Ade Chike Torbert

Ade Chike Torbert

Born: May 1, 1987
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ade Chike Torbert, is an actor & dancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY. He began studying dance & theater at the age of 6, & was later accepted into the esteemed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High school as a dance major. Ade Chike then went on to train at The Alvin Ailey School, Boston Conservatory & New World School of the Arts.

He is most known for his work on the critically acclaimed television series David Makes Man, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, & the Hulu Original; East Los High. He's also made several guest appearances on television shows such as; One Day She'll Darken, The Real O'Neals & Nickelodeon's Game Shakers.

In 2010 he competed on FOX's So You Think You Can Dance, & secured a spot as a Top 4 finalist. He has appeared in numerous projects such as; Grease: Live!, Dancing With The Stars, Glee, Fuller House & the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical; FELA!

Movies for Ade Chike Torbert...

Title: Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Character: Scrappy
Released: July 18, 2021
Type: TV
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Brawlah
Released: February 7, 2021
Type: TV
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
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A Balcony in Brooklyn
Title: A Balcony in Brooklyn
Character: Glad
Released: November 19, 2020
Type: Movie
"A Balcony in Brooklyn" is a dystopian look at New York City's underground culture in the height of quarantine through eyes of a new roommate pair, Nick and Glad. On the first day into his new lease, Nick awakens to strangers roaming the halls as music blares from the floor below. He spends the rest of his day searching for Glad, venturing through a house of "COVID-Fluent" characters who voluntarily share their views which inevitably collide with Nick's realism.
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Be the Light
Title: Be the Light
Character: Short Stack
Released: February 8, 2020
Type: Movie
BE THE LIGHT is the story of a down and out girl, Celina, who tries to make amends with and save her dying father. To do this, she sparks a musical movement that will save her family in the most beautiful of ways, they'll believe again.
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Title: David Makes Man
Character: Raynan
Released: August 14, 2019
Type: TV
A 14-year-old prodigy's mother relies on him to find a way out of poverty, but he is haunted by the death of his friend; he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
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Title: I Am the Night
Character: Calvin
Released: January 28, 2019
Type: TV
Fauna Hodel, who was given away by her teenage birth mother, begins to investigate the secrets to her past, following a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Hollywood gynecologist connected to the legendary Black Dahlia murder.
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Title: The Real O'Neals
Character: Billy
Released: March 2, 2016
Type: TV
A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.
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Grease Live
Title: Grease Live
Character: Dancer
Released: January 31, 2016
Type: Movie
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
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Title: Game Shakers
Character: Pico
Released: September 12, 2015
Type: TV
A live-action sitcom about two 12-year-old girls who start a multi-million-dollar gaming company and take on rap superstar Double G as a business partner.
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Title: East Los High
Character: Caleb Summers
Released: June 3, 2013
Type: TV
East Los High is not your typical high school. Dance, sex, romance, and mystery are at the heart of this inner city school in East LA where two teenage cousins—Jessie, a 16-year-old virgin and Maya, a troubled runaway with a violent past —fall in love with Jacob, a popular football player. From this forbidden love triangle, Maya, Jessie and Jacob, along with their close friends must face true-to-life decisions during a single dramatic and breath-taking year that will mark their lives forever.
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Title: Smash
Character: Dancer
Released: February 6, 2012
Type: TV
A songwriting duo tries to create a hit with a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe.