<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1990--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Tamara Mitchell (m . 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> Wesley Jonathan Waples (born October 18, 1978), known professionally as Wesley Jonathan, is an American actor . He is best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning comedy - drama series City Guys, Sweetness in the 2005 film Roll Bounce, as well as Burrell "Stamps" Ballentine on TV Land's The Soul Man . </P> <P> Jonathan started his early career acting in the early 1990s and has had two main roles in two series; City Guys as Jamal Grant, and What I Like About You opposite Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth as Holly's best friend, Gary Thorpe . Jonathan landed his first job in a music video for Melissa Manchester . He then started working on 21 Jump Street . </P>

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