Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Actor Sep 22 (age 54) New York City, New York, USA 1990–2025 (35 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. was born on September 22, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Waterboy (1998), Walk of Shame (2014) and One Night in Miami... (2020).

Known For

Film

The Wire

D'Angelo Barksdale

Film

The Machinist

Jackson

Film

Gangs of New York

Jimmy Spoils

Film

One Night in Miami...

Bundini Brown

Film

The Waterboy

Derek Wallace

Film

The Deuce

Chris Alston

Film

Big George Foreman

Archie Moore

Film

Walk of Shame

Scrilla

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (40)

Resentment

2025

as Coleman

Big George Foreman

as Archie Moore

The Featherweight

as Sandy Saddler

One Night in Miami...

as Bundini Brown

Hot Air

as Earl Higgins

Turnipseed: Legacy

as John Turnipseed

Walk of Shame

as Scrilla

Would You Rather

as Dr. Barden

Turnipseed: Second Chance

2013

as John Turnipseed

The Wire: The Musical

2012

as D'Angelo Barksdale

The Double

as Agent Burton

Turnipseed

as Johnny Turnipseed

The Wire: The Last Word

as Self

The Wire Odyssey

as Self

The Machinist

as Jackson

Brother to Brother

as Marcus

Woman Hollering Creek

2004

as Melvin

Kill the Poor

as Spike

Gangs of New York

as Jimmy Spoils

Home Invaders

Trigger Happy

as Ray

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as Henry Jackson

Cecil B. Demented

as Lewis

Simply Irresistible

as Nolan Traynor

The Waterboy

as Derek Wallace

The Substitute 2: School's Out

as Dontae

Next Stop Wonderland

as Brett

A Soldier's Sweetheart

as Shoeshine

One Tough Cop

as Curtis Wilkins

White Lies

as Leon Turner / Leon Chame

Trees Lounge

as James

The Associate

as Thomas, Plaza Bellhop

Money Train

as Hood

Inflammable

as Wesley Raines

Lotto Land

as Hank

The Pickle

as Boy Who Stopped

Girlfriend

Survive The Night

as Satisfy

In the Line of Duty: Street War

1992

as Will

5.0

Straight Out of Brooklyn

1991

as Dennis Brown

6.2

Television (25)

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

2021

as Azumadeen 'Deen' Tippett

God Friended Me

as Aaron

The Deuce

as Chris Alston

Bull

as Prosecutor Benjamin

Chicago P.D.

as Latrell Wade

Graceland

as Sean Logan

Elementary

as Dwyer Kirk

Longmire

as Burke

The Walking Dead

as Bob Stookey

The Good Wife

as Ken Boxer Jr.

The Beast

as Ray Beaumont

Fear Itself

as James

Army Wives

as Marcus Williams

Friday Night Lights

as Elden

Numb3rs

as Amos Shabaz

CSI: NY

as Officer Omar Lilly

7.3

The Wire

2002

as D'Angelo Barksdale

8.6

The Wire

2002

as D'Angelo Barksdale

8.6

Less than Perfect

2002

as Chester

6.8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Eddie Roberts

7.6

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as Henry Jackson

New York Undercover

as Quentin

Homicide: Life on the Street

as William Lyness

George

Law & Order

as Attorney Dressler