Boris Kodjoe (1973- ) is a Hollywood actor best known for appearing on the television show “Soul Food” in the early 2000s. He has also been in a number of films, like “Madea’s Family Reunion” (2006). He is married to actress Nicole Ari Parker.
He will play the male lead in an upcoming television show that NBC is working on,“Undercovers”. It is about two spies who are married to each other. Not all shows make it, but look for it later in 2010.
In 2002 People magazine named him one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. A poll on this blog at the end of 2009 voted him the tenth most gorgeous man in the world – and the fifth most gorgeous black man.
He was born in Vienna, Austria to a black father and a white mother, the son of a doctor from Ghana in West Africa and a German Jewish psychologist. He is Christian by religion but since his mother’s line is Jewish, he is Jewish by race. He grew up in Germany but now lives in America. He speaks English, French and German – and a bit of Spanish.
He is named for Boris Pasternak, a Russian poet best known in the West for writing “Doctor Zhivago” (1957). The middle name of Kodjoe’s son also comes from that of a poet: Neruda.
Kodjoe wanted to become a tennis player but a back injury he suffered while studying at Virginia Commonwealth University made that impossible. Then a model scout noticed him. In the late 1990s he modelled for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis and The Gap. That in turn got him noticed by Hollywood. He got a part in “Love & Basketball” (2000) and the rest is history.
He met Nicole Ari Parker on the set of “Soul Food” (not the film but the Showtime television series). He played her love interest there and again in another television show, the short-lived “Second Time Around” (2004). Fiction became fact and in 2005 they got married.
They moved to Atlanta – Hollywood is no place to bring up children and Atlanta has a strong black professional class. They have two children: Sophie Tei Naaki Lee, born in 2005, and Nicholas Neruda, born on Halloween in 2006.
Sophie was born with spinal bifida. That means her backbone was not complete. Doctors can fix the backbone part of it, but not that part that means you have to either walk with crutches or not be able to go to the bathroom on your own. Sophie is the second kind: her bladder does not work properly.
Spinal bifida is one of those reasons women of child-bearing age need to eat right: most cases can be prevented getting enough vitamin B-9 in what you eat.
To help other families going through the same thing Kodjoe founded Sophie’s Voice Foundation.
There is a MySpace page under his name. It seems to be his: he talks too much about his daughter just like a true father would.
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Boris is a beautiful man inside and out. What a gorgeous family he has!
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He has such beautiful eyes, lush, sensuous lips, and an incredible body. Nicole is one lucky woman. Imagine coming home to him! 😀
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You took the words right out of my mouth Leigh LOL
His kids are so cute and he Nicole make a nice couple. (I hate her…only kidding I just jealous)
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For the Boris Kodjoe lovers:
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Abagond are you going to write about the hatian earthquake!
Please write about it I want to see what you have to say.
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nice kudjoe is hot. you should do one on nicole too.
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Man, cute kids! Hope mine turn out like that.
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His ethic and religious mixture, name and languages spoken are very interesting. I’m sure he’s quite a cosmopolitan dude. I think that’s the direction the world is eventually headed.
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whoo..hoo! He is such a gorgeous, well-rounded man. Beautiul wife as well.
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Leigh,
@1:10 – Dang!
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@islandgirl:
I know! Just like Campbell’s soup. He’s Mmm-Mmm Good! 😀
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what a beautiful man. damn! LOL!! i’ve always thought he was gorgeous, especially in love and basketball. HELLO!! his wife is very lucky and have beautiful kids together.
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wow he is gorgeous.. never heard of him before this post
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i love boris kodjoe. like me he is also half german and black. he is good looking, but still a gentleman and seems down to earth. i want a husband like that : D
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His eyes are amazing. I like men with dark, beautiful eyes.
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He is so—perfect looking. The Symmetry of his face—almost like he was carved from amber or agate
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He looks innocent lol
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@Leigh204
Still relishing in male objectification I see. We are on the same wavelength. LMAO at your Campbell’s soup comment. Your video made me happy.
Ahh, dark brown eyes! I love dark brown eyes.
@islandgirl
–Agreed about 1:10 . . . and 2:18 and basically the whole video. I do enjoy that part myself.
Should I feel bad that this a strictly superficial comment?
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He is a fine black man.
I really like his features! Specially the sweetnes in his eyes.
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@Sami
Glad it made you happy. It certainly made me happy. 😀
Certainly not. Hehe. He’s got it goin’ on! You and I as well as all the ladies here appreciate this oh-so-fine piece of man flesh. 😉
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Did you all know he’s going to be on a new show, Undercover? I think it’s premiering on NBC? The woman playing his wife is a Black British woman, Gugu something (I forget her last name) who’s been on Doctor Who.
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Handsome guy and Family man. I love him.
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Fine and not a cheater ,friend do the hair on Hollywood Husbands, and they all say he will put you in your place if you try to come up on him in a disrespectful manner.
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His mom was only 1/4 Jewish. Since it was her maternal grandmother, she and him are considered Jewish according to Jewish law (halacha). His children aren’t Jewish, though.
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