Louie Ski Carr, a classically trained actor, was born and raised in Inglewood, California. He began his career as a popular dancer on the longest-running first-run, nationally syndicated television program, Soul Train. Establishing a massive fan base, including celebrity admirers, Carr went on to tour with multi-platinum R&B pop sensation New Edition as a dancer and mentor to the then-teen group.
As his passion for performing continued to grow, Carr sought out new expressions for his powerful stage presence. After taking a day to "pray on it," his answers led him back to school, where he took every theatre class offered at El Camino College. He discovered that the world outside of Inglewood was just a fine playwright away, and Carr continued his training with world-renowned acting coach Milton Katselas, honing his craft for nearly seven years before Katselas' passing.
Carr has played a wide range of roles, including Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun, Crooks in Of Mice and Men, Big Julie in Guys and Dolls, Donald in You Can't Take It With You, and Cleante in Tartuffe. His love of the classics soon challenged him to endeavor Shakespeare, and he has enjoyed playing some of the bard's greatest roles, including Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew.
Carr's most notable role to date is the title role in Othello, a part that seems tailor-made for him. He is also proud of starring in the award-winning, original production of Champion, written by Dave Paladino and directed by Tommy Hicks. This powerful story, based on the true-life events of Mr. Paladino, follows a young man raised as a "dark Italian" who discovers his biological father is a dissolute and fading black man.
The production opened to rave reviews in Los Angeles, winning numerous prestigious awards, and went on to tour North Carolina, Miami, Sacramento, and off-Broadway in New York. Since then, Carr's focus has been on film and television work, but he was thrilled to return to the stage this year, after an almost eleven-year absence, once again playing Don John in Much Ado About Nothing.
