Ernest Waddell (born July 22, 1982) is a
New York City-based actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on two television series:
Fin Tutuola
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's son Ken Randall on ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and
Omar Little's boyfriend
Dante on ''
The Wire''.
His credits also include the television series ''
As the World Turns'' and''
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'', and the film ''The Poker Game''. He is also an abstract painter and photographer.
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Biography
Ernest Waddell grew up in Bowie, Maryland. He developed an interest in acting and attended a summer program at the Oxford School of Drama
The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford.
The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bot ...
before enrolling at New York University. When accepting his first recurring role, Waddell was apprehensive because he thought that appearances in '' The Wire'' would lead to him being typecast. Having appeared multiple times on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', Waddell has stated that a big difference compared to ''The Wire'' is that ''SVU'' films under heavier time constraints.Victoria Cartagena
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has stated that the two of them were cast in '' The Bedford Diaries'' because he helped her practice lines while waiting for an audition.
Filmography
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
American male television actors
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