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Chaz Lamar Shepherd is an American actor and singer-songwriter. Best known as Artis Tower in Me and the Boys (1994-1995), John Hamilton on 7th Heaven (1996-2001), and Piranha in Luke Cage (2018).

Chaz Lamar Shepherd
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other names	Chaz Shepherd
Occupation	Actor, singer-songwriter, host, entertainment personality
Years active	1993–present

Early life

Shepherd grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was active in Tindley Temple United Methodist Church and graduated from Evelyn Graves Christian Academy. His mother, Cheryl Shepherd, is a dancer and choreographer who left her work in Philadelphia's public schools to manage his career.[1] He first appeared on stage when he was 5 years old as an MC at a recital for his mother's dance school.[2]

Career

Shepherd's professional debut came in a production of Fame staged by the Walnut Street Theatre.[2] On television, he portrayed Al Bryant in the NBC miniseries The Temptations (1998).he also played on the Parkers. He also played Artis Tower, son of Steve Tower (Steve Harvey) on Me and the Boys and appeared on In the House, Moesha, and Sister, Sister.[1] He played John Hamilton on 7th Heaven,[3] had a recurring role as Trey Wiggs on The Game, and portrayed Raymond "Piranha" Jones in the second season of Luke Cage.

Shepherd appeared on film in Set It Off in the role of Stevie,[1] On Broadway, he portrayed Billy Flynn in Chicago (2018) and Harpo in The Color Purple (2005).[4] His other work on stage includes appearing as Curtis Taylor, Jr. in a 2009–10 national tour of the musical Dreamgirls.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Survive the Night	Thad	Television movie
1994–1995	Me and the Boys	Artis Tower	19 episodes
1995	A Pig's Tale	Royce	Direct-to-video release
1996	Moesha	Whitlock	Episode: "Million Boy March"
	Minor Adjustments	Bam	2 episodes
	The Nutty Professor	Student
	The Steve Harvey Show	Dexter	Episode: "Loose Lips Sink Friendships"
	Set It Off	Stevie Newsom	Credited as Chaz Lamar Shepard
1996–1997	Sister, Sister	Shawn Russell	3 episodes
1996–2001	7th Heaven	John Hamilton	33 episodes
1998	Twice the Fear	College student	Direct-to-video release
	In the House	Mark	4 episodes
	The Temptations	Elbridge "Al" Bryant	Television movie
2001	Touched by an Angel	Young Candy McCloud	Episode: The Perfect Game
2001–2002	The Parkers	Aaron	4 episodes
2002	The Division	Keith	Episode: "This Thing Called Love"
2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Deacon
2006–2007 & 2012	The Game	Trey Wiggs	4 episodes
2016	Hater's Back Off!	Keith	Recurring character
2018	Blue Bloods	Detective Chamberlin	Episode: "Close Calls"
	Marvel's Luke Cage	Raymond "Piranha" Jones	6 episodes
2019	Almost Love	Damon
2022	Never Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story	Marvin Sapp	Television movie

Discography

Albums

Love & Truth

• Released: October 26, 2010
• Label: Chaz Records/Introspect Music
• Formats: CD, Digital Download

References

External links

• Chaz Lamar Shepherd at the Internet Broadway Database
• Chaz Lamar Shepherd at IMDb

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Chaz Lamar Shepherd (* 26. Oktober 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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