USD grad plays student and friend in Lee film

Robert J. Hawkins 06-May-1993 Thursday

Sterling Macer

Actor Sterling Macer has a small but memorable role in "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" as Jerome Sprout, Lee's first student in his Oakland studio, and one of his steadfast friends during his life.

Macer, who co-stars (as Robert Davis) in the TV series "Homefront," played baseball great Jackie Robinson in last year's Old Globe Theatre production "Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting."

As a master-of-fine-arts graduate student at the University of San Diego, Macer appeared in many Old Globe productions, including "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," "The Piano Lesson" and "Coriolanus," all in 1988.

Macer collected his diploma early to play Romeo in a Dallas Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet." He was cast in the TV series "Tour of Duty" but returned here for a lead role in the La Jolla Playhouse 1990 production "My Children! My Africa!"

The play moved on to the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, where Macer was cast in two TV pilots. One became "Homefront."

Macer also co-founded the multicultural Inkululeko Theatre Company and recently formed his own record company, Pipeline Records.

-- Robert J. Hawkins

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