Malik Yoba

ActorProducerProduction Sep 17 (age 58) New York City, New York, USA 1990–2025 (35 year career)

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Biography

Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor and occasional singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Malik Yoba,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Cool Runnings

Yul Brenner

Film

Cop Land

Detective Carson

Film

Designated Survivor

Jason Atwood

Film

The Good Nurse

Sam Johnson

Film

Empire

Vernon Turner

Film

Smoke

The Creeper

Film

Alphas

Bill Harken

Film

Blue in the Face

Watch Man

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (40)

Love After Holidays

2025

Jonesing: When Love Is a Habit

as Uncle Eric

The Good Nurse

as Sam Johnson

Awake

as Frank Ward

Unicorns

as Marlon

Take Point

2018

as Gerald

6.9

Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story

2018

as Lt. Franklin

8.4

'Til Death Do Us Part

as Rob Smith

Dope Fiend

as Velo

Restored Me

as Agent Thurmond

My B.F.F.

as Roy Brown

Bad Dad Rehab

as Mr. Leon

Paradox

as Mr. Landau

Where Hearts Lie

as Obnoxious Attorney

Brotherly Love

as Overbrook Coach

Lucky Girl

as Gerald Jackson

Hood

as Reverend Benjamin Tuck

Other Plans

as Harold

The Assault

as Coach Tim Miller

Turks & Caicos

as Jim Carroll

Men, Money & Gold Diggers

2014

as Bobby

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014

as Self

1.5

Betty and Coretta

2013

as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Caught on Tape

as Detective Roberts

Allegiance

as Staff Sergeant Hart

5.1

Why Did I Get Married Too?

as Gavin

My Girlfriend's Back

as Dereck Scott

Why Did I Get Married?

as Gavin

Kids in America

as Will Drucker

Criminal

as Frank Hill

Oh Happy Day

as Moses Jackson

Don of All Dons

as Self

Vote for Me!

2003

Hook'd Up

1999

as Keith Parker

Harlem Aria

as Luke

Ride

as Poppa

Cop Land

as Detective Carson

Smoke

as The Creeper

Blue in the Face

as Watch Man

Cool Runnings

as Yul Brenner

Television (29)

East New York

as Lamont Jacobs

The Equalizer

as Manny Rodriguez

Terror Lake Drive

as Corey

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

First Wives Club

as Derrick Ellsworth

The X Change Rate

as Self - Special Guest

God Friended Me

as Terrance

The Last O.G.

as Wavy

Designated Survivor

as Jason Atwood

Empire

as Vernon Turner

Revolution

as Jim Hudson

Person of Interest

as Andre Wilcox

Alphas

as Bill Harken

Nikita

as Wallace

Justified

as Toby Griffin

The Good Wife

as Eddie Fornum

Defying Gravity

as Ted Shaw

Raines

as Charlie Lincoln

Thief

as Elmo "Mo" Jones

Arrested Development

as Ice

That's So Raven

as Judge

Kingpin

CSI: Miami

as Reggie Mastow

The Twilight Zone

as Shawn

Girlfriends

as Brock Harris

Bull

as Corey Granville

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self

3.9

New York Undercover

1994

as James 'J.C.' Williams

7.1

Law & Order

1990

as Pat Williams

7.3

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

I Held Him

2023

Executive Producer

Dope Fiend

2017

Co-Executive Producer

5.5