Charleston, South Carolina resident Dakare Chatman has four acting credits on the IMDB:
1. Two episodes as an unnamed high school student on the serial-killer drama Mr. Mercedes, 2019.
2. "Youth Group Teen" in Righteous Gemstones Season 1. He is especially noticeable in Episode 1.9, where Kelvin tells the youth group that he has transformed himself into "something dark."
3. "Kook," uncredited, on an episode of Outer Banks, 2020.
4. In Righteous Gemstones Episode 2.8, 2022, he returns as "Mr. Dukare," who buys Junior's defunct video arcade games.
More about Dakare: he's a singer, ballroom dancer, Christ-follower, traveler, and optimist, active in the AME Church. He was on the National Youth Advisory Board of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank, and won their Constituting America Contest twice. This got him an interview on the conservative news show Fox and Friends
Dakare is now the artistic director of Practice to Perform, a semi-pro ballroom dancer, and still active in politics. In 2024, he was the manager of the re-election campaign for Sheriff Kristin Graziano of Charleston, the first lesbian sheriff in South Carolina history.
Wait -- Kristin Graziano is a Democrat. Has Dakare changed parties?
Conservative think tank, AME church, Christ-follower, and gay-positive. A very unusual combination.
This photo from Christmas is rousing my gaydar. Dakare's Instagram contains no photos of him with any ladies except some friends and dance partners.
Gay or not, I'm sure he won't mind fans appreciating his cuteness. And that cool, campy cutlery on his kitchen wall.
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