Collins Pennie

Collins Pennie is an American actor (born June 20, 1985) from Fort Greene Brooklyn, New York and Is of Trinidadian descent. Collins is best known for his roles in Prom Night as Ronnie Heflin, In Time as Time Keeper Jaeger and TNT's Hawthorne as Marcus Leeds. Collins has also starred in films Fame and Stomp The Yard: Homecoming. --- Collins was born In Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He is of Trinidadian descent. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Collins began his career with roles on both NBC's hit drama "Law & Order" as well as playing a drug-addicted thief on "Without a Trace." His television work quickly caught the eye of Ford Model Management, who signed Collins, consequently leading him to the successful "ck one" fragrance campaign for Calvin Klein. Collins currently resides in Los Angeles, New York & Atlanta. While not on camera Collins spends most of his time dancing, writing and mastering his many crafts. Collins hit the stage in the summer of 2010 where he appeared in Rent with actors Neil Patrick Harris and Wayne Brady, performing in a three-day limited engagement at the Hollywood Bowl. Collins' prolific dance moves also landed him the lead male role in Beyonce's "Run the World (Girls)" video, which was released May 18, 2011. Collins has also kept busy on the silver screen, appearing in Ryan Fleck's award winning film Half Nelson (2007), opposite Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps. In addition, Collins has lead roles in Prom Night (2008) and the musical Fame (2009), an adaptation of the 1980 cult-classic. For 2010, Collins was the lead man in Stomp the Yard Home-Coming where he played Chance Harris, a college student struggling to balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform in the national step competition.