Malik Yoba

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Malik Yoba
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Malik Yoba in 2010
Born Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba
(1967-09-17) September 17, 1967 (age 57)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor, singer
Years active 1993–present

Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba[1] (born September 17, 1967), better known by his stage name Malik Yoba, is an American actor and occasional singer. He is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in Cool Runnings. He also appeared as former FBI Special Agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series Alphas, as Jim Hudson in Revolution as well as Vernon Turner in Empire.

Personal life

The fourth of six children,[2] Yoba was born in Bronx, New York; his parents are Mahmoudah Young (née Lanier) and Abdullah Yoba.[1][3] He is divorced from Trisha Mann, a model and actress who starred with Yoba in the stage play His Woman, His Wife in 2000. Yoba has three children: daughter Dena with Mann, and another son Josiah and a daughter Pria from a previous relationship.[citation needed] Yoba is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

Career

In 1994, Yoba began his role as NYPD Detective J.C. Williams on the popular FOX police drama series New York Undercover, opposite Michael DeLorenzo. Yoba and DeLorenzo (who is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent) made television history, as the series was the first police drama on American television to feature two people of color in the starring roles.[4] Yoba's work on New York Undercover earned him three consecutive NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (in 1996, 1997, and 1998). The series was cancelled in 1998, with Yoba as the only actor to appear in all 89 episodes.

An accomplished singer and stage actor, Yoba's talents were showcased in His Woman His Wife, in which he had the lead role.[5]

Yoba has also appeared in films such as Cool Runnings and Criminal. He has made appearances on the FOX television series Arrested Development as Ice, a bounty hunter whose real love is party planning, and had a recurring role as Brock Harris on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends. Yoba also appeared in the FX Networks crime drama Thief and the NBC crime drama Raines. He appeared as Gavin in the 2007 Tyler Perry film Why Did I Get Married? and its 2010 sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? In 2009, he co-starred as astronaut Ted Shaw on the futuristic ABC drama Defying Gravity. Recently, he announced his plans to bring back New York Undercover to the small screen in a modern TV series adaptation of the original series. Law & Order writer Courtney Parker penned a spec script for networks to bid on.[6]

2011 to 2012, Yoba appeared as former FBI Special Agent Bill Harken on Alphas, a science fiction drama series about a team of people with special abilities who belong to a secret department attached to the DOD. In 2013, Yoba joined the cast of Revolution as Jim Hudson, a former captain of the Monroe Republic. In 2015, he joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ Empire as Vernon Turner, Lucious Lyon's business partner and chairman of Empire Entertainment. Yoba's character was killed off in the Season 1 finale due to a network decision despite false rumors of his getting fired.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Cool Runnings Yul Brenner
1995 Smoke The Creeper
1995 Blue in the Face Watch Man
1997 Cop Land Det. Carson
1997 Soul Food Studio Engineer
1998 Ride Poppa
1999 Personals Keith Parker
1999 Harlem Aria Luke
2000 His Woman, His Wife Stuart Banks Video
2002 Dreaming in Black and White Chris Jones
2003 Vote for Me The Professor
2003 Playas Ball Himself
2004 Criminal Frank Hill
2004 Oh Happy Day Moses Jackson
2005 Slur Jordan Short film
2005 Kids in America Will Drucker
2006 They're Just My Friends Pat Black Sr.
2007 Rockaway Case
2007 Why Did I Get Married? Gavin
2007 Feel the Noise The Mayor
2010 My Girlfriend's Back Dereck Scott
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Gavin
2012 Allegiance Staff Sergeant Hart
2014 The Assault Coach Tim Miller
2016 Lucky Girl
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Where I Live Fisher Episode: "Local Hero"
1994 Law & Order Pat Williams Episode: "Wager"
1994–1999 New York Undercover Det. Julius Clarence 'J.C.' Williams Main role
1998 Black Jaq Gregory 'Greg' Franklin TV movie
1998 For Your Love Keith Episode: "Divorce-i-versary"
1999 Trinity Sam Davis Episode: "Having Trouble with the Language"
Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
2000–2001 Bull Corey Granville 20 episodes
2003 Violation Patrick Matthews TV movie
2003 Kingpin Bobby Curtis TV miniseries
2003 The Twilight Zone Shawn Episode: "Developing"
2003–2007 Girlfriends Brock Harris 7 episodes
2004 The Days Gib Taylor 4 episodes
2004 Arrested Development Ice Episode: "Amigos"
Episode: "Good Grief!"
2006 Thief Elmo 'Mo' Jones 6 episodes
2006 That's So Raven Judge Episode: "Checkin' Out"
2007 Raines Charlie Lincoln 7 episodes
2008 Inseparable Curtis Raleigh TV movie
2008 CSI: Miami Reggie Mastow Episode: "Power Trip"
2009 Defying Gravity Ted Shaw 13 episodes
2010 Justified Toby Griffin Episode: "Hatless"
2011 The Celibate Nympho Chronicles: The Web Series Bustah Episode: "Bustah Nut"
2011 Nikita Wallace Episode: "Fair Trade"
2011–2012 Alphas Bill Harken Series regular
2012 Person of Interest Andre Wilcox Episode: "Wolf and Cub"
2012 NYC 22 Ray-Ray Burnell Episode: "Turf War"
2013 Betty and Coretta Martin Luther King, Jr. TV movie
2013 Revolution Jim Hudson Recurring role
2013 The Good Wife Eddie Fornum Episode: "Everything is Ending"
2014 Turks & Caicos Jim Carroll TV movie
2015 Empire Vernon Turner Series regular

Internet meme

Since 2009, the popularity of Malik Yoba has spiked in the Russian segment of the Internet, as result of his surname being identical to the abbreviation "YOBA" - local Internet meme about casual video games.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Malik Yoba Biography (1967– ). Filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  2. ↑ TV star shines on others. `New York Undercover's' Malik Yoba gives back. The Washington Times. August 13, 1996
  3. ↑ Malik Yoba Biography – Yahoo! Movies. Movies.yahoo.com (1967-09-17). Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Hip-Hop Cops", TV Guide, Oct. 15, 1994, at p. 29.
  5. ↑ His Woman, His Wife (Video 2000). IMDB.com
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ YOBA abbreviation at Lurkmore.to

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