Here’s a surprising Old School fun fact we wanted to share with you all, ILOSM family. Remember the kid who played Whitney Houston’s son, “Fletcher,” in The Bodyguard movie? He was a 10 year old youngin’ at the time, but now dude is a 39-year-old man, and we had NO clue his step-mother and his dad are very popular Old School legends!
Aside from starring in The Bodyguard, he had roles in other known films and TV shows as well, including Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sugar Hill, he was the voice of one of the kids in the animated movie, Bebe’s Kids, and more. He also made a name for himself in TV shows, such as the Disney series Lizzie McGuire and Mackenzie Falls and also in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. All along, he managed to build his own brand without being buried in his famous parents’ shadows.
“FLETCHER” FROM BODYGUARD” ALL GROWN UP
Lil’ “Fletcher” – whose real name is DeVaughn – ain’t so ‘little’ anymore.
After spending much of his childhood as a kid actor, DeVaughn briefly stepped away from acting to devote his time to his studies. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in television production and business finance. He also had a brief stint as a mortgage broker, before returning to his passion of acting.
Today, at 39 years old, DeVaughn’s still doing his thing in the acting world. Some of his more recent work include the popular John Singleton created series, “Snowfall,” where DeVaughn has a recurring role as the character, “Kane.”
As far as we know, DeVaughn is single has no kids as of yet, and he’s very close to his legendary parents.
DEBBIE ALLEN’S HIS STEPMOM & HUSBAND/NBA LEGEND, NORMAN NIXON IS HIS DAD
So, all this time has passed, and most of us never knew we were watching actress/director/choreographer, Debbie Allen’s, step-son, and her NBA hubby, Norman Nixon’s, kid, DeVaughn Nixon, on the big screen with Whitney back in the day.
Debbie’s been DeVaughn’s stepmom ever since he was 1 year old in 1984, when she married his dad, Norman. As a result of their lengthy union, DeVaughn is very close to both his biological mom (who isn’t a celeb and stays out of the public eye) and Debbie. We’re sure Debbie and Norman are very proud of DeVaughn, who looks like a spitting image of his Pops by the way.
As an homage to his pops, DeVaughn portrayed Norman Nixon in “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty”
Also, speaking of the beloved Whitney..see the fun facts DeVaughn posted about his time with her, Bobby Brown and more below…
FUN FACTS ABOUT DEVAUGHN NIXON
As reported by Deadline, Devaughn Nixon will be starring as his father, Norm Nixon, in an upcoming series about the NBA legends successful run with the Lakers a.k.a. the Showtime Lakers:
‘The Untitled Showtime Lakers Project is based on Jeff Pearlman’s nonfiction book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.’
DeVaughn witnessed Whitney and Bobby B. falling in love back in the day and paid homage to both of them on Instagram in a now deleted post:
DeVaughn Nixon: “This video says it all! Lol…witnessed when these two first fell in love! Regardless of what anyone says they had a true bond! I miss her!”
He looooves his ‘aunt’ Phylicia (Debbie Allen’s sis’)….
DeVaughn is still close to his former uncle-in-law — whom he refers to as his ‘uncle’ — Ahmad Rashad (Phylicia Rashad’s ex-husband), and sometimes hangs out with his uncle’s good friend, Michael Jordan.
Well damn…we must say that DeVaughn Nixon comes from quite a talented blended family. With an NBA legend for a dad, an acting/dancing/directing legend for a stepmother, a legendary actress for a step-aunt (Phylicia Rashad) and an NFL legend for an ex-uncle-in-law (Ahmad Rashad), he had no choice but to soak up some of that greatness and make it his own. Good to see the brotha doing well.
