- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGregory Oliver Hines
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Gregory Hines was born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Renaissance Man (1994) and Will & Grace (1998). He was married to Pamela Koslow and Patricia Panella. He died on August 9, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesPamela Koslow(April 12, 1981 - 2000) (divorced, 1 child)Patricia Panella(1968 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesCheryl Davis(Niece or Nephew)Maurice Hines(Sibling)
- He was also an accomplished tap dancer & many of his films feature him dancing
- Inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004.
- He and Maurice Hines were cast as brothers in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), set in the Harlem club where their grandmother had been one of the elite black entertainers performing for a whites-only audience in the twenties and thirties. Coppola encouraged the brothers to improvise so they based one scene on their real-life reunion in "Eubie!" and admitted the tears were real.
- Was the first choice to play the Eddie Murphy role in 48 Hrs. (1982) but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with The Cotton Club (1984).
- He grew up as a member of "Hines, Hines, and Dad" with his father, Maurice Hines Sr. and brother, Maurice Hines in a tap dancing act.
- Was aged six when he and brother Maurice Hines performed, as the Hines Kids, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
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