Jensen Atwood
Jensen Atwood (born August 25, 1976) is an American actor from South Central, Los Angeles. Atwood is best known for roles in television productions such as "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God", "Noah's Arc", and "Dante's Cove." Early life. Atwood was born and raised in South Central, Los Angeles where he currently resides. He has two younger sisters Monica Jones and Ashley Atwood and two older brothers Gilbert (Andy) Atwood and Jason (String) Atwood. He studied acting at California State University, Long Beach, at Playhouse West in Los Angeles, and with Eric Morris. Career . Since beginning his show business career, Atwood has appeared in numerous music videos and stage productions. As a model, Atwood was featured on the cover of "Krave", "Bleu", and "Ballroom Rockstar" and appeared in a layout for "Flaunt Magazine". He has appeared in advertisements for brands such as Coors Light, KFC, K-Swiss, AT&T and has also sang backup for Tyrese. In 2005 Atwood played Johnny Taylor, the love interest to Halle Berry in the ABC television film "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God". He is best known for his role in the Logo television series "Noah's  Arc" as Wade Robinson. The critically-acclaimed "Noah's Arc" was the first TV series featuring Black gay men as main characters. In interviews, Atwood says that playing Wade was his most challenging role. He reprised the role of Wade in the show's 2008 spin-off film, "". In 2007, Atwood joined the cast of Here TV's "Dante's Cove" in its third season, playing the role of Griffen, a mage.