BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-BRITISH " JUSTIN PICKETT " IS AN ACTOR BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE COMEDY DESMOND'S : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                              BLACK               SOCIAL            HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Justin Pickett is an actor best remembered for his role in the Channel 4 situation comedy Desmond's. For six seasons he played the role of Sean Ambrose, son of the barber in whose eponymous shop the comedy is set, situated in the heart of Peckham. Pickett appeared in an episode of the spin-off series Porkpie in 1995.

In 2007 he has had the recurring role of Chez Williams in the ITV1 police drama The Bill.

Theatre credits include the role of Edward in Charles Smith's Sentence Deferred at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in 2000.^[1]

Since 2004 he has served as musical director for Afterglow blu, a company promoting live music events in the Greater London area. He has also played drums in a soul-jazz band.^[2]