Tyrees Allen

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Tyrees Allen
Born (1954-07-31) July 31, 1954 (age 68)
Alma mater Marymount College
OccupationActor
Years active1980 (1980)–present

Tyrees Allen (born July 31, 1954) is an American actor on stage, television, and film.

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Early life

Allen was born in Salina, Kansas. In 1972, he graduated from Salina Central High School. He later attended Marymount College in Salina, where he graduated with a degree in Theater Arts. [1] [2]

Career

Allen's fifty-five television credits include these: series regular roles on Women's Murder Club and Dark Blue ; recurring and guest roles on The Practice , Alias , Cold Case , Without A Trace , Castle , Scandal , CSI:Miami , and Brothers & Sisters . [3]

Allen appeared in New York in the 2000 Broadway production of Aida and the 2003 Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Henry IV . [3]

In May 2013, Allen played the role of "Troy Maxson" in the August Wilson play Fences at the African-American Repertory Theater in DeSoto, Texas. [4]

In 2018, Allen starred in the SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of Between Riverside and Crazy as Walter "Pops" Washington, a role for which he won both the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actor and IRNE Award for Best Actor. [5] He returned to SpeakEasy the following season to play Robin in The Children .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Up the Academy Assistant Cook
1984 Innocent Prey Fletcher
1985 The Dirt Bike Kid SergeantCredited as Tyress Allen
1987 RoboCop StarkweatherCredited as Tyress Allen
1989 Riverbend Gus
1996Late BloomersCharlie Choate
2010 The Perfect Host Roman
2012 Y/N: You Lie, You Die Therapist

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983–1984 Dallas 2 episodes; credited as Tyress Allen
1985When Dreams Come TruePatrolmanTV movie
1987 Buck James Episode: "Pilot"
1989 Trapped DannyTV movie; credited as Tyress Allen
1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story FBI AgentTV movie
1992Fugitive Among UsJenkinsTV movie
1992Touch and DieTaxi DriverTV movie
1992 Dangerous Curves Tim MillerEpisode: "Obsession"
1994–1996 Mad About You Bobby / Party Guest3 episodes
1995 Pig Sty Real Cable GuyEpisode: "Iowa vs. New York"
1995 Full House DoctorEpisode: "Michelle Rides Again: Part 2"
1995 New York Daze Friend #1Episode: "Too Something"
1995 Living Single MikeEpisode: "The Handyman Can"
1995 Almost Perfect Line ProducerEpisode: "Your Place or Mine?"
1995 Murder, She Wrote Sgt. UngerEpisode: "Deadly Bidding"
1996 Frequent Flyer StockbrokerTV movie
1996 Walker, Texas Ranger Mark Preston3 episodes
1997 The Steve Harvey Show SterlingEpisode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?"
1997 Chicago Hope Security OfficerEpisode: "Love on the Rocks"
1997 12 Angry Men GuardTV movie
1997 Sister, Sister ToddEpisode: "The Best Policy"
1998 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Episode: "Déja Vu"
1998 The Rat Pack George JacobsTV movie
1998LegaleseRod BrooksTV movie
1998 Malcolm & Eddie Rev. HughesEpisode: "Menace II Theology"
1998–2003 The Practice A.D.A Curtis Simmons / A.D.A. Mark Campbell5 episodes
1999 7th Heaven Dr. WarrenEpisode: "All That Jazz"
1999 Kenan & Kel Guthrie PlunkettEpisode: "The Limo"
2003 Law & Order Deputy StanleyEpisode: "Sheltered"
2004 JAG Investigation Committee Lead GeneralEpisode: "Fighting Words"
2005 Boston Legal A.A.G. Doug BeechamEpisode: "Let Sales Ring"
2005 Bones Ted EllerEpisode: "Pilot"
2005 Grey's Anatomy Dr. SaltzmanEpisode: "Something to Talk About"
2005 Alias Gordon Dean6 episodes
2006 Without a Trace Reverend HovisEpisode: "Blood Out"
2006 CSI: Miami Dr. Gary HalliwellEpisode: "Deviant"
2006 Close to Home Patrick Liman3 episodes
2006 NCIS Deputy Director Dean WelshEpisode: "Hiatus (Part #2)"
2006 Medium Capt. JacksonEpisode: "Be Kind, Rewind"
2006A House DividedEdmundsTV movie
2007 Day Break Episode: "What If It's Him?"
2007–2008 Women's Murder Club Warren Jacobi13 episode
2008 Cold Case Warren WilsonEpisode: "Street Money"
2009 Lie to Me DNC Chairman BaldridgeEpisode: "Pilot"
2009 Brothers & Sisters Dr. John Massey2 episodes
2009–2010 Dark Blue Capt. Russell Maynard7 episodes
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Detective Dave RichardsonEpisode: "Night Hawks"
2012 Castle Harvey MiltonEpisode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder"
2012 Scandal Dr. CarrollEpisode: "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
2013 Burn Notice CIA DirectorEpisode: "Sea Change"
2014 Revolution Grant CarsonEpisode: "Exposition Boulevard"

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References

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