Early life and education

Missick was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, Decatur, Georgia, and New York City's Brooklyn.

From a very early age, Missick had a passion for entertaining; he would attend plays and watch movies with his parents. Missick grew up an only child (his mother later adopted two baby twin girls, and acquired a 4th child through her current husband).

Missick has kept athletic; he often took part in competitive sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, and diving.

Career

During his first acting class, casting agents were looking for a Coca Cola commercial, and they decided that Missick was right for the part. At first, he saw acting as being effortless, but he was not booked again for the next year. He was eventually cast in a small role on In the Heat of the Night, playing a young fisherman. Although he continued to audition, he was not sure whether he should take it seriously.

In the summer of 1996, Missick joined the Jazz Actors, a theater company in Harlem, where he studied under Ernie McClintock. McClintock’s style, strongly influenced by jazz music, strongly influenced Missick's style in turn. After the company dispersed, Missick joined NITE Star, an educational company whose primary focus was to educate young teens on AIDS awareness and building an understanding towards alternative lifestyles. During his time with NITE Star, Missick met American actress Kerry Washington (who was also involved with the company) and gained a steady income from commercials, averaging around seven nationals a year.

In 2002, Missick made his professional acting debut in Two Weeks Notice, playing Tony, Hugh Grant's right-hand man/limo driver. His exposure from that role led to parts in TV shows including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Now and Again, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as small roles in movies such as Undermind, 50 Ways to Leave a Lover, A Message from Pops, Freedomland, and Two Guns. He auditioned for the role of Antwone Quenton 'Fish' Fisher in Atwone Fisher; he was not cast, but his meeting with Denzel Washington later led to a role in The Manchurian Candidate. Soon after, Missick got a role playing Elvis in Lucky Number Slevin, and soon afterward landed his first leading role in Premium alongside Zoe Saldana.

Personal life

Missick married his wife, Simone Cook, in February 2012.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Two Way Crossing	Leon
2000	3D	Jeff Sellers	Short film
2000	Shaft	Young Man	Uncredited
2002	Two Weeks Notice	Tony
2003	Crime Partners	James Brown	Credited as Dorian McKissick
2003	Undermind	Train Rapper
2004	Chameleon	Charlie	Short film
2004	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	Rob
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Owens
2005	Two Guns		Direct-to-video film
2005	A Message from Pops	Son	Short film
2006	Freedomland	Jason Council
2006	Lucky Number Slevin	Elvis
2006	Premium	Cool
2007	Alibi	Luis Nelson	Television film
2007	Mama's Boy	Mitch
2008	Bad Mother's Handbook	Dr. Stoller	Television film
2008	Broken	Max	Short film
2008	Love Me Through It	Acting Coach	Short film Uncredited
2008	Jury of Our Peers	Dashawn
2008	Rachel Getting Married	Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2009	Lenox Avenue	Sellars
2010	Three Blind Mice	Travis Mitchell	Short film
2010	The Bounty Hunter	Bobby
2011	Grace		Short film
2011	Mooz-lum	Professor Jamal
2012	Things Never Said	Steve
2013	Big Words	John
2013	All the Children Are Insane	Edward Burdon	Pre-production
2014	Deliver Us from Evil	Gordon
2014	Annie	Annie's 'Dad'
2015	Black Card	Leonard	Short film
201	9 Rides	Driver

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	In the Heat of the Night	Young Fisherman	Uncredited Episode: "An Angry Woman"
2000	Now and Again	Marlin	Episode: "Boy Wonder"
2001	Philly	Dorian's Crony	Episode: "Blown Away"
2001	NYPD Blue	Gerald Winters	Episode: "Hit the Road, Clark"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Leon Tate	Episode: "Rooftop"
2001-2004	Law & Order	Henry Williams/Ronald Duggan a.k.a. Slug	Episodes "A Losing Season" and "Can I Get a Witness"
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Police Officer	Episode: "Empty Places"
2004	CSI: NY	Jayden Prince	Episode: "Grand Master"
2006	Conviction	Frank Jeffers	2 episodes
2006-2007	Six Degrees	Damian Henry	13 episodes
2008	Numb3rs	Derek Raines	Episode: "Pay to Play"
2008	Raising the Bar	Sylvester 'Slice' Walters	Episode: "Trust Me"
2009	Bones	Owen Thiel	Episode: "The Goop on the Girl"
2010	Sons of Anarchy	Pony Joe	Episode: "So"
2011	The Cape	Marty Voyt	10 episodes
2012-2013	Southland	Detective Ruben Robinson	18 episodes
2012-2015	Haven	Tommy Bowen	7 episodes
2015	The Brink	Agent	2 episodes
2015	Better Call Saul	Detective #1	2 episodes
2016	Lucifer	Will Flemming	Episode: St. Lucifer
2016	Zoe Ever After	Gemini Moon	Lead Role (Season 1 -)

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Victor 'Vic' Vance

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