Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 10, 1977
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
16 titles
Gavin Houston
Biography
Gavin Houston was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is known for his work as a regular on OWN's hit drama, The Haves and the Have Nots, and his work guest starring and recurring on prime time dramas such as Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, Roswell, New Mexico and many others. He is also know for his portrayal of the legendary vocal icon, Kenny "Babyface" Edmunds in the Toni Braxton biopic film, Unbreak My Heart. Gavin studied theater at the University of Florida, as well as in New York City where he performed in Off-Broadway productions such as August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Gem Of the Ocean, and Radio Golf, and Eugene O'Neil's Long Day's Journey Into Night. He also has a daughter, is an advanced scuba diver, ex-gymnast, football player, and martial artist. His family is originally from Guyana, South America.
Known For
Filmography
Single Black Female 3: The Final Chapter
Walter
On Call
Austin
Neighborhood Alert
Dean
Safe Word
Ethan
Dance for Me
Osiris
Roswell, New Mexico
Theodore
Con Man
Hulking Jock
The Secret She Kept
Lance
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart
Kenny Edmonds
Presumed Dead in Paradise
Blake
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
Jeffrey Harrington
Shameless
Paul Sikes
Rizzoli & Isles
Alphonse
NCIS: Los Angeles
Wesley Roberts
Grey's Anatomy
Ed Benson
Without a Trace
Vince