Hill with the rest of the main cast of Psych and series creator Steve Franks in 2009
In 1985, 10-year-old Hill performed a tap dance number on the MDA telethon. When the music could not be found for his routine, telethon host Jerry Lewis helped by having the orchestra play another song while Hill performed. His first film role was in Sugar Hill in 1993 during his senior year of high school. While in college at Seton Hall, he was cast in a starring role in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk on Broadway.
In 1999, Hill was cast on The West Wing as Charlie Young, the personal aide to PresidentJosiah Bartlet, who was played by Martin Sheen. During the sixth season of the series, Charlie became a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff. Hill starred as Charlie for six seasons before he chose to leave the show at the beginning of the seventh season (September 2005) to star in the pilot for the new television show Psych for the USA Network,[10] which premiered July 7, 2006. However, when the announcement was made that The West Wing would be ending in May 2006, Hill returned for the show's last episodes.
Hill also had roles in the 1999 film She's All That starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, both of whom he later reunited with on Psych, as a Los Angeles doctor named Owen in the movie. He was in the series 10.5, the Disney movie Holes (2003) as Sam the Onion Man (the movie itself was referenced in the Psych episode "65 Million Years Off"), and in the 2006 movie The Guardian (this was referenced in the Psych episode "You Can’t Handle this"). He also joined the cast of Suits for Season 8 and 9.
As a voice actor, Hill was part of the cast of the 2021 animated feature Night of the Animated Dead.
In the 2024 PBS documentary series, The Express Way with Dulé Hill, Hill narrates and participates in exploring art and diverse cultures.[12]
Personal life
Hill married actress Nicole Lyn in 2004. They had no children. Hill filed for legal separation from Lyn in 2012 citing irreconcilable differences.[13]
On April 14, 2017, Hill became engaged to girlfriend and Ballers co-star Jazmyn Simon.[14] In early 2018, Hill married Simon and later adopted her daughter. In 2019, Hill and his wife announced the birth of their son.[15]
^Dugas, Christine (March 30, 2001). "On the Money with Dulé Hill". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017. Hill was born in Orange, N.J., and raised in Sayreville, N.J., by his Jamaican-born parents.
^"Doubt Cast Biography". CBS. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Born in Orange, N.J. and raised in Sayreville, Dulé Hill began attending dance school when he was three years old.
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