Solomon Hughes
TV Actor
TV actor and basketball player known for playing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in HBO's LA Lakers drama series. The role was his first professional acting job.
He attended Bishop Montgomery High School as a teenager. He was admitted into UC Berkeley, where he studied Sociology and was the captain of the basketball team.
After college, he played basketball professionally in the United States Basketball League and the American Basketball Association. He was also a Harlem Globetrotter.
He was born to a father named Ronald and a mother named Barbara. He also has sisters named Kisa and Kilee.
He's worked with actors including Kirk Bovill, Bo Burnham and Adrien Brody.