he started singing and dancing at age two. since then, his many accomplishments include: performing several times on the tonight show with jay leno and the maury povich -most talented kids show and other television shows; serving as the spokesperson for western union's study buddy reading program which enabled him to travel around the united states performing at schools and delivering motivational speeches to encourage students to read, as well as singing numerous jingles. he is a member of sag, aftra and equity unions. in addition to his lead role in sony tristar's "guys like us", harrell has appeared in several television commercials.