Desean Terry ’00

Desean Terry is an LMU alumnus, class of 2000, and has made his mark on many sectors of the entertainment industry. As an actor, director and artistic director at Collaborative Artists Bloc (CAB), a theatre company that creates performance art to promote social change, Desean has had a successful career in film, television and theatre.

While attending LMU, Desean landed a lead role in the award-winning independent film God's Army in 2000. After LMU, he went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School. After graduating there, he returned to Los Angeles. His theatre credits include A Street Car Named Desire at the Boston Court, and Les Blancs at Rogue Machine Theatre, for which he received the Stage Raw award for Best Actor. As a director, his recent credits include the hit play Gunshot Medley: Part 1 by Dionna Michelle Daniel at Rogue Machine Theatre.  

His television credits range from Scorpion, Southland, Shameless, ER, Monk, Harry's Law, The Night Shift, Sleeper Cell, House, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS Los Angeles and several more. Most recently, you can find him as a series regular on The Morning Show for Apple TV+ alongside Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell.