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Richard T. Jones

American actor (born 1972)

Summary

American actor (born 1972)

Field	Value
image	Richard T Jones (1).jpg
caption	Jones at an event in 2008
birth_name	Richard Timothy Jones
birth_date
birth_place	Kobe, Japan
nationality	American
alma_mater	Tuskegee University
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1992–present
spouse	Nancy Jones (m. 1996)
children	3

Richard Timothy Jones (born January 16, 1972) is an American actor. He has worked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television roles include Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1999–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017). Since 2018, he has played Police Lieutenant Wade Grey on the ABC police drama The Rookie.

His film roles include portrayals of Lamont Carr in Disney's Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in the Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla (2014).

Early life

Jones was born in Kobe, Japan, to African-American parents and grew up in Carson, California. He is the son of Lorene, a computer analyst, and Clarence Jones, a professional baseball player who at the time of Richard's birth was playing for the Nankai Hawks in Osaka. He has an older brother, Clarence Jones Jr., who works as a high school basketball coach. They returned to North America after Clarence's retirement following the 1978 season. His parents later divorced. Jones attended Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California, then graduated from Tuskegee University.

Career

Since the early 1990s, Jones has worked in both film and television productions.

His first television role was in a 1993 episode of the series California Dreams. That same year, he appeared as Ike Turner, Jr. in What's Love Got to Do with It. From 1999 to 2005, he starred as Bruce Calvin van Exel in the CBS legal drama series Judging Amy.

Over the next two decades, Jones starred or guest-starred in high-profile television series such as Ally McBeal (1997), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017).

His film roles include portrayals of Lamont Carr in the Disney film Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), and Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in the Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla (2014).

From 2017 to 2018, Jones played Detective Tommy Cavanaugh in the CBS drama series Wisdom of the Crowd.

Since February 2018, Jones has played the role of Lieutenant and Former Watch Commander Wade Gray in the ABC police procedural drama series The Rookie with Nathan Fillion.

Personal life

Jones is a Christian and married. Has 3 children

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	What's Love Got to Do with It	Ike Turner, Jr.
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Gangbanger #2	TV movie
Renaissance Man	Corporal Jackson Leroy
Helicopter	Malik	Short
1995	Jury Duty	Nathan
1996	Black Rose of Harlem	Cateye
The Trigger Effect	Raymond
Johns	Mr. Popper
1997	Hollywood Confidential	Dexter	TV movie
Event Horizon	Cooper
Kiss the Girls	Seth Samuel
1998	Goodbye Lover	Detective One
1999	Incognito	Jake Hunter	TV movie
The Wood	Laveinio "Slim" Hightower
Voices of Glory	George E. Stephens	Short
2000	Auggie Rose	Officer Decker
Lockdown	Avery Montgomery
2002	Book of Love	Ben Strong
G	Summer G
Moonlight Mile	Ty
Phone Booth	Sergeant Jonah Cole
Second String	Gerry Fullerton	TV movie
2003	Full-Court Miracle	Lamont Carr	TV movie
2004	Twisted	Wilson Jefferson
Soul Plane	False Denzel
Breach	Alan McCabe	Short
Collateral	Traffic Cop #1
Paradise	Senator Michael Linney	TV movie
Finding Neo	Morphin'Us	Short
2005	Guess Who	Man on Cellphone
Riding the Bus with My Sister	Jesse	TV movie
2006	The Package	Vance aka Bruce	Short
Time Bomb	Douglas Campbell	TV movie
Traci Townsend	Travis
Cutting Room	Steve
2007	Game of Life	Mark
Why Did I Get Married?	Mike
2008	Vantage Point	Holden
15 Minutes of Fame	Bradley Wainwright
2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Mike
Caught in the Crossfire	Captain Emmett
Boston's Finest	Lt. Gerald Jaglom	TV movie
2011	King of the Underground	Himself
Super 8	Overmyer
2012	Note to Self	Curtis Sr.
The Great Divide	Jeff
Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike	Eddie Willers	TV movie
2013	200 Years	Willie	Short
Life of a King	Perry
The Last Letter	Mr. Tines
2014	Godzilla	Captain Russell Hampton
Hear No Evil	Samuel Carson
Cru	Richard 'Rich' Hughes
Lyfe's Journey	Pastor Taylor	TV movie
2015	Forgiveness	Pastor Joseph Jenkins
Hot Pursuit	Detective Jackson
Concussion	Andre Waters
2016	Cursed Angel	Luther	TV movie
Restored Me	Coach Maurice Durrell
2017	Secrets of Deception	Detective Jones
CHiPs	Parish
Another You	Professor Thompson
A Question of Faith	David Newman
2018	The Public	Chief Edwards
Edge of the World	Chaplain Jacobs
Sanitatum	Shelton Scott
2019	Round of Your Life	Coach Wilson
2023	The Hard Hit	Director Ross
2025	Aftershock: The Nicole P Bell Story	Anthony Ricco	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Renegade	Slick	Episode: "Second Chance"
1993	California Dreams	'Big Bad' Bo	Episode: "High Plains Dreamer"
1994	NYPD Blue	Willy	Episode: "Serge the Concierge"
In the Heat of the Night	Donald 'Donnie' Muir	Episode: "Who Was Geli Bendl?"
1995	Sweet Justice	Tyrin	Recurring Cast
Courthouse	Quentin "Q" Thomas	Episode: "Fair-Weathered Friends"
1996	Dangerous Minds	Kimboley	Episode: "Pilot"
1997–98	Brooklyn South	Officer Clement Johnson	Main Cast
1998	Ally McBeal	Matt Griffin	Recurring Cast: Season 2
1999–05	Judging Amy	Bruce Calvin van Exel	Main Cast
2001	Hollywood Squares	Himself	Recurring Guest
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Dr. Barnaby Walker	Recurring Cast
2006	CSI: Miami	Chris Kaiser	Episode: "Collision"
2006–07	Girlfriends	Aaron Waters	Recurring Cast: Season 7-8
2007	Blvd. of Broken Dreams	Himself	Episode: "Chris Penn/Tara McMullen"
Las Vegas	Keith Mannix	Episode: "The Chicken Is Making My Back Hurt"
Dirt	Bulldog	Episode: "Come Together"
2008	Numb3rs	Blanchard	Episode: "Pay to Play"
2008–09	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	James Ellison	Main Cast
2010	Bones	Mr. White	Episode: "The Proof in the Pudding"
Grey's Anatomy	Colonel Dan Mooney	Episode: "Suicide Is Painless"
2011–13	Hawaii Five-0	Governor Samuel "Sam" Denning	Recurring Cast: Season 2–3, Guest: Season 4
2012–13	Nikita	Commander Evan Danforth	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2013	Revolution	Ken Dawson	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2014	Satisfaction	Carl	Episode: "...Through Revelation"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Oscar Briggs	Episode: "Pornstar's Requiem"
2015	NCIS: New Orleans	Security Team Leader Ryan Anson	Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
Extant	JD's Friend	Recurring Cast: Season 2
American Horror Story: Hotel	Detective Andrew Hahn	Recurring Cast
2015–16	Narcos	CIA Officer	Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2016	Lucifer	Joe Hanson	Episode: "The Would-Be Prince of Darkness"
2017	Criminal Minds	Officer Lionel Wilkins	Recurring Cast: Season 12
Daytime Divas	Ben Branson	Episode: "We Are Family"
2017–18	Teachers	Frank Humphrey	Recurring Cast: Season 2
Wisdom of the Crowd	Detective Tommy Cavanaugh	Main Cast
Santa Clarita Diet	Rick	Recurring Cast: Season 1–2
2018–present	The Rookie	Police Sergeant/Lieutenant Wade Grey	Main Cast
2020	Home Town	Himself	Episode: "Los Angeles to Laurel"
2021	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Bubba	Episode: "Sister, May I Call You Oshun?"
2022	The Rookie: Feds	Police Sergeant II Wade Grey	Episode: "Countdown"

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(2015-05-07). "Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema". Rowman & Littlefield.
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Petski, Denise. (March 8, 2017). "Richard T. Jones Cast In 'Wisdom Of The Crowd' CBS Drama Pilot".
(April 13, 2022). "Holding the Line in Hollywood & the SLAP heard 'round the world' | Richard T Jones".

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