John Earl Jelks

Actor Jul 16 (age 67) 1985–2025 (40 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Highest Rated

New Amsterdam

2018 · as Horace Reynolds

8.3

True Detective

2014 · as Sam Whitehead

8.3

Chicago Med

2015 · as Dr. Dennis Washington

8.3

Known For

Film

Miracle at St. Anna

Detective Dillard

Film

Night Comes On

John Lamere

Film

Exhibiting Forgiveness

La'Ron

Film

True Detective

Sam Whitehead

Film

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Mr. Achok

Film

Chicago Med

Dr. Dennis Washington

Film

New Amsterdam

Horace Reynolds

Film

Enter the Dangerous Mind

Lt. Ike

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (12)

Compensation

2025

as Arthur/Nico Jones

7.3

Exhibiting Forgiveness

as La'Ron

A Holiday in Harlem

as Thomas

Night Comes On

as John Lamere

Tough

as Larry

The Miraculous

as Man from the Desert

Enter the Dangerous Mind

as Lt. Ike

Miracle at St. Anna

as Detective Dillard

A Powerful Thang

as Craig Watkins (as John Jelks)

5.0

Crocodile Conspiracy

1986

as (as John Jelks)

Dark Exodus

1985

Stars of the Northern Sky

Television (10)

East New York

as James Hilliard

Love Life

as Kirby Watkins

The I-Land

as Professor Verne

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Judd Waltrip

New Amsterdam

as Horace Reynolds

The Good Fight

as Perry Cardwell

Chicago Med

as Dr. Dennis Washington

True Detective

as Sam Whitehead

Blue Bloods

as Ray Bell

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Mr. Achok

8.0