Nathan Purdee(born August 6, 1950 inTampa, Florida) is anAmericanserialactor. Purdee's father was an officer in theUnited States Air Force, and the family moved around many times. After spending formative years inWashington, D.C.,Bakersfield, California, andKaiserslautern,Germany, he graduated from high school inDenver, Colorado. He now lives in Easton, Pennsylvania He first rose to prominence as mobster-turned-private investigatorNathan Hastingson theCBSsoap operaThe Young and the Restless, a role he portrayed from 1985 to 1992. His involvement onY&R(he was one of only two black cast members on the show in the late 1980s) paved the way for moreAfrican Americanadditions to the cast. He leftY&Rin December 1991 and moved to New York in January 1992 to play the role of District AttorneyHank Gannonon theABCsoap operaOne Life to Live, a role he would portray until 2003. Between "Y&R" and "OLTL" he portrayed Youngblood "Superfly" Priest in "The Return of Superfly," the third and final installment in the classic "Superfly" trilogy.[1]On February 11, 2009 it was announced he would be returning toOne Life to Livein April 2009. He is President of the film and multimedia production company Karmic Release Ltd.
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