--- name: "Donald Faison" canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-faison" fi1m_id: "donald-faison" imdb_id: "nm0265668" tmdb_id: 49002 wikidata_id: "Q314819" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 June 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 60 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-07T04:02:45.399866+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Donald Faison ## Identity Donald Faison - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-faison - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** donald-faison - **IMDb ID:** nm0265668 - **TMDB ID:** 49002 - **Wikidata ID:** Q314819 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Faison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49002 Actor. Born 22 June 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 June 1974, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1995–2014 - **Also known as:** Donald Adeosun Faison, Ντόναλντ Φέσον, دونالد فایسون - **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 51 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Music 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $233m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Faison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49002 ## Coming up - *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026-10-30), as Daryl ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Clueless*](https://film.one/film/clueless.md) (84) - **Netflix:** [*Kick-Ass 2*](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md) (46) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Let's Kill Ward's Wife*](https://film.one/film/lets-kill-wards-wife.md) (31) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Donald Faison > Donald Faison is the friend who is having a better time than the lead, and knows it. Murray in *Clueless* and Turk in *Scrubs* both run on that cocky, easy confidence, and almost nobody has asked him for anything else. Watch Faison in almost any scene and he is the one enjoying himself. His characters are confident, sometimes cocky, mostly relaxed, and he plays them as people who decided the room was theirs before they walked in. The timing is quick and the comedy is often physical: a shoulder, a walk, a face pulled a beat early, so the body gets to the joke before the line does. He is good at this. It has been both his living and his limit. He began in commercials and small film parts in 1992, in *Juice* and *Sugar Hill*, and broke through three years later as Murray Duvall in *Clueless* (1995), a film we rate highly. Amy Heckerling's comedy runs on slang and on teenagers who take status seriously, and Murray is the boy who takes it most seriously of all while pretending he does not. We went back to it expecting to remember Alicia Silverstone and found ourselves waiting for Murray, because Faison is so loud and so certain, and so exactly in step with Heckerling's ear for how these children talk, that the film brightens whenever he turns up. The television series that followed (1996 to 1999) kept him in the part. Then came *Scrubs* (2001 to 2010), Bill Lawrence's hospital comedy, and Dr Chris Turk, the surgical intern and best friend to Zach Braff's J.D. We have not reviewed it and will not judge it at length, but it is the role that defined him, and the double act with Braff is what most people mean when they say his name. Around it he took supporting parts in *Remember the Titans* (2000), *Uptown Girls* (2003), *Skyline* (2010) and *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), and television in *The Exes* (2011 to 2015), with voice work for *Robot Chicken* and Star Wars projects on the side. *Kick-Ass 2* is the one we can speak to, and we barely noticed him in it. That is the film's fault more than his: Jeff Wadlow's sequel is loud, flat and unsure whether it is joking, and Dr Gravity is one more costume in a crowd. It is a fair picture of the problem. Faison's best work is in ensembles, as the sidekick with the sharper timing, and the parts on offer to a sidekick after a decade as Turk tend to be smaller versions of Turk. He knows it. He has said, plainly, "I don't want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything that's a lead." Nobody has yet taken him up on it. A *Scrubs* revival is noted for 2026; it will be a pleasure to see the two of them again, and it will not answer his question. ## Biography Donald Faison is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his supporting role as Murray in the 1995 film *Clueless* and the subsequent television series (1996–1999), and for playing Dr. Chris Turk in the comedy-drama *Scrubs* (2001–2010). Born Donald Adeosun Faison on 22 June 1974 in New York City, he attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan. His other film credits include *Remember the Titans* (2000) and *Skyline* (2010), and he has provided voice work for series including *Adventure Time* and *American Dad!*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Let's Kill Ward's Wife* (2014), Fi1m 31, as Ward — [page](https://film.one/film/lets-kill-wards-wife.md) - *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), Fi1m 46, as Dr. Gravity — [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md) - *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Fi1m 77, as Clef #4 — [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md) - *Clueless* (1995), Fi1m 84, as Murray — [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md) ## Complete filmography (82) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026), as Daryl - *Home Delivery* (2026), as Jimmy Ferguson - *Scrubs* (2026), series, as Christopher Turk · Executive Producer - *Backyard Sports: The Animated Special* (2026), as Dante Robinson (voice) - *Extended Family* (2023), series, as Trey Taylor - *Clone High* (2023), series, as George Washington Carver (voice) - *A Good Person* (2023), Thanks - *Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur* (2023), series, as Corey / Blobby (voice) - *Reindeer in Here* (2022), as Bucky (voice) - *The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib* (2022), series, as Dr. Thubbeirhd, Dr. The Beard (voice) - *Lightning Wolves* (2022), series, Actor - *Alice's Wonderland Bakery* (2022), series, as Harry the March Hare (voice) - *The Wonder Years* (2021), series, as Terrence - *Church People* (2021), as Jonathan - *Embattled* (2020), as Mr. Stewart - *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, as Alex (voice) - *Timeline* (2019), series, as Principal Anderson - *Emergence* (2019), series, as Alex Evans - *The Wave* (2019), as Jeff - *Star Wars Resistance* (2018), series, as Hype Fazon (voice) - *Blark and Son* (2018), series, as Fletch (voice) - *Game Over, Man!