
Gavin Houston
Department: Acting
Biography
Gavin Houston was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is known for his work as a regular on OWN's hit drama, The Haves and the Have Nots, and his work guest starring and recurring on prime time dramas such as Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, Roswell, New Mexico and many others. He is also know for his portrayal of the legendary vocal icon, Kenny "Babyface" Edmunds in the Toni Braxton biopic film, Unbreak My Heart. Gavin studied theater at the University of Florida, as well as in New York City where he performed in Off-Broadway productions such as August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Gem Of the Ocean, and Radio Golf, and Eugene O'Neil's Long Day's Journey Into Night. He also has a daughter, is an advanced scuba diver, ex-gymnast, football player, and martial artist. His family is originally from Guyana, South America.
Known For

Safe Word
2023

Dance for Me
2023

Presumed Dead in Paradise
2014

The Secret She Kept
2016

Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart
2016

Single Black Female 3: The Final Chapter
2025

Con Man
2018

Roswell, New Mexico
2019

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
2013

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

Without a Trace
2002

Shameless
2011

On Call
2025