Curtis Williams(I)
- Actor
Williams' charisma quickly gained the attention of Hollywood at the young age of five. Landing in the spotlight by booking his first national commercial with the Little Caeser's Pizza franchise. Soon after, Williams found himself in a string of commercials for Gushers, Xbox 360, Best Buy and a Kmart spot with Kirk Franklin, which drew interest from larger representation. In 1994, Williams landed his first feature film debut in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) starting Eddie Murphy, and his second soon after in Corrina, Corrina, where Williams improvised the whole scene. The chemistry Williams created with Goldberg caught the eye of seasoned UTA agent Brandt Joel. Williams inked a Talent Holding Contract Deal with New Line Cinema shortly after the film had been released, and landed a role as as a series regular on the television show The Parent Hood starring Robert Townsend.
Williams' momentum and creative talents started to earn him recognition. He received Best Young Actors Award in 1996 & 1997 and was featured on Jet Magazine as one of the best child actors. He was honored with a symbolic key to the city of Pasadena and signed a lucrative contract deal with Reebok. Williams became a favorite and regular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, appearing over 12 times, often as the star of many segments. In one such segment, Leno bought Williams his first GoKart, and created a winter wonderland in the Tonight Show parking lot for Williams to experience snow for the first time.
Williams broke in the voice-over arena with appearing in the popular 90's cartoon The Wild Thornberry's. Nickelodeon flew Williams and family out to Orlando Florida, to be a guest judge on the hit 90's game show "Slime". Younger brother Christopher Williams made a cameo with the same episode as his brother. Williams's career continued to flourish with landing another role with renowned director Garry Marshall in the Film Dear God (1996) starting Greg Kinnear. Williams later garnered a leading role in the Film Durango Kids with director Ashton Root. Williams played the role of Cameron, where some notable actors appeared in the film such as Larry Drake, Austin Nichols, Sara Paxton and Christina Millian. Williams would continue to book a slew of other roles in television such as the popular 90's show Moesha staring Brandy Norwood, Malcolm in the Middel staring Frankie Muniz, That's So Raven starting Raven Symone and more. Williams continues to be involved in the entertainment world today, and currently works with NBCUniversal.