Darrell Britt-Gibson

Darrell Britt-Gibson is an American actor, known for his role as Darius "O-Dog" Hill on the HBO series The Wire. He has also appeared on the Showtime series Californication, the Starz series Power, and the FX series You're the Worst. In 2016, he starred in the films Keanu and 20th Century Women.

Early life

Britt-Gibson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is the son of author Donna Britt and her first husband. Britt-Gibson has one full brother, Justin Britt-Gibson, and one half-brother, Skye Merida, from his mother's remarriage to journalist Kevin Merida. He attended University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he studied theater.

Career

Britt-Gibson made his acting debut in the recurring role of Darius "O-Dog" Hill on HBO's crime drama television series The Wire, starring in 8 episodes from 2006 to 2008. He then appeared in the film Toe to Toe (2009) as Leron, and 2 episodes of the web series Monday Wednesday Friday, also writing one of the episodes in which he starred. He has also guest starred in episodes of many television series, such as Southland, Shameless, The Bridge, and Major Crimes.

In 2014, Britt-Gibson had recurring roles on the series Californication as Darrell, Power as Rolla, and You're the Worst as Shitstain. Britt-Gibson was cast in the pilot of ABC's crime drama series Wicked City in the role of Diver Hawkes, but was subsequently recast after the pilot was ordered to series. In June 2015, he joined the cast of the comedy film Keanu, portraying the role of Trunk.

Filmography

Film

Television