- Malé B. Alexander
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Malé B. Alexander "Male B. Alexander" (June 22, 1974) was born in Long Island New York. He is an actor, film/music producer, writer, and professional athlete in Lacrosse. He is the founder of Malé Baby Productions. He is also the founder of K.O.O.L (Kids Outreach on Leukemia. In the film industry, he's regarded as the new Tyler Perry on a grander scale. He is known for his portrayal of Junior Pierce in the HBO Drama television series Oz.
Currently, Malé B. Alexander is working on Marvin's Prayer a feature film he wrote and produced.
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Music Production
At 15, Malé signed with Chung King Studios where he was known as the "Reverend Rapper." At Chung King Studios, he converted into a music producer and eventually started his own record company called Riddla Records. Malé is the first rapper to work with the African Zulu Tribe. He was the first producer to gather the most well-known DJ's at the Metropolitan. He created an album, which compiled the work of those same DJ's.
Oz
Malé B. Alexander appeared in the first 4 seasons of Oz as the character Junior Pierce. Junior Pierce was the right hand man for Kenny Wangler and Arnold "Poet" Jackson. In the fourth season, Junior Pierce is killed by an inmate that he bullied.
Marvin's Prayer
He is currently working on Marvin's Prayer, which is slated to begin production in 2011. He is also the producer with Tawala Sharp, a former program director of 102.3 The Beat and Ernesto Sandoval, a graduate of UCLA and prominent independent filmmaker whose won awards from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Personal life
Malé attended High School on Long Island where he was an "All Long Island, All Star" grid iron running back. As a running back he broke several of Brown Rushings records where he averaged 6 tackles a game. He was also a Star as a track runner who was invited to the Penn Relays 3 years in a row. He was at one point the second fastest runner in New York in 60m. Upon his mother's passing, Malé went into seclusion. No one heard from him in years until he came back and landed the role as Junior Pierce in Oz.
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Categories:- Living people
- African American actors
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