Biography

Jermaine Hopkins

by Simond Cannon,

Jermaine Huggy Hopkins is an American actor, well known for his appearance in movies such as Lean on Me and Juice. She also has deserved credit for her work in the movie Phat Beech.

Age, Childhood, And Education

Jermaine Hopkins was born on 23rd August 1973 in Newark, New Jersey, the U.S. As far as his nationality is concerned, he is an American and has a mixed ethnical background. 

He was involved in acting business since his young age of 14 years as his mother enrolled him into a cattle-audition in New York for the Warner bros feature named Lean on Me, a starring role as Thomas Samms, who is a misguided drug-abusing high school student.

Hopkins and his mother struggled very hard to get into the audition for the role of Thomas Samms, as the line was enormously long which wrapped around three city blocks. Hopkins and his mother were so much discouraged waiting in an extremely long line, as they were about to leave the line, suddenly he was caught by the screenwriter's eye for his unique looks.

As soon as, Hopkins was caught by the screenwriter, Michael Schiffer walked by and brought him to the front of the line to introduce producer and director. Fortunately, he was selected for the role and so his career began.

Career

Soon after his debut role as Thomas Samms came into limelight. Hopkins also got another project called Juice which was helmed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Hopkins appeared as Steel along with Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah, Dr. Dre, Omar Epps, and the late Tupac Shakur

Later on, Hopkins followingly appeared in HBO worldwide release named Strapped. Moreover, the next two years Hopkins also appeared in episodes of Murder One and Moesha, and about six episodes starring as Dupree on The Wayans Brothers series

Some of his popular movies and TV shows are The Parent Hood in 1995, Phat Beach in 1996, Bullet in the same year, Riot in 1997, How to Be a Player in the same year, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the year 2001, and Zoo in 2012, etc.

Net Worth And Earnings 

Despite his Jermaine Hopkins' role in a number of movies and TV shows, the actor has an estimated net worth of around $10k, in 2019. The actor was a cast in the movie Lean on Me that grossed over $31 million. It featured Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, and more.

Further about his house and car is not revealed. 

Personal life: Who is Jermaine Hopkins' wife? 

Jermaine Hopkins is married. His wife's name is Renee Hopkins. They have a child together and has already become a grandfather as his child gave birth to a baby. However, he has not revealed much about his personal life. 

The actor who has also starred in a television show named Law & Order was stopped by cops in the SUV. He was driving at the time cops caught him with drugs and $1 million cash. 

Jermaine Hopkins who lives in North Carolina currently is now held in custody after being charged with transporting and trying to sell marijuana. Hopkins previously was in prison for 5 years and later was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 3 years of probation. 

Legal Issue 

Hopkins was once arrested on 15th December 2011, for buying marijuana worth of 200 pounds through an undercover cop in Arizona. On October 13, 2017, Hopkins was arrested again, with 5.7 pounds (2.6 kg) of marijuana on his car, in Apex, North Carolina. TMZ reports that Hopkins found guilty.