Raymond Forchion is an actor who has appeared in film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he's co-starred on such series as Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

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, Will & Grace

Will & Grace

Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...

, The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

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, Wiseguy

Wiseguy

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and In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (TV series)

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. He's had recurring roles on General Hospital

General Hospital

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and Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

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Directors and actors he's worked with include: Ron Howard, Katherine Bigelow, Randal Kleiser, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Depp, Joshua Logan,Curtis Hanson, Keanu Reeves, Franco Zeffirelli, Cliff Robertson, James Burrows, Joe Roth, Tobe Hooper, Jay Roach, Robert Ellis Miller and others. He’s starred in nearly 100 commercials. In addition to playing O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

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 in the award-winning CBS Mini Series, American Tragedy

American Tragedy (film)

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, he co-starred in HBO's Recount

Recount (film)

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with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley, Jr and Laura Dern.

In 2007 Warner Brothers and Polychrome Pictures released his produced feature Confessions of a Thug

Confessions of a Thug (film)

Confessions of a Thug is a 2005 American rap "hip hop" opera film. It is directed by Daron Fordham and is the film debut performance for Lady of Rage.-Synopsis:...

a hip-hop musical starring Daron Fordham in which an educated street hustler re-examines his life. It won Best Direction from the San Diego Black Film Festival and was an official selection of the Urbanworld/Vibe Film Festival in New York. In 1992 Ray was a producer of "LAST BREEZE OF SUMMER," made at the American Film Institute which garnered an OSCAR NOMINATION for Best Live Action Short. "THE HORRIBLE DR. BONES," from Forchion's original Screenplay is available in stores now from Full Moon Releasing.

He is a recipient of the 1999 Team Player Award from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center for service to the film industry.

Personal life

Forchion was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mount Holly Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as well as an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,728. It is the county seat of Burlington County....

 and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey

Moorestown Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:At the 2000 census, there were 19,017 people, 6,971 households, and 5,270 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,287.3 per square mile . There were 7,211 housing units at an average density of 488.1 per square mile...

. Later he moved to Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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 and currently resides in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

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