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Allen Payne

Highest Rated: 86% The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Walking Dead (1995)

Birthday: Jul 7, 1968

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Allen Payne was born in New York City. His early roles include a cautionary tale in Mario Van Peebles' "New Jack City" (1991) as Gee Money, lieutenant to Wesley Snipes' ascendant cocaine king Nino Brown and as Euripides in "CB4" (1993). He had a recurring role as Lance Rodman in "The Cosby Show" (NBC, 1984-1991), as well as big-screen credits in "The Walking Dead" (1995), "The Perfect Storm" (2000) and "California Love" (2021). More recently, Payne has played the role of CJ Payne in "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS, 2007-2011; BET, 2020- ).

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Highest rated movies

86% 79% The Tuskegee Airmen
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81% 80% New Jack City
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67% 65% 30 Years to Life
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58% 90% Jason's Lyric
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57% 53% A Price Above Rubies
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50% 62% CB4
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47% 77% Outlaw Posse Watchlist
46% 64% The Perfect Storm
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11% 31% Vampire in Brooklyn
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10% 36% Rooftops
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
47% 77% Outlaw Posse Jeremiah (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet California Love Leon Watkins (Character) - 2021
2% 59% Crossover Kemp (Character) $7.0M 2006
No Score Yet 63% Playas Ball Cedric Tinsley (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 88% Men Cry in the Dark Unknown (Character) - 2003
67% 65% 30 Years to Life Malik (Character) $12.7K 2001
No Score Yet 92% Blue Hill Avenue Tristan (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 70% Commitments Van Compton (Character) - 2001
46% 64% The Perfect Storm Alfred Pierre (Character) $182.6M 2000
No Score Yet 82% Double Platinum Ric Ortega (Character) - 1999
57% 53% A Price Above Rubies Ramon Garcia (Character) $1.1M 1998
0% 62% The Walking Dead Cole Evans (Character) $5.2M 1995
11% 31% Vampire in Brooklyn Detective Justice (Character) $18.7M 1995
86% 79% The Tuskegee Airmen Walter Peoples (Character) - 1995
58% 90% Jason's Lyric Jason Alexander (Character) $20.3M 1994
50% 62% CB4 Euripides/Dead Mike (Character) $17.6M 1993
81% 80% New Jack City Gee Money (Character) $44.1M 1991
10% 36% Rooftops Kadim (Character) $1.1M 1989

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Tyler Perry's House of Payne C.J. Payne (Character),
CJ Payne (Guest Star)
2006-2012 2020-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns C.J. Payne (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Willie Chancey (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet All of Us Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Malcolm & Eddie Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Different World Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 91% The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 68% The Cosby Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1991