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Carlton Wilborn (born 1964) is an American dancer, actor, author and motivational speaker. [1] He first gained global attention as a principal dancer for Madonna's Blond Ambition World Tour and The Girlie Show World Tour, and appeared in Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare.

Early life

Wilborn grew up in Chicago. He began his performing career at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where he was in dance classes with Michelle Obama. [2]

Career

After high school, he eventually became a principal dancer in Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. [3] Carlton is one of seven dancers from the Madonna 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour reunion 2016 documentary, Strike a Pose.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Dance Nicholas TV movie
1990 Without You I'm Nothing Ballet Dancer
1993 Grief Jeremy
Demolition Man Wasteland Scrap
1994 In the Army Now Reserve Soldier #2
The Privilege Cage Daniel Short
1995 Dead Presidents Spyder
1996 Deadly Web Sullivan TV movie
1999 Guinevere Jay
The Velvet Club Emcee Short
Made Men Felix
Tuesdays with Morrie Eddie TV movie
2001 MacArthur Park St. Louis
2004 True Vinyl Travis Smith
2005 Guess Who Dancer
2006 The Hoax Bahamas Desk Clerk
The Ten Commandments: The Musical Ensemble
Yellow Broadway Choreographer
2008 An American Carol Parent
2012 The Boarder Zeb Williams
2013 Breakout Max
2015 The Better Half LeDawn
2018 Beautiful Boy Vince
2021 Disciple Donovan Short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 L.A. Law Oz Wilson Episode: "Do the Spike Thing"
1995 The Marshal - Episode: "'65-'95"
1996–97 L.A. Firefighters Firefighter Ray Grimes Main Cast
1997 NYPD Blue Bluestone Episode: "Tom and Geri"
1997–98 Fame L.A. Robert Hawkins Recurring Cast
1998 Nash Bridges Paul Avery Episode: "Apocalypse Nash"
V.I.P. Wilgan Episode: "Scents and Sensibility"
1999 Chicago Hope Jerry Lawrence Episode: "Playing Through"
2000 The Huntress Michael Maine Episode: "Springing Tiny"
2001 NYPD Blue Maurice Carlisle Episode: "Cops and Robber"
Becker Mr. Ellison Episode: "The Ghost of Christmas Presents"
2003 CSI: Miami Brian Davidson Episode: "Entrance Wound"
The Practice Lewis Nyler Episode: "The Making of a Trial Attorney"
2007 Lincoln Heights Washburn Episode: "Missing"
Viva Laughlin Security Guard Episode: "What a Whale Wants"
2012 The Mentalist Glennda Snow Episode: "Ruby Slippers"
2013 Bunheads Choreographer Episode: "Next"
2014 NCIS Charles Garrett Episode: "Double Back"
2016 Bosch I.A. Capt. Larry Williams Episode: "Heart Attack"
2017 Chronicles of Jessica Wu Bruce Lockwood Recurring Cast: Season 1

Video Game

Year Title Role
2011 L.A. Noire Monty Reynolds (voice)

Music Video

Year Artist Title
1990 Madonna " Vogue"
Janet Jackson " Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
2020 Joyner Lucas "Revenge"

Documentary

Year Title
1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare
2016 Strike a Pose

References

  1. ^ "From Madonna to Hollywood: Coming Out and Learning to Thrive With HIV". 10 February 2014.
  2. ^ "FVM Global". fvmglobalmagazine.com.
  3. ^ ""Living Front and Center" with Carlton Wilborn". BlogTalkRadio.