Corey Hendrix

Corey Hendrix is an American actor who has had recurring roles on the television programs The Bear and Fargo. Hendrix is a native of Chicago, Illinois,^[1] and grew up in the K-Town section of the North Lawndale neighborhood.^[2]

Career

He had a recurring role as Curtis on The Chi.^[3] Hendrix played Omie Sparkman on season four of Fargo, which was set in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1950s.^[3]

Hendrix's character on The Bear, Gary "Sweeps" Woods, is a former professional baseball player who worked as a runner at the local sandwich shop The Original Beef of Chicagoland, and has now retrained to be the sommelier of the fine-dining restaurant The Bear.^[4] Part of his character's education includes a seminar with famed real-life Chicago sommelier Alpana Singh.^[5] Sweeps' baseball career, which ended when he tested positive for steroid use, included sweeping the Padres,^[6] and he also "swept St. Louis three times and had a no-hitter." Sweeps could not afford housing while playing for the Chicago Cubs' farm team.^[7]