Charles Reese

Charles Reese plays the feisty chef, Jalil Baldwin on the American TV sitcom, Beauty and the Baller, (BET Television). The show is based on the web series, Who, created by the late Emmy winning writer-producer, Michael Ajakwe Jr. Reese is a New York Audelco Awards nominee and a native of Washington, D.C. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications & Theatre Arts from Morehouse College. Reese also holds a certificate of completion in Theatre Performance/Management from the Burt Reynolds Theatre Institute under the tutelage of the late Master Theatre Director/Producer, Jose Quintero in association with Florida State University. Reese is known in the theatrical circles for his critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway performance in Howard Simon's production of James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire. Critic David DeWitt of The New York Times called the play, "...funny, thrilling and wise, buoyed by the passionate performance of Charles Reese in the title role." Additional Off-Broadway and r