Jermaine Hopkins
Biography
Jermaine Hopkins is an American film and television actor who started performing as a teenager, after a casting call in New York led to his first screen role. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he made his film debut in Lean on Me (1989) as Thomas Sams, a troubled high school student, playing opposite Morgan Freeman. He followed that with Juice (1992), directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, in which he played Steel alongside Khalil Kain, Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur. The HBO film Strapped, Forest Whitaker's directorial debut, gave him another starring part, and he went on to appear in episodes of Murder One and Moesha. He played Dupree for six episodes of The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. from 1996 to 1998, and took a role in Phat Beach (1996) before starring in Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997) opposite Bill Bellamy and Pierre Edwards.
53years old
Turns 54 on August 23in 286 days
- Born Newark
- Star sign: VirgoFirst day of the sign, on the Leo cusp
- Also credited as Jermaine R. Hopkins
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years1989 to 1996
Every film, newest first
- 1996BulletIMDb rating 6.4
- 1996Phat BeachIMDb rating 4.1
- 1992JuiceIMDb rating 7.0
- 1989Lean on MeIMDb rating 7.4
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Worked with
Jermaine Hopkins shares two films with Tupac Shakur, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins2 films together, 1989 to 1992
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins's page
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Morgan Freeman's page
Mickey Rourke's page
Tony Todd's page
All films by Ernest R. Dickerson
All films by John G. Avildsen
Julien TempleDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Julien Temple
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