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Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973)[1] is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, Cal in Would You Rather, and as Darnell Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl.

Eddie Steeples
Born	(1973-11-25) November 25, 1973 (age 48) Spring, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Life and career

Steeples was born and raised in Spring, Texas, the oldest of eight children. He was dubbed the "Distinguished Dog" in grade school by his friends and family due his dignified and doglike appearance. After graduating from Klein Oak High School in 1992, he moved to Santa Cruz, California, where he took acting classes at Cabrillo College. He later studied with the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre and briefly at Howard University, eventually settling in New York City.[2] There Steeples joined the experimental film group Mo-Freek, and a hip hop group, No Surrender.^{[citation needed]} Among the Mo-Freek productions he has starred in are Lost in the Bush, Caravan Summer, and People Are Dead.^{[citation needed]} He also starred in the short film Whoa and appeared as a guest on The Chris Rock Show.[3]

Steeples became nationally known when he was cast as the "Rubberband Man" in a series of commercials for OfficeMax.[2] He has also appeared in feature films.

Steeples played the role of Darnell Turner on the NBC comedy series My Name Is Earl, which premiered on September 20, 2005 and ran for four seasons. Steeples on the show was known as Darnell Turner (witness protection name) aka Harry Monroe (real name) a.k.a. "Crab Man".

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Whoa	P.
2002	People Are Dead	Cop #2
2004	Torque	Rasan
2006	The Best of Robbers
	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Josh	Uncredited
	Akeelah and the Bee	Derrick-T
	The Lost	Stevie-Ray
	Roman	Detective
2007	When Is Tomorrow	Ron
	I Know Who Killed Me	Saeed the Prosthetic Tech
2009	Reel Life
2011	Legs	'Legs' Johnson
	Zombie Apocalypse	Billy
2012	Home Alone: The Holiday Heist	Hughes
	Would You Rather	Cal
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Barry
2020	Jiu Jitsu	Tex

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005-2009	My Name Is Earl	Darnell Turner	Main Cast
2011-2014	Raising Hope	Tyler/Tyler the Gas Man	Recurring Role (7 episodes)
2017–2018	The Guest Book	Eddie	Recurring Role (Season 1) Main Cast (Season 2-)

References

External links

• Eddie Steeples at IMDb
• Eddie Steeples' talks about his tattoos at Inked Magazine

На других языках

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- [en] Eddie Steeples

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[es] Eddie Steeples

Eddie Steeples (Spring (Texas), 25 de noviembre de 1973) es un actor estadounidense conocido por sus papeles como el "Hombre bandas de goma" (Rubberband Man) en una campaña publicitaria de OfficeMax, y como Darnell "Hombre Cangrejo" Turner en la comedia de la NBC My Name Is Earl.

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[ru] Стиплз, Эдди

Эдди Стиплз (англ. Eddie Steeples) — американский актёр, продюсер, режиссёр и сценарист. Снялся в известном американском телесериале «Меня зовут Эрл» в роли Дарнелла Тёрнера. А также известен по его роли «Rubberband Man» в рекламных роликах компании OfficeMax.

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