Aaron D. Spears

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Aaron D. Spears
Born
Aaron Darnell Spears

(1971-07-10) July 10, 1971 (age 52)
Other namesAaron Spears
OccupationActor
Years active1997–Present

Aaron Darnell Spears (born July 10, 1971) is an American actor. He portrayed Officer Jones in the 2011 romantic-comedy 35 and Ticking ; opposite Kevin Hart and actor Keith Robinson and also appeared in the film White People Money (2020). Spears also guest-starred as numerous of criminals in several of police-procedural sitcoms such as Arrest & Trial , The District , The Division , Criminal Minds , and Boston Legal and also more guest appearances on several romantic-comedy sitcoms including Everybody Loves Raymond and Half & Half . He also had a recurring role in the sitcom Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce and is currently portraying Sgt. Lane on the sitcom The Black Hamptons .

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Biography

Spears was born in Washington, D.C. [1] He studied computer science and mathematics at Delaware State University. [1]

In 2001, Spears played "Money" in Craig Ross Jr.'s Bluehill Avenue alongside Allen Payne, and Michael "Bear" Taliaferro. He portrays Justin Barber on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and Lt. Raines on soap opera Days Of Our Lives [1] and Mark Bradley in Being Mary Jane [1] [2] alongside Gabrielle Union as the title role. His previous television credits include guest roles on Bones , Criminal Minds , Shark and Everybody Loves Raymond . He had a guest starring role on the NCIS: Los Angeles episode "The Silo" on November 12, 2017.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997End of the TunnelDrumShort
1998CappuccinoJack
20002 G's & a KeySad DoggVideo
2001 Blue Hill Avenue Money
2002Makin' BabyMichael
2003Pretty LadyBenjamin
Black BallTravis
2006 Babel Officer #2
2007 Traci Townsend Dante
The Mannsfield 12Ali
2008 Extra Ordinary Barry Ray
2009 I Love You, Man Terrell
After the StormPerryShort
2010Disrupt/DismantleAndre Rhodes
2011 35 and Ticking Officer Jones
The GauntletAceShort
Engagement-Short
2012Back ThenGavin Miller
2014Only LightVannieShort
2015If Not for His GracePastor Fort
Stock OptionWilliamTV movie
2016For the Love of ChristmasLangston Simms
2018BlinkDetectiveShort
2019London Mitchell's ChristmasLondon Mitchell
2020White People MoneyDarryl, Executive Producer
TMITroy MichaelsShort
2021Christmas for SaleGeorge CamdenTV movie
2022A Christmas GiftPete
Noble IntentionsMr. Green

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Sunset Beach Officer WashingtonRegular Cast
1999 Pacific Blue Roger FranklinEpisode: "Swimming in the Dead Pool"
2000 Arrest & Trial Bruce MilsapEpisode: "Armored Car Murder"
2001 The District Thief #1 / Undercover CopEpisode: "Don't Fence Me In"
Crossing Jordan SeamusEpisode: "You Can't Go Home Again"
2002 The X-Files GuardEpisode: "Underneath"
Everybody Loves Raymond RickEpisode: "She's the One"
CSI: Miami Jerry, Police DiverEpisode: "A Horrible Mind"
2003 A.U.S.A. Court ClerkEpisode: "Pilot"
Half & Half Hamilton BrooksEpisode: "The Big Phat Mouth Episode: Part 1 & 2"
Coupling WaiterEpisode: "Check/Mate"
Angel Security Guard #1Episode: "Destiny"
2004 The Division Calvin MorseEpisode: "That's Them"
General Hospital Officer WatkinsEpisode: "Episode dated 20 April 2004"
2006 Criminal Minds Gerald DupreeEpisode: "The Fisher King: Part 1"
Shark DetectiveEpisode: "Russo"
Bones Agent Walt SugarmanEpisode: "The Woman in the Sand"
2008 Boston Legal Terrence MaxwellEpisode: "Roe vs Wade: The Musical"
Lincoln Heights RahsaanEpisode: "The New Wild Ones"
2009–22 The Bold and the Beautiful Justin BarberRegular Cast
2010 Castle Ike ThorntonEpisode: "Den of Thieves"
2011 NCIS Marine Major Michael StricklandEpisode: "Freedom"
2013–15 Being Mary Jane Mark BradleyMain cast: season 1-3
2016 This Is Us RayEpisode: "The Trip"
2016–17 Days of Our Lives Commissioner RainesRegular Cast
2017 Greenleaf AlonzoEpisode: "A House Divided"
NCIS: Los Angeles FBI Special Agent Mark MonroeEpisode: "The Silo"
2018 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce LeonRecurring cast: season 5
The Rookie Mr. CampbellEpisode: "The Hawke"
2020Two DegreesAaronEpisode: "Cigar Cave"
2022 The Black Hamptons Sergeant LaneMain cast

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Green, LaNita (March 4, 2014). "Being Mary Jane's Aaron D. Spears Speaks Candidly About His Hollywood Journey". Black Men's Dossier. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  2. Terrero, Nina (November 18, 2015). "Being Mary Jane postmortem: Aaron D. Spears details Mark's journey". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved January 16, 2017.