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Dijon Hendra Talton (born September 17, 1989) is an American producer, actor, singer and director. He won several awards as part of the cast of ''
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'', and has since continued to play small roles on television and film, as well as producing through his company The Talton Company. In his projects, he typically works with his cousin
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.


Early and personal life

Dijon Hendra Talton was born in
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, California, on September 17, 1989, to Len and Gina Talton. He has said that his older cousin
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is his "best friend" and was "like a second mother growing up". In 2016, he was part of the Artistic Alliance for Justice campaign video encouraging black people to vote in the
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. His partner, NYC club promoter Frank Watson, died in 2022.


Career

After playing the young fisherman who catches
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in a
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commercial in 1996, Talton had his first acting role in 1998, portraying the kid in ''
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''. In 2009, Talton played Matt Rutherford, a member of the glee club in the first season of ''
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''. He described his character as a fun person who always wanted to join the glee club but, as a member of the football team, felt this was unacceptable until quarterback
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) did. He was a dancer on the show but never sang a solo on screen. As part of the main
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, he received a
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and
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. He also toured with the cast in 2010. His next appearances on the show were in its final two episodes in 2015. After ''Glee'', Talton starred as Raven in ''I Will Follow'', directed by
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, with
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, which was released in 2011. He released his debut music single "Wild Out" in 2012, with a music video directed by Meagan Good and starring
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, and "Shorty She Bad" with Jay Blaze in 2014. The "Shorty She Bad" music video premiered on
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before receiving airtime on
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VOD. Talton starred as Kendall, a gay black man, in the
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-produced
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''Bros'', which was picked up for development by
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in 2014. He took a supporting role, starring alongside Hardwick and Good in the 2018
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-premiered '' A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.''. Talton then played Diggy in the 2018 movie ''Never Heard'' and Nate in 2021's ''Take Out Girl''. He was also a producer of ''Take Out Girl'', which was in competition for the Best Narrative Feature award at the 2020
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. In July 2020, Talton launched a talk show, ''Cousins'', with Meagan and
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. He started a production company, The Talton Company, as he wanted to see stories of black and brown people that are not stereotypical and that are more diverse. For the company, he is executive producer and director of the 2022
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show ''À la carte'' with Meagan Good. The pilot episode was originally screened in 2019. The show is Talton's directorial debut, and he has said that " ewanted to direct ''Á La Carte'' because it's a good story. It's a story about human beings and how we're all flawed but still nuanced, graceful, and beautiful in the midst of it".


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talton, Dijon 1989 births Living people American television producers Male actors from Los Angeles American male television actors American gay actors LGBTQ people from California