Derrick A. King took a job in Pennsylvania working in Corporate America, but it wasn’t his passion. Eventually, his company transferred him to their office in LA, marking a resurgence of his love of acting.
Three months after moving to Tinsel Town, King enrolled in acting classes. He made a pledge to himself that he would do whatever it took to fulfill his dream of becoming a full time actor: go back home, live in his car.
Even, he says, in dramatic actor fashion, die for it. Thankfully, it never came to that. Now, King stars in the upcoming CW series reboot 4400 as a young reverend from Chicago.
The drama is about a group of marginalized people throughout history who vanished off the face of the planet. These 4400 eventually land in.
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