Malik Yoba
Highest Rated: 88% Smoke (1995)
Lowest Rated: 10% Harlem Aria (1999)
Birthday: Sep 17, 1967
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
With his shaved head, the tall husky, Yoba made a strong impression as J.C. Williams, the caring, level-headed cop who puts duty before his private life in "New York Undercover" (Fox, 1994-98). Yoba began his career as a member of CityKids, an organization that fosters cultural pluralism and youth empowerment. He made his singing debut with the group at Carnegie Hall in 1991 and the following year he composed the theme and additional songs for an ABC Saturday morning series called "CityKids," produced by Henson Productions. Yoba moved in front of the cameras and displayed his facility with accents when he was cast as "Yul Brenner," one of the Jamaican bobsledders under the tutelage of John Candy in "Cool Runnings" (1993). Other feature work has included portraying a neighborhood figure known only as The Creeper in "Smoke" and its sequel, "Blue in the Face" (both 1995). In 1994, Yoba guest-starred on an episode of the NBC series "Law & Order." Executive producer Dick Wolf liked what he saw and cast Yoba in "New York Undercover." Taking his position as a TV series star and role model seriously, the actor has appeared in "Diamonds in the Rough," a Black Entertainment Television (BET) special about kids in housing projects, and also on a BET panel, "Black Family: Today's Values, Tomorrow's Vision." He has also continued his involvement with CityKids, serving as a vice president of the organization.
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Filmography
Movies
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75% |
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The Good Nurse | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vampiras, The Brides | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
14% |
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Awake | Frank Ward (Character) | - | 2019 |
80% |
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Take Point | Gerald (Character) | $107.0K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Faith Under Fire | Lt. Franklin (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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'Til Death Do Us Part | Rob Smith (Character) | $3.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My B.F.F. | Roy Brown (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dope Fiend | Velo (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Sentimental Value | Alan Hamilton (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Restored Me | Agent Thurmond (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Paradox | Mr. Landau (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Dad Rehab | Mr. Leon (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Girl | Gerald Jackson (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Hood | Rev. Benjamin Tuck (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Other Plans | Harold (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men, Money & Gold Diggers | Bobby (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Hearts Lie | Obnoxious Attorney (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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The Assault | Coach Miller (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Betty & Coretta | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Caught on Tape | Detective Roberts (Character) | - | 2013 |
29% |
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Allegiance | Staff Sgt. Hart (Character) | - | 2012 |
27% |
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? | Gavin (Character) | $60.1M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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My Girlfriend's Back | Dereck Scott (Character) | - | 2009 |
11% |
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Feel the Noise | The Mayor (Character) | $5.9M | 2007 |
48% |
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Why Did I Get Married? | Gavin (Character) | $55.2M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They're Just My Friends | Pat Black Sr. (Character) | - | 2006 |
17% |
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Kids in America | Will Drucker (Character) | $440.2K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Oh Happy Day | Moses Jackson (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vote for Me | The Professor (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Hook'd Up | Keith Parker (Character) | - | 1999 |
10% |
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Harlem Aria | Luke (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Ride | Poppa (Character) | - | 1998 |
88% |
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Smoke | The Creeper (Character) | $8.3M | 1995 |
76% |
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Cool Runnings | Yul Brenner (Character) | $68.8M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Woman His Wife | Stuart Banks (Character) | - |
TV
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No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Darryl Reid (Guest Star) | 2015 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First Wives Club | Derrick Ellsworth (Character) | 2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer | Manny (Guest Star) | 2022 |
88% | 86% | East New York | Lamonte Jacobs (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror Lake Drive | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
59% | 87% | God Friended Me | Terrance (Guest Star) | 2018 |
77% | 68% | Gotham | Major Harlan (Guest Star) | 2018 |
71% | 53% | Designated Survivor | Jason Atwood (Guest Star) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The View | Guest | 2015 |
84% | 48% | Empire | Vernon Turner (Character) | 2015 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Eddie Fornum (Guest Star) | 2013 |
67% | 66% | Revolution | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2010 2013 |
81% | 76% | Alphas | Bill Harken (Character) | 2011-2012 |
43% | No Score Yet | NYC 22 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Andre Wilcox (Guest Star) | 2012 |
85% | 69% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
48% | 78% | Defying Gravity | Commander Ted Shaw (Character) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
65% | No Score Yet | Raines | Charlie Lincoln (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's So Raven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
81% | No Score Yet | Thief | Elmo "Mo" Jones (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girlfriends | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2005 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Ice (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Days | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
50% | 75% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingpin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bull | Corey Granville (Character) | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Detective James "J.C." Williams (Character) | 1994-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Your Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |