<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1996--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Victor L. Williams (born September 19, 1970) is an American actor best known as Doug Heffernan's (Kevin James) best friend Deacon Palmer on The King of Queens . He has also appeared on several other hit TV shows, including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, ER, New York Undercover, Girlfriends, Fringe and The Jamie Foxx Show . In 2012, Williams was seen and heard as a pitchman for Verizon Fios television commercials . </P> <P> Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York . He attended Midwood High School, where he used his 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) height by playing power forward on the school basketball team . He went on to attend college at Binghamton University in Upstate New York . Then he received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts . </P>

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