Broderick Hunter Jr. (born January 3, 1991), is an American model and actor from

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Early life

Broderick Hunter Jr. was born on January 3, 1991, in

to Broderick Hunter Sr. and Chika Hunter. He has an older sister, Jole. He attended

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, where he played basketball, which eventually led him to a scholarship for

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Career

Hunter started his modeling career in 2011 at age of 20, after being asked to become a model for a photoshoot. He has since starred in editorials for various publications, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and Italian '' GQ'', and has also been featured on the covers of ''XIOX'', ''Fantastics'' and ''OnFitness'' magazines. Publications, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Harper's Bazaar'', have featured him on their list of "sexiest men on

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". Additionally, Hunter has been the face of

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and landed a campaign with Icelandic Glacial in 2017.

Acting

In 2011, Hunter appeared in the music video for " Warzone" by

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. In 2012, while being in

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for Dsquared²'s fashion week, he caught American singer

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's attention, who was also there and later asked him star in her music video for "

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", which premiered in September of the same year. In 2017, he appeared in an episode of

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's comedy-drama series '' Insecure''. In 2018, Hunter starred on the sitcoms '' Marlon'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Television series

Music videos

References

External links

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Broderick Hunter at Models.com
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