Detroit spent over 20 years as a member of SAG (now SAG/AFTRA), appearing in TV commercials for Doritos, AT&T, Travelers insurance, The Marines, Kia, and more.
Detroit Flanagan defines persistence, perseverance, and service wherever he may be: in the booth, on camera, on the court, and in the classroom. After winning back to back LA City Basketball Championships in high school, he was awarded a full basketball scholarship to Loyola Marymount University, where he earned a degree in mathematics and later became their first African American Alumni President.
Detroit combined his performance experience with his love for community service through work with Project Gangs and their production of “Gangs,” a gritty play with a cast made up of actual gang members. Detroit toured high schools in LA County for five years, playing the role of “Good Cop.”
A life-long educator, he worked with LA Laker great Walt Hazzard and the LA Sports Academy, a nonprofit focused on bringing academic excellence to inner city middle schoolers through basketball. For fourteen years, he taught with LAUSD helping high school dropout students earn GEDs and diplomas, and worked with California parolees to help them with educational and substance abuse issues.
A storyteller at heart, Detroit brings this same passion to voice over, drawing from his life experience to bring truthful, communicative reads to scripts with a sense of ease and trustworthiness.
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