Tyrees Allen

Tyrees Allen
Born (1954-07-31) July 31, 1954 (age 70)
Alma materMarymount College
OccupationActor
Years active1980 (1980)–present

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

Early life

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 Up the Academy Assistant Cook
1984 Innocent Prey Fletcher
1985 The Dirt Bike Kid Sergeant Credited as Tyress Allen
1987 RoboCop Starkweather Credited as Tyress Allen
1989 Riverbend Gus
1996 Late Bloomers Charlie Choate
2010 The Perfect Host Roman
2012 Y/N: You Lie, You Die Therapist

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1983–1984 Dallas 2 episodes; credited as Tyress Allen
1985 When Dreams Come True Patrolman TV movie
1987 Buck James Episode: "Pilot"
1989 Trapped Danny TV movie; credited as Tyress Allen
1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story FBI Agent TV movie
1992 Fugitive Among Us Jenkins TV movie
1992 Touch and Die Taxi Driver TV movie
1992 Dangerous Curves Tim Miller Episode: "Obsession"
1994–1996 Mad About You Bobby / Party Guest 3 episodes
1995 Pig Sty Real Cable Guy Episode: "Iowa vs. New York"
1995 Full House Doctor Episode: "Michelle Rides Again: Part 2"
1995 New York Daze Friend #1 Episode: "Too Something"
1995 Living Single Mike Episode: "The Handyman Can"
1995 Almost Perfect Line Producer Episode: "Your Place or Mine?"
1995 Murder, She Wrote Sgt. Unger Episode: "Deadly Bidding"
1996 Frequent Flyer Stockbroker TV movie
1996 Walker, Texas Ranger Mark Preston 3 episodes
1997 The Steve Harvey Show Sterling Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?"
1997 Chicago Hope Security Officer Episode: "Love on the Rocks"
1997 12 Angry Men Guard TV movie
1997 Sister, Sister Todd Episode: "The Best Policy"
1998 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Episode: "Déja Vu"
1998 The Rat Pack George Jacobs TV movie
1998 Legalese Rod Brooks TV movie
1998 Malcolm & Eddie Rev. Hughes Episode: "Menace II Theology"
1998–2003 The Practice A.D.A Curtis Simmons / A.D.A. Mark Campbell 5 episodes
1999 7th Heaven Dr. Warren Episode: "All That Jazz"
1999 Kenan & Kel Guthrie Plunkett Episode: "The Limo"
2003 Law & Order Deputy Stanley Episode: "Sheltered"
2004 JAG Investigation Committee Lead General Episode: "Fighting Words"
2005 Boston Legal A.A.G. Doug Beecham Episode: "Let Sales Ring"
2005 Bones Ted Eller Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Saltzman Episode: "Something to Talk About"
2005 Alias Gordon Dean 6 episodes
2006 Without a Trace Reverend Hovis Episode: "Blood Out"
2006 CSI: Miami Dr. Gary Halliwell Episode: "Deviant"
2006 Close to Home Patrick Liman 3 episodes
2006 NCIS Deputy Director Dean Welsh Episode: "Hiatus (Part #2)"
2006 Medium Capt. Jackson Episode: "Be Kind, Rewind"
2006 A House Divided Edmunds TV movie
2007 Day Break Episode: "What If It's Him?"
2007–2008 Women's Murder Club Warren Jacobi 13 episode
2008 Cold Case Warren Wilson Episode: "Street Money"
2009 Lie to Me DNC Chairman Baldridge Episode: "Pilot"
2009 Brothers & Sisters Dr. John Massey 2 episodes
2009–2010 Dark Blue Capt. Russell Maynard 7 episodes
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Detective Dave Richardson Episode: "Night Hawks"
2012 Castle Harvey Milton Episode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder"
2012 Scandal Dr. Carroll Episode: "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
2013 Burn Notice CIA Director Episode: "Sea Change"
2014 Revolution Grant Carson Episode: "Exposition Boulevard"

References

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  1. ^ Biography for Tyrees Allen at IMDb
  2. ^ "Hollywood Actor To Star In Salina Production". KSAL. April 15, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Tyrees Allen". IMDb. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Weeks, Jerome (May 24, 2013). "LA actor returns to Dallas and to the stage". Art Seek. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Here Are The Winners Of The 2019 Elliot Norton Awards". wgbh.org. May 21, 2019.
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