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Abdul-Malik Kashie "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.
Birth Name
Abdul-Malik Yoba
Born
Sunday, 17 September 1967
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self - Actor - New York Undercover / Self - Host - Justice By Any Means | 2023 |
| Unicorns | Marlon | 2023 |
| The Good Nurse | Sam Johnson | 2022 |
| East New York | Lamonte Jacobs | 2022 |
| Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
| The Equalizer | Manny | 2021 |
| Terror Lake Drive | Corey | 2020 |
| First Wives Club | Derek Ellsworth | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| Awake | Frank Ward | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self - Actor - New York Undercover / Self - Host - Justice By Any Means | 2023 |
| Unicorns | Marlon | 2023 |
| The Good Nurse | Sam Johnson | 2022 |
| East New York | Lamonte Jacobs | 2022 |
| Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
| The Equalizer | Manny | 2021 |
| Terror Lake Drive | Corey | 2020 |
| First Wives Club | Derek Ellsworth | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| Awake | Frank Ward | 2019 |
| Take Point | Gerald | 2018 |
| God Friended Me | Terrance | 2018 |
| The Last O.G. | Wavy | 2018 |
| Seven Seconds | Wes | 2018 |
| Faith Under Fire | Lt. Franklin | 2018 |
| Til Death Do Us Part | Rob Smith | 2017 |
| 'Til Death Do Us Part | Rob | 2017 |
| Dope Fiend | Velo | 2017 |
| 'Til Death Do Us Part | Rob Smith | 2017 |
| My B.F.F. | Roy Brown | 2016 |
| Designated Survivor | Jason Atwood | 2016 |
| Of Sentimental Value | Alan Hamilton | 2016 |
| Bad Dad Rehab | Mr. Leon | 2016 |
| Where Hearts Lie | Obnoxious Attorney | 2016 |
| Restored Me | Agent Thurmond | 2016 |
| Paradox | Mr. Landau | 2016 |
| Justice: By Any Means | Self / Him | 2015 |
| Lucky Girl | Gerald Jackson | 2015 |
| Limitless | Rooney / John Kellerman | 2015 |
| Hood | Rev. Benjamin Tuck / Reverend Benjamin Tuck | 2015 |
| Brotherly Love | Overbrook Coach | 2015 |
| Empire | Vernon Turner | 2015 |
| The Assault | Coach Tim Miller | 2014 |
| Gotham | Major Rodney Harlan | 2014 |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014 |
| Turks & Caicos | Jim Carroll | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Men, Money & Gold Diggers | Bobby | 2014 |
| Other Plans | Harold | 2014 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Craig Stokes Presents: The Show | Self | 2013 |
| Caught on Tape | Detective Roberts | 2013 |
| Betty and Coretta | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2013 |
| Allegiance | Staff Sergeant Hart | 2012 |
| Revolution | Jim Hudson | 2012 |
| NYC 22 | Ray-Ray Burnell | 2012 |
| Person of Interest | Andre Wilcox | 2011 |
| Alphas | Bill Harken | 2011 |
| Single Ladies | Deacon Jared | 2011 |
| The Celibate Nympho Chronicles: The Web Series | Bustah | 2011 |
| Way Black When: Primetime | Self | 2011 |
| Blue Bloods | Darryl Reid | 2010 |
| Nikita | Wallace | 2010 |
| The Glades | Landon Givens | 2010 |
| Why Did I Get Married Too? | Gavin | 2010 |
| Justified | Toby Griffin | 2010 |
| My Girlfriend's Back | Dereck Scott | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Eddie Fornum | 2009 |
| Defying Gravity | Ted Shaw | 2009 |
| Inseparable | Curtis Raleigh | 2008 |
| Why Did I Get Married? | Gavin | 2007 |
| Baisden After Dark | Himself | 2007 |
| Feel the Noise | The Mayor | 2007 |
| Rockaway | Case | 2007 |
| Raines | Charlie Lincoln | 2007 |
| That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana | Judge | 2007 |
| They're Just My Friends | Pat Black Sr. | 2006 |
| Thief | Elmo "Mo" Jones | 2006 |
| Kids in America | Will Drucker | 2005 |
| Oh Happy Day | Moses Jackson | 2004 |
| Criminal | Frank Hill | 2004 |
| The Days | Gib Taylor | 2004 |
| Arrested Development | Ice | 2003 |
| C-Walk: It's a Way of Livin' | Self | 2003 |
| Vote for Me | The Professor | 2003 |
| Kingpin | Bobby Curtis | 2003 |
| That's So Raven | Judge | 2003 |
| CSI: Miami | Reggie Mastow | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | Shawn | 2002 |
| Girlfriends | Brock Harris | 2000 |
| His Woman, His Wife | Stuart Banks | 2000 |
| Harlem Aria | Luke | 1999 |
| Personals | Keith Parker | 1999 |
| Trinity | Sam Davis | 1998 |
| Ride | Poppa | 1998 |
| For Your Love | Keith | 1998 |
| Soul Food | Studio Engineer | 1997 |
| Cop Land | Detective Carson | 1997 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| Blue in the Face | Watch Man | 1995 |
| Smoke | The Creeper | 1995 |
| New York Undercover | Det. James 'J.C.' Williams / Det. J.C. Williams | 1994 |
| Cool Runnings | Yul Brenner | 1993 |
| Where I Live | Fisher | 1993 |
| Law & Order | Pat Williams | 1990 |
| Soul Train | Himself - Guest Host | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Daddy Don't Go | 2021 |
| Dope Fiend | 2017 |
