<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2001--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973) is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, the "Distinguished Dog" in Would You Rather and as Darnell Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl . </P> <P> Steeples was born and raised in Spring, Texas, the oldest of eight children . After graduating from Klein Oak High School in 1992, he moved to Santa Cruz, California, where he took acting classes at a community college . He later studied with the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre and briefly at Howard University, eventually settling in New York City . There Steeples joined the experimental film group Mo - Freek, and a hip hop group, No Surrender . Among the Mo - Freek productions he has starred in are Lost in the Bush, Caravan Summer, and People Are Dead . He also starred in the short film Whoa and appeared as a guest on The Chris Rock Show . </P>

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