Biographie
Carlton Wilborn is a globally acclaimed and award-winning director, producer, actor, and life coach with more than 40 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He started his professional journey as a principal dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Wilborn has performed live alongside Michael Jackson, appeared in music videos with Janet Jackson, and toured worldwide with Madonna during The Blond Ambition tour, featured in the documentary Truth or Dare, and later on The Girlie Show tour. His acting credits include The Mentalist (GLAAD Media Award Nominee), The Border (Best Actor Award at the NYLA International Film Festival), the celebrated gospel play Tell Hell I Ain't Comin', Blade to the Heat at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Like Jazz at the Mark Taper Forum, and Kiss Me Kate at The Pasadena Playhouse. He has also appeared on Bosch, NCIS, Lincoln Heights, Bunheads, NYPD Blue, The Practice, CSI: Miami, L.A. Firefighters, the HBO movie Made Men, Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie, and the feature film Beautiful Boy alongside Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. Carlton is a featured subject in the powerful documentary Strike a Pose. Recently, he served as an international juror and the official U.S. spokesperson for Finland's 2021 UMK/Eurovision Song Contest. He also collaborated as a scientist with the innovative music artist Kid Cudi for Amazon's Prime Day Show special. In recognition of his remarkable contributions to culture and community, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago, proclaimed February 5, 2017, as CARLTON WILBORN DAY IN CHICAGO.
