Nathan Purdee (born August 6, 1950 in Tampa, Florida) is an American
actor, best known for his roles in popular soap operas.Purdee's father
was an officer in the United States Air Force, and the family moved
around many times. After spending formative years in Washington, D.C.,
Bakersfield, California, and Kaiserslautern, Germany, he graduated
from high school in Denver, Colorado. He now lives in Easton,
PennsylvaniaPurdee first rose to prominence as mobster-turned-private
investigator Nathan Hastings on the CBS soap opera The Young and the
Restless, a role he portrayed from 1985 to 1992. His involvement on
Y&R (he was one of only two black cast members on the show in the late
1980s) paved the way for more African American additions to the cast.
He left Y&R in December 1991 and moved to New York in January 1992 to
play the role of District Attorney Hank Gannon on the ABC soap opera
One Life to Live, a role he would portray until 2003. Between Y&R and
OLTL, he portrayed Youngblood "Superfly" Priest in The Return of
Superfly, the third and final installment in the classic Super Fly
trilogy. On February 11, 2009 it was announced he would be returning
to One Life to Live in April 2009.In 2017 it was announced that Purdee
would return to the screen in Killian & the Comeback Kids with One
Life to Live co-star Kassie DePaiva. The film would be written and
directed by Purdee's son Taylor A. Purdee.
actor, best known for his roles in popular soap operas.Purdee's father
was an officer in the United States Air Force, and the family moved
around many times. After spending formative years in Washington, D.C.,
Bakersfield, California, and Kaiserslautern, Germany, he graduated
from high school in Denver, Colorado. He now lives in Easton,
PennsylvaniaPurdee first rose to prominence as mobster-turned-private
investigator Nathan Hastings on the CBS soap opera The Young and the
Restless, a role he portrayed from 1985 to 1992. His involvement on
Y&R (he was one of only two black cast members on the show in the late
1980s) paved the way for more African American additions to the cast.
He left Y&R in December 1991 and moved to New York in January 1992 to
play the role of District Attorney Hank Gannon on the ABC soap opera
One Life to Live, a role he would portray until 2003. Between Y&R and
OLTL, he portrayed Youngblood "Superfly" Priest in The Return of
Superfly, the third and final installment in the classic Super Fly
trilogy. On February 11, 2009 it was announced he would be returning
to One Life to Live in April 2009.In 2017 it was announced that Purdee
would return to the screen in Killian & the Comeback Kids with One
Life to Live co-star Kassie DePaiva. The film would be written and
directed by Purdee's son Taylor A. Purdee.
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