* (2018), as Donald Faison - *Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.* (2018), series, as Jacques "Haitiani Jack" Agnant - *Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* (2017), series, as Donald Faison - *Little Evil* (2017), as Larry - *The Perfect Match* (2016), as Rick - *Hot Bot* (2016), as Delaware Huffington - *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Mike / Booster Gold - *Let's Kill Ward's Wife* (2014), as Ward — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/lets-kill-wards-wife.md) - *Wish I Was Here* (2014), as Anthony - *Undateable* (2014), series, as Donald - *A Snow Globe Christmas* (2013), as Ted - *NB90s* (2013), Actor - *Stag* (2013), as Ken Andrews - *Kick-Ass 2* (2013), as Dr. Gravity — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass-2.md) - *Pitch Perfect* (2012), as Clef #4 — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md) - *House of Lies* (2012), series, as Donald - *The Exes* (2011), series, as Phil Chase - *Love Bites* (2011), series, as Ricky - *Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III* (2010), as Gary the Stormtrooper / TIE Fighter Pilot (voice) - *Skyline* (2010), as Terry - *Venus & Vegas* (2010), as Stu - *FCU: Fact Checkers Unit* (2010), series, as Donald - *Adventure Time* (2010), series, as Princess Cookie (voice) - *Cubed* (2009), series, as Donald Faison - *Next Day Air* (2009), as Leo - *Scrubs: Interns* (2009), series, as Christopher Turk - *Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II* (2008), as Darth Maul / Gary the Stormtrooper / Stormtrooper Nerd (voice) - *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), series, as Tactical Droid (voice) - *Robot Chicken: Star Wars* (2007), as Dr. Evazan (voice) - *Homie Spumoni* (2006), as Renato - *Bachelor Party Vegas* (2006), as Ash - *Something New* (2006), as Nelson McQueen - *The Boondocks* (2005), series, as Wedgie Rudlin (voice) - *King's Ransom* (2005), as Andre - *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as DJ / Chuck Clayton / Football Player (voice), Mufasa / Mr. T / Itsy Bitsy Spider (voice), Mr. T (voice) (uncredited) - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Turk / Christopher Turk (voice) - *Good Boy!* (2003), as Wilson (voice) - *Uptown Girls* (2003), as Huey - *Clone High* (2002), series, as George Washington Carver (voice), Toots (voice), Martin Luther King Jr. / Toots (voice), Toots / Wally (voice), Inmate (voice), X-Stream Bob / Wally (voice), George Washington Carver / Wally (voice), Toots / King Kwanzaa / Wally / Guy in Commercial (voice), Jimi Hendrix / Wally (voice) - *Kim Possible* (2002), series, as Ricky Rotiffle (voice) - *Big Fat Liar* (2002), as Frank Jackson - *Double Whammy* (2001), as Cletis - *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Christopher Turk - *Josie and the Pussycats* (2001), as D.J. - DuJour - *Remember the Titans* (2000), as Petey Jones - *Trippin'* (1999), as June Nelson - *Supreme Sanction* (1999), as Marcus - *Butter* (1998), as Khaleed - *Felicity* (1998), series, as Tracy - *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), as Dan - *Academy Boyz* (1997), Actor - *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Justin, Dashiell - *Clueless* (1996), series, as Murray - *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), as Psychiatric Prisoner (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md) - *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), as Tarik - *Clueless* (1995), as Murray — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/clueless.md) - *New Jersey Drive* (1995), as Tiny - *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor - *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Darryl - *Sugar Hill* (1994), as Kymie - *Juice* (1992), as Student ## Gallery - ![Donald Faison](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-429848e134a5.jpg) Donald Faison — lukeford.net, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Donald_Faison.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lindy Booth, Donald Faison and John Leguizamo speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kick-](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-2786f9f63fc0.jpg) Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lindy Booth, Donald Faison and John Leguizamo speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kick- — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Aaron_Taylor-Johnson%2C_Christopher_Mintz-Plasse%2C_Lindy_Booth%2C_Donald_Faison_%26_John_Leguizamo.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Taylor-Johnson%2C_Christopher_Mintz-Plasse%2C_Lindy_Booth%2C_Donald_Faison_%26_John_Leguizamo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-d153fc49cefd.jpg) CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/CaCee_Cobb_Donald_Faison_Shankbone_2010_NYC.jpg/1280px-CaCee_Cobb_Donald_Faison_Shankbone_2010_NYC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-84a1c8e959b7.jpg) CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/CaCee_Cobb_Donald_Faison_Shankbone_2010_NYC_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-CaCee_Cobb_Donald_Faison_Shankbone_2010_NYC_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - 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Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-6bf58f058581.jpg) Donald Faison speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kick-Ass 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Donald_Faison_2013.jpg/1280px-Donald_Faison_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Donald Faison speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kick-Ass 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/86255/gallery-aa562f8a8031.jpg) Donald Faison speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kick-Ass 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. 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