Malik Yoba

Malik Yoba (2010)

Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967 in New York City , New York ) is an American actor .

Life

Malik Yoba is the son of Mahmoudah Young and Abdullah Yoba. He is the fourth of six children.

Just for fun he went to a casting at the end of 1991 and had immediate success, he got a leading role in the film Cool Runnings , which appeared in 1993. From 1994 to 1999 he played the lead role of James "JC" Williams in the television series New York Undercover . Yoba was part of the main cast of Defying Gravity , which was discontinued in 2009 after just one season. In 2015 he appeared in a recurring supporting role in Empire . In between he had guest roles in various series as well as roles in films. From 2016 to 2017 he starred alongside Kiefer Sutherland in 17 episodes of the television series Designated Survivor .

Malik Yoba was married to the actress Trisha Mann, with her he has a daughter and a son. He also has a daughter from a previous relationship.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1993: Cool Runnings - Being there is everything (Cool Runnings)
• 1994: Smoke
• 1997: Cop Land
• 1997: Soul Food
• 1998: Ride
• 1999: Destiny - Once at the top (Destiny)
• 2002: Dreaming in Black and White
• 2004: crooks among themselves (Criminal)
• 2005: Kids in America
• 2007: Love also takes a vacation (Why Did I Get Married?)
• 2010: Love also takes a vacation 2 (Why Did I Get Married Too?)
• 2013: Caught on Tape
• 2014: Other Plans
• 2014: The Assault
• 2015: Hood
• 2015: Lucky Girl
• 2016: Paradox
• 2016: Where Hears Lie
• 2016: Of Sentimental Value
• 2017: Dope Fiend
• 2017: Til Death Do Us Part
• 2018: My BFF
• 2018: Take Point
• 2019: Wake Up
• 2019: New York Undercover

TV Shows

• 1994: Law & Order (episode 4x18)
• 1994–1999: New York Undercover (89 episodes)
• 2000-2001: Bull (20 episodes)
• 2003-2007: Girlfriends (8 episodes)
• 2003: Twilight Zone (episode 1x40)
• 2004: Arrested Development (episodes 2x03–2x04)
• 2006: Raven looks through ( That's So Raven , episode 4x11)
• 2007: Raines (4 episodes)
• 2008: CSI: Miami (episode 7x09)
• 2009: Defying Gravity - Liebe im Weltall ( Defying Gravity , 13 episodes)
• 2010: Justified (episode 1x09)
• 2011: Nikita (episode 2x09)
• 2011–2012: Alphas (24 episodes)
• 2012: Person of Interest (episode 1x14)
• 2013: Revolution (4 episodes)
• 2013: The Glades (episode 4x03)
• 2013: Good Wife (episode 5x01)
• 2015: Empire (12 episodes)
• 2015: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods , episode 6x10)
• 2015: Limitless (episode 1x07)
• 2016–2017: Designated Survivor (17 episodes)
• 2018: The Last OG (7 episodes)
• 2018: God Friended Me (3 episodes)
• 2019: The First Wives Club (5 episodes)

Web links

Commons : Malik Yoba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Malik Yoba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Malik Yoba in the German dubbing file
• Biography of Malik Yoba on nytimes.com (English)