Early life and education

Dunbar was born in Berkeley, California. He attended Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, California, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia and graduated before moving on to study at the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico and the University of New Mexico.

Career

Television

Dunbar is well known for his leading role as Kenny Chadway on the television series Soul Food and he was named as one of Television's 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time by TV Guide. He landed a regular role as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the United States television series Prison Break. In 2007, Dunbar starred on the short-lived TNT medical drama Heartland. He made a guest appearance on Noah's Arc as himself to give Noah (screenwriter and the main character of the show) some ideas about his movie Fine Art. He also had a recurring role on the UPN series Girlfriends, and is also known for his role as "Pookie" on the television series The Game. He was also a regular on the short-lived FX series Terriers.

Dunbar's other TV credits include guest appearances in Earth 2, Felicity, The Pretender, Two Guys and a Girl, and North Shore.

In 2011 he joined the cast of FX's hit show Sons of Anarchy as the new Sheriff of Charming, Eli Roosevelt.

In 2013, Dunbar joined the CBS crime drama The Mentalist as FBI agent Dennis Abbott.

Film

His film projects include Punks (which debuted at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival), Misery Loves Company, Sick Puppies, Whodunit, Dirty Laundry, All About You and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Other

Dunbar has contributed to the art world through the mixed media exhibit, ARTHERAPY. Dunbar posed for the November 2003 issue of Playgirl magazine.

Personal life

According to DNA analysis, his ancestry is mainly from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. On his visit to Nigeria, he was given the Yoruba name, Omobowale (a variant form of Omowale) meaning our son has come home.

He was formerly married to Ivy Holmes from 2003-2006. He became engaged to his girlfriend of less than one year, fellow actress and writer, Maya Gilbert. The duo's engagement took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica on December 30, 2012. Their daughter, Berkeley Seon was born in December, 2013. Their son, Czar Rockmond Dunbar, was born in January 2016.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Misery Loves Company	Eric Haynes	Independent film
1994-1995	Earth 2	Baines	TV series
1997	The Good News	Bonz	TV series
1998	The Wayans Bros.	Barry	TV series
	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Tommy	TV series
1999	Pacific Blue	Tiger Bates	TV series
	The Practice	Byron Little	TV series
	The Pretender	Joe Taylor	TV series
	Felicity	Man on Train	TV series
2000	Punks	Darby	Independent film
	G vs E	Sonny Rhymes	TV series
2000-2004	Soul Food	Kenny Chadway	TV series
2001	All About You	Tim
2003-2004	Girlfriends	Jalen	TV series
2004	Hollywood Division	Det. Reginald Feiffer	TV movie
	North Shore	Agent Fernley	TV series
2005	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Mr. Fire
	Head Cases	Dr. Robinson	TV series
2005-2007, 2009, 2016	Prison Break	Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin	TV series
2006	Dirty Laundry	Patrick/Sheldon
2007	Heartland	Dr. Thomas Jonas	TV series
	Shark	Teddy Banks	TV series
	Grey's Anatomy	Sean Brotherton	TV series
	CSI: Miami	James Reilly	TV series
2008	The Family That Preys	Chris
	Jada	Simon	Independent film
	Alien Raiders	Kane	Independent film
2009	Pastor Brown	Amir Rahiem	TV film (also director)
2009, 2012-2013	The Game	Pookie from Richmond	TV series
2010	Terriers	Det. Mark Gustafson	TV series
	Private Practice	Jacob Deever	TV series
2012	Raising Izzie	Greg	TV movie
2011-2013	Sons of Anarchy	Sheriff Eli Roosevelt	TV series
2012-2013	For Richer or Poorer	Aubrey	TV series
2013-2015	The Mentalist	FBI Agent Dennis Abbott	TV series
2014	Curve Ball	James	Independent film
2016-present	The Path	Detective Abe Gaines	TV series

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