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Gavin Houston
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 wor…
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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.
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2025
Single Black Female 3: The Final Chapter
Movie Walter
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2025
On Call
TV show Austin
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2024
Neighborhood Alert
Movie Dean
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2023
Safe Word
Movie Ethan
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2023
Dance for Me
Movie Osiris
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2019
Roswell, New Mexico
TV show Theodore
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2018
Con Man
Movie Hulking Jock
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2016
The Secret She Kept
Movie Lance
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2016
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart
Movie Kenny Edmonds
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2014
Presumed Dead in Paradise
Movie Blake
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2013
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
TV show Jeffrey Harrington
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2011
Shameless
TV show Paul Sikes
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2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV show Alphonse
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2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV show Wesley Roberts
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Ed Benson
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2002
Without a Trace
TV show Vince
