He has also had roles in several television series and sitcoms such as “King of Queens,” “Trauma,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Moesha” and as an assistant surgeon on TNT’s “HawthoRNe.” He has also appeared in music videos for Alicia Keys “Teenage Love Affair,” and for Monica’s “So Gone.” Derek Luke was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1974. He attended Linden High School and Snyder High School and graduated in 1993. He began his acting career in 1999 with the role of a nurse on the “King of Queens” sitcom. Luke married Sophia Adella Hernandez in 1998.