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Tallie L. Brinson was born on July 10th in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.  He attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida majoring in Music Education.  As a principal Trombonist, he was a member of the World Famous Marching 100, Jazz band, and Wind ensembles. During his time at FAMU he also joined the brotherhoods of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Leadership Society, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated and the FAMU Strikers Dance Organization.  Founded by Mr. Shepiro Hardemon of Miami, FL in 1989, The FAMU Strikers was the springboard to Tallie’s newly found passion and gifts in dance. His professional entertainment career began on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew Season 3 as crew leader of the Strikers All-Stars, which were 7 handpicked members from the pre existing crew at FAMU. They succeeded six out of the eight weeks of competition and became top four of the season.  Following the show, he quickly moved to Hollywood, CA to pursue entertainment and capitalize on the Brand he had established for himself on MTV.  Getting acclimated to his new career and life, Tallie began to turn heads in auditions in Hollywood and within a year had booked his first Tour and Feature Film, Disney’s “Camp Rock: The Final Jam” with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. Tallie went on to be a principal dancer in other hit films such as “Stomp The Yard: Homecoming”, “Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”, “Honey 2”, “Step Up Revolution” and most recently “Endless Love”, which is a remake of the original 1981 romance film. Along with touring the world with the Jonas Brothers, Tallie has had the blessing of working with iconic artist such as TLC, Prince, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx, Ciara, Mindless Behavior, Lil Wayne, Emenim, Toni Braxton, Carley Rae Jepsen, Kristinia Debarge, and currently choreographing for Disney’s “Shake It Up” star Roshon Fegan. The list goes on from commercials to film and hit artists across the globe and Tallie will surely be adding to his already impressive resume of entertainment in the near future.

Tallie L. Brinson Biography

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