Dwayne Chattman
- Actor
- Writer
- Casting Director
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Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, and a graduate of Colonel White High
School, Dwayne had an interest in the arts from an early age. He had
his first professional job with a local celebrity dance group called
The Enchanters. Also excelling in gymnastics, he received first place
in the city regional competition two consecutive years and tenth place
in state regional competition on the floor exercise. But becoming an
artist was his true passion. His acting career began with a theater
group called Creekside Players and their production of "The Past is the
Past" directed by Al Lane. Wanting to hone his artistic skills more,
Dwayne decided to make a very bold move - he packed up what he could
and took a bus all the way to Chicago. He attended acting classes at
The Goodman Theater. He also received a scholarship for dance at The
Ruth Page School of Ballet and another ballet scholarship with Chicago
City Ballet studying under the well-known instructor, Maria Tallchief.
These talents landed Dwayne the lead role of Tyrone Jackson in the hit
Broadway Musical Fame. He received critical acclaim on the national
tour. It was also a huge honor for him to record on the original cast
album and appear on "Fame" the television series, as a dancer. This
gave Dwayne even more drive and his acting career was just beginning at
this point. He worked on many national commercials for Pepsi, Pringles,
Key Bank, Sunkist, MCI, and California Lotto non-smoking public service
announcements. Dwayne began to really show his versatility as an actor
appearing on television shows including "Martial Law" where he played a
street fighter to a role on "Noah's Arc". Other film credits include
Virtuosity, Sgt. Bilko, Redemption and The Exorcism. Not only is Dwayne
strong as a dramatic actor but proved he can do comedy as well. He
recurred on the hilarious sketch comedy show "Mind of Mencia" airing on
Comedy Central. Dwayne is also recurring on the new season of the late
night sketch comedy show "Frank TV". He and his writing and business
partner, A.J. Lovett, have also started a production company called
LoveReign Entertainment.