Kenneth "Chi" McBride (born September 23, 1961) is an American actor.
He starred as high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston
Public, Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, Detective Laverne Winston on
the Fox drama Human Target, and more recently Detective Don Owen in
the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy. He notably played in a
main role as Captain Lou Grover of the Five-0 taskforce in the CBS
drama Hawaii Five-0 until the show's cancellation in 2020. He has also
appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds; The Terminal; I, Robot;
Roll Bounce; and Draft Day.McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois, from
which his stage name, pronounced "shy," derives. He was raised in the
Seventh-day Adventist religion and attended Shiloh Academy, now known
as Chicago SDA Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school. He graduated
from high school at the age of 16. McBride originally planned to
pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and
singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, he relocated to
Atlanta, Georgia in 1986 to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.His first
success in show business came with the hit song "Basically, He's the
Champ" as part of the group "KSL", which parodied the marriage of
boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune's
success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the
rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in
front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and, billed as
"Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge
of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.In 1998, he was a co-star of
Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of
Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride's
work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films
Mercury Rising and The Terminal. He is notable for his television
roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret
Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.
He starred as high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston
Public, Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, Detective Laverne Winston on
the Fox drama Human Target, and more recently Detective Don Owen in
the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy. He notably played in a
main role as Captain Lou Grover of the Five-0 taskforce in the CBS
drama Hawaii Five-0 until the show's cancellation in 2020. He has also
appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds; The Terminal; I, Robot;
Roll Bounce; and Draft Day.McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois, from
which his stage name, pronounced "shy," derives. He was raised in the
Seventh-day Adventist religion and attended Shiloh Academy, now known
as Chicago SDA Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school. He graduated
from high school at the age of 16. McBride originally planned to
pursue a career in music. After studying several instruments and
singing with gospel choirs in his native Chicago, he relocated to
Atlanta, Georgia in 1986 to work for AT&T as a billing clerk.His first
success in show business came with the hit song "Basically, He's the
Champ" as part of the group "KSL", which parodied the marriage of
boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune's
success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the
rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in
front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and, billed as
"Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge
of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.In 1998, he was a co-star of
Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of
Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public. Much of McBride's
work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films
Mercury Rising and The Terminal. He is notable for his television
roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret
Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies.
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