THE TRANSFORMER

Dez Cortez Crenshaw is known for his many accomplishments over a very broad spectrum. He’s played Division One college football, managed real-estate companies for professional athletes, trained exotic animals at the Detroit Zoo, was the personal carpenter of Ms. Tina Knowles and is considered one of movie productions most talented rising stars.

Dez has starred in multiple films including Destiny's Calling (2011), I Am My Sister's Keeper (2015), Not Just a Game (2018), Coffee Talk (2018) Not Left In Vegas (2020), Dear Future Husband (2021) and most recently Street Code Broken (2022) all of which you can stream right now on multiple platforms including Amazon Prime Video. He has also headlined several plays in the City of Detroit and other historical halls and stages in the Midwest. He’s been interviewed on the Morning Heat Radio Show airing on Hot 107.5 FM with radio personality and reality tv star Deelishis. Today, Dez has movies that were featured on many news stations including, FOX 2 News, Channel 7 ABC News morning show and ClickonDetroit. 

If that is not enough, he is the founder of the nonprofit The Crenshaw Pilgrimage Project, in which his group finds opportunities for the citizens of the city of Highland Park, where he was born and raised. He is also the co-founder and CEO of 7M Lifestyle Group, a blossoming holistic company. Dez is quickly becoming one of the film industry’s leading stars, directors, writers and producers, a proud Detroit native and product of HP (Highland Park). 

You can still find Dez Cortez in Highland Park with his four wonderful children. He is an artistic carpenter who has built restaurants, hospitals and homes in Detroit and Los Angeles. He feels extremely blessed to have so many people who respect his work, and stays thankful to those who love his performances.