Aaron Meeks

Aaron Joseph Meeks (born April 26, 1986) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Ahmad Chadway on the Showtime family drama series Soul Food (2000−04). During his career, Meeks was awarded two NAACP Image Awards and received three Young Artist Award nominations.

Meeks started acting in childhood as a member of the Cornerstone Theater Company troupe. His brother, Andrew, was also a child actor. Aaron made his screen debut in 1999 on the medical drama Diagnosis: Murder, playing an abused young boy. In 2000, Meeks appeared as Herman D. Washington in the Showtime movie A Storm in Summer, starring opposite Peter Falk. Their characters form an unlikely friendship. One reviewer found Meeks' performance "impressive." He earned a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 for his work in this film. Meeks portrayed a young Cassius Clay in Ali: An American Hero (2000) and acted in the Gregory Hines television film Bojangles (2001).

Meeks portrayed the role of Ahmad Chadway, a teenager who attends prep school,[10] on drama series Soul Food.[11] He also narrated the series as Ahmad.[12] Meeks played the role from 2000 to 2004.[13][14] For playing Ahmad, he won two consecutive NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Youth Actor in 2001 and 2002.[15][16] In 2003, he received an NAACP Image Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, Meeks was given two Young Artist Award nominations in 2003 and 2004 for his performance on Soul Food.[17][18]

Following his work on Soul Food, he appeared in the television film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) and had a guest role on crime drama Crossing Jordan (2007). Meeks has not acted since 2007.