Gerald Bernard Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'6" shooting guard/small forward, who played collegiately at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and later in the NBA.Gerald is the younger brother of former Atlanta Hawks superstar Dominique Wilkins and...
and NAACP figure Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ....
. On his mother's side he is related to Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
P. G. T. Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used...
and Charles II of Great Britain.
As a youth, he won the Optimist Club International Oratory Contest on the city and state level and was awarded the key to the county of Shelby, city of Memphis by Mayor Richard Hackett (1988). He appeared onstage at the renowned Playhouse on the Square in "Peter Pan" and "Oliver!" and in local television.
Wilkins attended St. Paul's School
St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
in Concord
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
1988-1992 (while there, he also attended the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
at Lincoln Center in New York). Afterwards, he attended Rhodes College
Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's...
in Memphis and then Lake Forest college in Lake Forest, Illinois, in both cases to be near to his family. After a brief stint at the School of Visual Arts in New York City he left for Los Angeles, California.
After landing in Los Angeles, Wilkins struggled for years to make a name for himself in the arenas of television and film. He appeared in A Clockwork Orange at The Greenway Arts Theater and he finally got a break when an agent saw him in The Lillies of the Field at the Santa Monica Playhouse. He has appeared in several television shows including HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, Fox's The Shield
The Shield
The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
and Lifetime's The Division
The Division
The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...
. He co-wrote Broken Cookies with Udo Kier
Udo Kier
Udo Kier is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.-Early life:...
. His first full length feature Three Boys Named Mario (2000) received a grant from Avid to be edited. His second film Affairs In Order was completed in 2006. He has appeared in advertising campaigns for KIA Motors, Captain Morgan's and Nokia. Herman co-stars in the upcoming films "American Son" with Nick Canon and Chi McBride and "Stiletto" with Michael Biehn, Dominique Swain and Tom Sizemore.
Herman also appeared in A Tale of Two Cities in North Hollywood, California and more recently in Measure for Measure with the Promeathean Theater Ensemble in Chicago, IL.
In 2008, he finished production on the documentary feature film "Victor" Directed by Gabriela Isas with Chocolate Albino Productions which is the story of Tijuana’s maverick human rights activist, Victor Clark Alfaro who fights for the rights of the most marginalised of society, stumbles upon evidence that the new ruling party of Baja California is colluding with the infamous Arellano Felix drug cartel. With quixotic bravado Victor launches a campaign to bring down the government. What happens (or doesn’t happen) to him, those close to him and all those involved, is the core of the story. "Victor" debuted at Cannes in May 2010.
Also he completed in 2009 the screenplay "TASTE" about a food writer with a very peculiar handicap, which he Co-wrote with Mike James.
He is currently directing the documentary "What Would Sidney Poitier Do?" in the Summer of 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Les Cayes, Haiti. He is also producing the documentary "Voices In the Rubble" about the tremblement de terre of January 2010 in Haiti, as well as the pilot reality-docu series "Angels In the Field".