Though now living in Los Angeles, Asante hails from Cleveland, Ohio.
Acting has been his life long dream. At the age of seven, he visited
his cousin, Greg Morris of Mission Impossible fame, in Beverly Hills.
He remembers distinctly thinking, "whatever he did to get a pool in his
back yard, I'm doing it."
Born in 1968, Asante graduated from John Marshall High School in 1986.
He then spent four years at Cleveland's world famous Karamu House
Theater, the theater home of Langston Hughes. Honing his skills as both
an actor and a lighting technician, the latter skill allowed him to go
on tour with Shelly Garrett Entertainment in November of 1992 with the
raucously funny Beauty Shop Part 2. While on tour, Asante's room mate
was Academy Award Nominee, Michael Clarke Duncan. Asante finally made
it to LA in September of 1996. After about ten months of effort, he
decided to go to Singapore with Disney as the Master Electrician of
DisneyFest Asia, which was the largest tour on the planet at the time.
Returning to LA in March of 1998, Asante began making some inroads in
his 'Hollywood' acting career. Appearing in Starring and Supporting
roles in several low budget films, he was able to develop a resume and
gain invaluable on camera experience. More recently, Asante has stepped
up to the plate by guest-starring on TV shows such as Naval CIS (with
Mark Harmon), I'm With Her (with Teri Polo and David Sutcliffe) and
Malcolm in the Middle (with Frankie Muniz). Also look for his earlier
appearance on Diagnosis Murder. Asante is also actively working to sell
his screenplay, Undying Love, while working on his second
screenplay.