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The Philidelphia native—who credits his grandmother, actress Minnie Gentry, for inspiring him to act—is currently treading the boards in an all-black production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway. But despite getting great reviews for his performance, Howard insists that he's still not sure acting is his thing. "Science is still my main focus," Howard, who studied chemical engineering at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, told New York magazine in March.