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Basil Wallace

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Basil Wallace
Born (1951-01-15) January 15, 1951 (age 75) [1]
Kingston, Jamaica
OccupationsActor, playwright, theatre director, acting teacher
Years active1973–present
Websitewww.basilwallace.com

Basil Wallace (born January 15, 1951) is a Jamaican-American actor, playwright, theatre director, and acting teacher.

Early life

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Wallace was born in Kingston and immigrated to the United States as a child with his four siblings. His family first settled in Brooklyn, New York City. He, his parents, and his siblings then moved to Long Island, where he attended Hempstead High School.[2]

Career

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Wallace became interested in theater and, after graduating high school, entered New York University.[2] He attended NYU for two years, during which time he performed in his first Off-Off-Broadway play. He went on to work for many years as a playwright, actor, and theatre director in New York.

Early in Wallace's career, he became involved with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Manhattan's East Village.[2] He acted in a production, called "Short Bullins", of four Ed Bullins one-act plays at La MaMa in 1972.[3] The Jarboro Company then took those one-acts (How Do You Do?, A Minor Scene, Dialect Determinism, and It Has No Choice, along with Bullins' Clara's Old Man and Richard Wesley's Black Terror) on tour to Italy.[4] He also acted in Clifford Mason's Sister Sadie, directed by Allie Woods at La MaMa in 1972.[5]

Wallace co-wrote (with Angela Marie Lee) and directed the play Sounds of a Silent Man at La MaMa in 1973,[6] and directed Edgar Nkosi White's Lament for Rastafari at La MaMa in 1977.[7] He returned to La MaMa in 1987 to direct a work-in-progress reading of White's Tres Cepas (The Love Songs for China).[8]

Wallace taught at Lincoln Center Theater for a decade, was the drama director for School District 13 in the Bronx, and was the director of Mini-Mobile Theatre for two years. He was one of the founding members and served as artistic director for the first year of the Caribbean American Repertory Theatre.[2]

In 1990, Wallace moved to Los Angeles and auditioned for the film Marked for Death. He was cast as the lead villain, Screwface. Wallace has continued to act in film and television throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

Filmography

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Film

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Eddie Murphy RawEddie's Father
1990Marked for Death"Screwface"
1991Wedlock"Emerald"
Grand CanyonInsurance Salesman
1992Rapid FireFBI Agent Wesley
1993Return of the Living Dead 3"Riverman"
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeReporter
1998Caught UpAhmad
1999The WoodLisa's Father
2001Joy RideCar Salesman
2002Like MikeDrill Sergeant Dad
2006Blood DiamondBenjamin Kapanay
2024The Geechee Witch: A Boo Hag StoryJacob

Television

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Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1990Star Trek: The Next GenerationKlingon Guard #1Episode 4.7: "Reunion"
China BeachRashidEpisode 4.9: "The Call"
1991Quantum Leap"Jazz" BooneEpisode 4.10: "Unchained"
1992AfterburnCaptain Terry "Joker" NorthTV film
1993SirensPacnowEpisode 1.7: "Strike Two"
1994NYPD BlueReginald HarrisEpisode 2.2: "For Whom the Skell Rolls"
1995Children of the DustUnknown RoleTV miniseries
1996Dark SkiesBarney HillEpisode 1&2: "The Awakening"
1997Beverly Hills, 90210Cop #1Episode 7.17: "Face-Off"
BloodhoundsLieutenant Ron CoughlinTV film
Diagnosis: MurderWilliam TurnerEpisode 4.24: "The Merry Widow Murder"
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.Unknown RoleEpisode 1.9: "Missing in Action"
1998Born FreeJosef Awaz8 episodes
Pensacola: Wings of GoldPresident Louis SimoneEpisode 1.14: "Soldiers of Misfortune"
The PracticeJerryEpisode 2.21: "In Deep"
1999ERMr. CampbellEpisode 5.17: "Sticks and Stones"
Pacific BlueUnknown RoleEpisode 5.13: "Swimming the Dead Pool"
2000The PretenderSheriff BowenEpisode 4.8: "Rules of Engagement"
Judging AmyReverend Del MuellerEpisode 2.3: "Instincts"
City of AngelsJoe2 episodes
2001Any Day NowUnknown RoleEpisode 3.19: "What If?"
The DivisionRupert TaylorEpisode 1.14: "The Parent Trap"
2002The West WingMcKonnen LobokoEpisode 3.14: "Night Five"
PhillyMarcus HermanEpisode 1.22: "Mojo Rising"
The AgencyUnknown RoleEpisode 2.2: "Air Lex"
Strong MedicineEzekiel Monroe-HowardEpisodes 3.12: "Blush"
2003CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationPrincipalEpisodes 4.10: "Coming of Rage"
2004LAXFredericksEpisodes 1.7: "Out of Control"
2007NCISDelphin AbakaEpisode 5.8: "Designated Target"
2009Burn NoticeClaude LaurentEpisode 2.14: "Truth and Reconciliation"
2012NCIS: Los AngelesEd GorntEpisode 3.14: "Partners"
2013EagleheartBunjuEpisode 2.11: "Bringing Down Bunju"
2021Christmas in HarmonyDeacon JamesTV film

References

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  1. ↑ "Birth date and name reference: Basil Wallace". Retrieved April 5, 2024 – via FamilySearch.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Basil Wallace - Biography". BasilWallace.50Webs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Short Bullins (1972)". Accessed April 3, 2018. Archived July 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: Jarboro Company in Italy (1972)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Production: Sister Sadie (1972)". La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Sounds of a Silent Man (1973)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Lament for Rastafari (1977)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Tres Cepas (1987)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
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