Ade Chike Torbert
Biography
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!
Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Carter Thomas
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Sean Lewis
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Marcus Williams
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Brawlah
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Scrappy
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Dancer
Celebrating the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater, following a cross section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a "Smash."
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Self - Contestant
Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • as Mo Betta
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Pico
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.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Raynan
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.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Billy
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.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Caleb Summers
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.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Calvin
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.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Frank
Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until she's suddenly facing more drama at home than on the stage.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Dancer
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.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Short Stack
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.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Glad
"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.