Donnell Turner

At 50 years old, Donnell Turner has this physical status:

Donnell L. Turner (born January 8, 1973) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Curtis Ashford on the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.

Personal life

Turner was born on January 8, 1973 in Tacoma, Washington. Turner's brother Ejay "Blunt" Turner is a member of the 1990s Contemporary R&B group, DRS. His family relocated to Chicago when Donnell was still a baby. As a child, Turner relocated to Redding, California with his mother and brother, where they were the only African American family in the neighborhood.

Turner fell in love with performing as a child participating in church plays. In high school, he played basketball and played trumpet in band. Turner has a cat, Josephine "Josie" Baker, named after the eponymous late singer. Turner has studied martial arts since the age of 10.5 and explained that it helped him in his acting career. He also enjoys knife combat, nunchaku, yoga, kickboxing, and firearms training.

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Career

Turner played semi-pro basketball for a brief period of time before deciding to perform full-time. Turner migrated to Los Angeles in 2001 and began modeling and commercial work for several major brands, including Nike, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Bud Light, Coors, Mercedes-Benz, Disney, and AT&T. He has appeared in over 100 commercials as of 2016. Turner also worked as a production assistant and stunt for television shows like ER, where he doubled for Shemar Moore. In the musical Rent, Jesse L. Martin doubled. Turner also found work as a background artist. Turner played Dr. Aiden Williams on Days of Our Lives in 2010 as Dr. Aiden Williams opposite Kristian Alfonso. Turner, who grew up watching GM, began writing to casting director Mark Teschner in the 1990s and first auditioned for the series in 2014. Curtis Ashford appeared on October 29, 2015.

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