Donald Gene Reed (born November 23, 1959)[1] is an American actor, writer, storyteller, producer, director and comedian.
[4][5][6] After A Different World, Reed was cast as "Fingers" in a film called Dance to Win, which was released on December 1, 1989, in the United States.
Reed was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Dream On, The Cosby Show and Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime in 1989.
Reed was an advertising & promotion executive at NBC, for two years, and then he did voice-work for cartoons such as Disney's Gargoyles, Spider-Man and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
In November 2024 Reed created and began hosting and producing Redwood Nights: Storytelling Under the Stars at Deer Park Villa in Fairfax, CA.