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Che Holloway

Che Holloway

American actor

Chequan Tyreek Holloway (born August 5, 1990) is an American actor known for his three-season stint as Officer Amir Johnson in the comedy web series Dark Justice.

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Early life and education

Holloway was born August 5, 1990, in the city of Rochester, New York.[1]

In his teen years, Holloway majored in acting at Rochester's School of The Arts and attended the Geva Theatre Center's Summer acting academy for two sessions in 2007 and 2009.[2] As a college student, he attended New York City's American Musical and Dramatic Academy from 2010-2011.[3]

Acting career

Holloways break role happened in 2012 when he co-starred in an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Network show Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal,[4] where he played Kacey, half of a married couple struggling to save their relationship after it's jeopardized by infidelity.[3] Afterward, Holloway appeared on stage in roles such as that of Tom Robinson in a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird at the Bristol Valley Theatre in Naples, New York.[3] Holloway has starred in multiple web series including his role as a reformed criminal forced to keep his family afloat by taking on a potentially fatal last job in the 2014 crime drama short PRESSURE, directed by Reginald Altidor.[3]

In 2016, Holloway started the first of a three-season run on the social issues-focused satire Dark Justice, written and created by Mike Gerbino where he appeared as Amir Johnson, who as the only Black cop on an all-white local police force deals with its inherent racial discrimination while trying to serve and protect his community.[5] Holloway's performance in the series earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the ROC Awards.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Interview with Che Holloway". indieactivity. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  2. [2]
    Governale, Mike (January 11, 2016). "Local Actor Plays First Black Police Officer in 'Dark Justice'". Rochester Subway. Archived from the original on 2016-07-05. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Che Holloway: From the Oprah Network to Web Series and Short Films". HuffPost. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. [4]
    Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal (Drama, Romance), True Entertainment, 2011-04-07, retrieved 2022-01-21
  5. [5]
    "DARK JUSTICE: Combatting Social Injustice Through Cutting Edge Comedy". Snobby Robot. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  6. [6]
    Lubitow, Adam. "Web series 'Dark Justice' finds satire in tension". CITY News. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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