Robert Bailey Jr.

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Robert Bailey Jr.
Born (1989-10-28) October 28, 1989 (age 34)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Robert Bailey Jr. (born October 28, 1989) [1] is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child, Bailey appeared in films Mission to Mars (2000) and Dragonfly (2002), and acted in various television series during the late 1990s and 2000s.

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As an adult, Bailey has been a main cast member on medical drama The Night Shift (2014−17) [2] and mystery drama Emergence (2019−20), in addition to a recurring role in science fiction space drama For All Mankind (2022−present).

Biography

Bailey is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was first discovered at the age of three by Family Circle magazine. [3] Bailey's first role was a guest appearance on crime drama Nash Bridges in 1996, at the age of six. [1] He then appeared in small roles on The Practice , Touched by an Angel , [1] Walker, Texas Ranger and ER . Bailey had a bit part in the first Disney Channel Original Movie, Under Wraps (1997). [4]

He had a recurring role as M.J., a child who is HIV-positive, [5] on Becker (1998−99). [6] For his performance on Becker, Bailey received a Young Artist Award in 1999 for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series by a Guest Starring Young Actor. [7] In the Hallmark movie Little John (2002), Bailey was the eponymous title character, a young boy who was adopted by his grandfather (Ving Rhames). [8] [9] Bailey appeared in Dragonfly (2002), as a child who communicated with a dead woman after having a near-death experience. [10] He portrayed Barris Hawkins, the son of Wanda Sykes' character, in sitcom Wanda at Large (2003). [11]

Bailey played the role of Reggie in documentary What the Bleep Do We Know? (2005). [12] He provided the voice of Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat in Coraline (2009), [13] a role he reprised in the video game adaptation. [14] Bailey's other film credits include Mission to Mars (2000), [15] Bubble Boy (2001) and The Happening (2008).

He appeared in To Save a Life (2010) as Roger, a disabled friend of the protagonist who kills himself, and Roger's death is the focal point of the story. [16] In 2014, Bailey was cast as intern Dr. Paul Cummings on medical drama The Night Shift . [17] He continued playing the character until the series was cancelled in 2017. [18] He played Chris Minetto, a police officer, in Emergence (2019−20). [19] Bailey portrayed NASA astronaut Will Tyler in For All Mankind (2022). [20]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Jackie's Back Wilson WellsTV movie
2000 Mission to Mars Bobby Graham
2000Baby BedlamZeke
2001 Bubble Boy Neighborhood Boy
2002 Dragonfly Jeffrey Reardon
2004 What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? ReggieDocumentary
2006 What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole Documentary
2008 The Happening Jared
2009 Coraline Wyborne "Wybie" LovatVoice
2009 To Save a Life Roger Dawson
2010 High School Jeffery
2012Model MinorityJ.J.
2013 From the Rough Craig
2019Malibu Horror StoryMatt Thompson
2022Alone in the DarkCop #1

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Nash Bridges Jamal"Javelin Catcher"
1997 Under Wraps Boy in ParkTV movie
1997–1999 The Parent 'Hood Jesse4 episodes
1998 For Your Love Kid"The Games People Play"
1998 Silk Stalkings Kevin"Forever"
1998–1999 Becker M.J. Johnson3 episodes
1999 Jackie's Back Wilson WellsTV movie
1999–2000 Diagnosis Murder C.J. Bentley-Livingston3 episodes
2000 City of Angels Rodney2 episodes
2000 Touched by an Angel Morgan"Here I Am"
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Darvin Jackson"Soldiers of Hate"
2000The '70sJo-JoMini-series
2001 Alias Steven Dixon"Doppelganger"
2001 The Practice Lance Miller"Suffer the Little Children"
2001 Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story Young MC HammerTV movie
2002Little JohnLJ MorganTV movie
2002 ER Pete Royson"Dead Again"
2002 Presidio Med Noah Tyler"Secrets"
2003 The Guardian Dee"Where You Are"
2003 Oliver Bean Floyd Gilbert"Space Race"
2003 Wanda at Large Barris Hawkins4 episodes
2006Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'Gary ColemanTV movie
2009 Raising the Bar Deshaun Wagner"Is There a Doctor in the House?"
2010 Memphis Beat Rodney Rice"Pork Salad Annie"
2010 CSI: Miami Patrick Dawson"Backfire"
2012 Criminal Minds Shawn Parker (Student)"The Wheels on the Bus..."
2013Notes from DadDerekTV movie
2014–2017 The Night Shift Dr. Paul CummingsMain cast, 45 episodes
2015 Edge BennyTV movie
2018SnowflakesRbjTV movie
2019 Shameless Dr. Wild"Lost"
2019–2020 Emergence Chris MinettoMain cast, 13 episodes
2022 All American: Homecoming Ralph Wells5 episodes
2022–present For All Mankind Will Tyler13 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2009 Coraline: The Game Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat

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