Chi McBride starred in the critically acclaimed David E. Kelley series Boston Public on Fox. On the big screen, McBride has most recently appeared in the critically acclaimed films Narc and Paid in Full. He also made a cameo appearance in the film Cradle 2 the Grave. He appears this summer in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks.

McBride starred opposite Nicolas Cage in Gone in 60 Seconds, and co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in The Kid. McBride also starred as Bundini Brown in the telefilm Muhammad Ali: King of the World.

McBride played the wisecracking, philosophical janitor on the NBC television series The John Larroquette Show.

Other feature film credits include starring roles in The Frighteners, Hoodlum, and Mercury Rising. McBride received critical acclaim for his starring role in the Hudlin Brothers' production Tang, a segment of HBO's Cosmic Slop Trilogy.

He made his feature film debut in The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy, and followed with roles in the Oscar-nominated What's Love Got to Do with It and The Great White Hype.

McBride performed in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr., in which he portrayed eight different complex characters.