BIOGRAPHY OF DALE GUY MADISON




Dale Guy Madison knew he was a performer since his first grade
appearance in “Jimmy and the Sleep Fairies.” He received his first on
screen film credit in the original 1988 John Waters movie,
"Hairspray" and has appeared on NBC’s "Homicide: Life on the
Streets" as well as Showtime’s "Barbershop the Series." Dale has
worked in front of the camera as a
model and behind the camera as
a  
costume designer .















After a nationwide search, Dale was selected as a Fashion Channel
hosts for the QVC network in 1991 and worked with numerous
celebrities during his 4 year run. Not content with just being a host,
he created and produced the successful African Marketplace shows,
as well as Destination: Africa.  In the program, he sold his own line of
hand-made African inspired dolls. These live 2-hour events attracted
many more African American viewers to the shopping channel
markets and inspired similar shows on BET and other cable
programs  



















Dale received two grants from the Maryland State Arts Council (1996
& 1997) for his one man show,
FREEda Slave: Mask of a Diva, which
addressed issues of cross dressing and intra-discrimination within the
gay community.  It debuted in Los Angeles at the Hudson Backstage
Theater in 2000 and was selected as
Backstage West/Dramalouge
“Pick of the Week.”
A spoken word poet as well as an actor, Dale hosted Soulful Salon’s
Third Thursday open mic night at Jewel’s Catch One 2006-2007 and
produced “WANTED: Damn Good Man,”a
spoken word CD .  His
documentary, "DREAMBOY: My Life as a QVC Host and Other
Greatest Hits" won best LGBT award at the 2008 San Diego Black
Film Festival.














He co-produced a short film based on one of his poems,
“The Panty
Man” which screened at the 2009 Pan-African Film festival and the
2009 Show Off Your Shorts Festival.














A 2006
Zami/Audre Lorde Scholar, Dale received his BA in 2009 from
Antioch University and will be teaching elementary school kids this
fall.