Stephen C. Bishop (born September 14, 1970) is an American actor and retired

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player.

Baseball career

Bishop attended the

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, where he played baseball for the Highlanders from 1991–1992. After college he signed a free agent contract with the

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and played in 20 games for Atlanta's affiliate in the Pioneer League in 1993. In 1994, he played for the Sioux Falls Canaries and the St. Paul Saints of the

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, and in 1995 he played for the

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, the advanced A ball affiliate for the

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Acting career

He played Patrick on the television show ''

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'', which aired on Bravo. He plays David Paulk in the television show '' Being Mary Jane''. He also appeared on the television series '' Lost'', '' Girlfriends'', and ''

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'', and in the independent film '' Americanese''. He appeared in the movie '' The Rundown'' with The Rock. Bishop also played David Justice in ''

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'', which was released on September 23, 2011. He was in the 2015 movie '' With This Ring'' where he played 'Nate Adamson' and starred alongside Regina Hall, Jill Scott and

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. He appeared in Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 16 Freedom part 1. In 2017, he played the role of Michael Roland in the psychological thriller '' 'Til Death Do Us Part'' alongside Taye Diggs. On October 19, 2018, it was announced that Bishop had been cast in a recurring role on ''

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'' as Supervisory Special agent Andrew Mendoza, who will be a love interest for Emily Prentiss. In July 2020, Bishop starred in the

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psychological thriller '' Fatal Affair''.

Personal life

On November 29, 2017, he and his partner, model Jesiree Dizon, welcomed their first child Charli Kekuʻulani.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Stephen 1970 births 21st-century American male actors African-American baseball players African-American male actors American male film actors American male television actors High Desert Mavericks players Idaho Falls Braves players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Sioux Falls Canaries players St. Paul Saints (Northwestern League) players UC Riverside Highlanders baseball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople