Montae Russell

A veteran television, theatre, and film actor who was seen on NBC's ER for fifteen seasons as Paramedic Dwight Zadro, won the SAG Award for Best Dramatic Ensemble four times. His film/cable credits include The Player's Club, HBO's Laurel Avenue, TNT's Lily in Winter opposite Natalie Cole; a three year stint on "One Life to Live"; and has made countless television appearances -- Shameless, Detroit 187, Cold Case, to name a few. Writing credits include the award-winning short, Something for Nothing (which he directed), starring Sharif Atkins and Brent Jennings, and The Art of Theft, winner of the Feeding Frenzy Screenwriting competition. His extensive stage credits range from Broadway's "King Hedley II" (performed as Mister, alongside Viola Davis and Leslie Uggams) , "A Few Good Men", "Prelude to a Kiss" to "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" and "Fences" at Kennedy Center, NY Public Theatre's "East Texas Hotlinks", Cleveland Playhouse's African American production of "The Glass Menagerie."