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Ray J. Norwood

Highest Rated: 71% Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored (1995)

Lowest Rated: 8% Steel (1997)

Birthday: Jan 17, 1981

Birthplace: McComb, Mississippi, USA

Art has imitated life for actor/musician Ray J, who enjoyed an active child acting career in the early to mid-1990s and was cast as real-life older sister Brandy's half-brother on the sitcom "Moesha" (UPN) beginning in 1999. A talented performer in his own right, Ray J's acting career began with the 1993-1994 TV season, a year before his sister's hit debut album reached the charts. Brandy began acting on ABC's "Thea" in 1993, and Ray J got his start with a regular role in the Fox sitcom "The Sinbad Show" (1993-94), playing the elder of two foster children siblings that Sinbad's David Bryan takes in. Fall 1993 also saw the young performer featured in "Rhythm and Jam," an educational, music-themed "ABC Saturday Morning Special." A role in the HBO aired espionage-themed thriller "The Enemy Within" followed in 1994, and Ray J made his feature debut in the period drama "Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored" (1995), billed under his given name Willie Norwood Jr. The following year he was featured in Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!" and later co-starred in the action-adventure "Steel" (1997), starring Shaquille O'Neal. Following the release of his debut album "Everything You Want," Ray J continued to rack up acting credits, taking a supporting role in the 1999 ABC miniseries "Aftershock: Earthquake in New York." While Ray J has proven himself in projects not involving Brandy, the natural chemistry between the performer and his big sister has been showcased in several projects pairing the two. Ray J began appearing on his sister's series "Moesha" (UPN) in 1996, first playing a recurring character named Charles. In 1997 he was featured on the series as himself in an episode that had Brandy doing double duty, appearing both as herself and her TV alter ego. Beginning in 1999, he took a regular role on the show, playing Dorian, the titular girl-next-door's troubled cousin. His character brought more hard-hitting storylines to the previously sugar-coated series, and was eventually revealed to actually be Moesha's half-brother, the two sharing Frank Mitchell (William Allen Young) as their father.

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Highest rated movies

71% 85% Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored
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55% 53% Mars Attacks!
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8% 19% Steel
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Switching the Script
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85% Envy
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Dear Santa, I Need a Date
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Switchin' the Script
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62% Christmas at Water's Edge
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33% The App That Stole Christmas
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 33% The App That Stole Christmas Ray (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Santa, I Need a Date Jason Vaughn (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Switchin' the Script David (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Switching the Script David Bostick (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 85% Envy AJ (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 62% Christmas at Water's Edge Alberto Turner (Character) - 2004
8% 19% Steel Martin (Character) $1.7M 1997
55% 53% Mars Attacks! Cedric Williams (Character) $37.8M 1996
71% 85% Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored Cliff, age 12 (Character) $65.1K 1995

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet College Hill: Celebrity Edition Self 2022-2024
83% 77% John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA Guest,
Self
2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2020 2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet MTV Cribs Self 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Cannon Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet MTV Couples Retreat Self 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2008-2010 2012-2013 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition Self 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Self 2014-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hip Hop Squares Guest 2017 2019
100% No Score Yet Sherman's Showcase Unknown (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Kitchen Rules Contestant 2017
22% 70% Notorious Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet 106 & Park Unknown (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funniest Wins Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Girls All Star Battle Host 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2009 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business Self,
Creator,
Executive Producer
2010-2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Guest 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet For the Love of Ray J Unknown (Character) 2009-2010
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet One on One Darrell "D-Mack" McGinty (Character) 2005-2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Sash Bryan Lanier (Character) 2003
No Score Yet 41% The Proud Family Mega (Guest Voice) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Dorian Long (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1996-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Unknown (Character) 1999
46% No Score Yet The Sinbad Show L.J. Beckley (Character) 1993-1994