You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.

Parker gave birth to the couple's second child a boy Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe on October 31 2006. She gave birth to their first child a girl Sophie Tei-Naaki Lee Kodjoe on March 5 2005. Kodjoe's parents divorced when he was six years old and he grew up in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau.

He is perhaps best known for his role as courier-turned-sports agent Damon Carter on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and for his role as David Taylor in the film The Gospel. Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (pron.