Keith Tisdell
- Actor
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Keith Tisdell was born in Denver Colorado. A high school all-star
basketball player at Aurora Central High School, he accepted a full
basketball scholarship to play at Northwestern State University of
Louisiana intent on becoming a child psychologist. His career path
changed at the beginning of his senior year when, after attending an
open house , he was asked to move to New York City to pursue a modeling
career. After receiving his psychology degree and trying his hand in a
short stinted run at a professional basketball career, Keith found
himself pounding the legendary pavements of the Big Apple with the
diligence and relentlessness that marked his basketball career. Never
afraid of a challenge and not shake-in by life's curves he was asked to
work with the renowned Tupu Kweli Theatre Company in Harlem NY. It was
there, with the help of its acclaimed founder, Curtiss I. Cook and
fellow company members, that Keith Began to develop his relentless
passion for and dedication to acting. You have seen him in countless
national commercials, Broadway-bound plays, Network TV shows (OZ, Law
and Order SVU, Criminal Minds), independent and studio films (Brown
Sugar).