Basil Wallace

Basil Wallace
Born Kingston, Jamaica
Occupation Actor

Basil Wallace is a Jamaica-born American actor. He was born in Kingston[1] and immigrated to the United States as a child. He lived in Brooklyn, New York City with his parents and siblings.[2] He and his family then moved to Long Island.[2]

He attended Hempstead High School and he knew for sure that he wanted a life in the theater. He auditioned for a Broadway Bound play. After graduated high school, he entered New York University (NYU).[2]

He attended NYU for two years and while there he got his first Off-Broadway play and began his life in the theatre. For the next 20 years he worked as an actor, director and writer in the theater. With La Mama, he was director in residence for a year.[2]

Wallace also taught theater aesthetics' for Lincoln Center Theater for ten years. He was the Director of Drama for school district 13 in Bronx, and Director of Mini-Mobile Theatre for two years. He was one of the founding members and artistic director for its first year of the Caribbean American Repertory Theatre.[2]

In 1990, he moved to Los Angeles, auditioned for the film Marked for Death, and was cast as the lead villain, Screwface.[2]

He appeared in several films such as Wedlock, Return of the Living Dead 3, Caught Up, Joy Ride and Blood Diamond, and guest starred in many television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Born Free, ER, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and Burn Notice.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw Eddie's Father sketch
1990 Marked for Death Screwface
1991 Wedlock Emerald
1991 Grand Canyon Insurance Salesman
1992 Rapid Fire Agent Wesley
1993 Return of the Living Dead 3 Riverman
1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Reporter
1998 Caught Up Ahmad
1999 The Wood Lisa's Father
2001 Joy Ride Car Salesman
2002 Like Mike Drill Sergeant Dad
2006 Blood Diamond Benjamin Kapanay

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation Klingon Guard #1 Episode 4.7: "Reunion"
1990 China Beach Rashid Episode 4.9: "The Call"
1991 Quantum Leap Jazz Boone Episode 4.10: "Unchained"
1992 Afterburn Terry Worth TV film
1993 Sirens Pacnow Episode 1.7: "Strike Two"
1994 NYPD Blue Reginald Harris Episode 2.2: "For Whom the Skell Rolls"
1995 Children of the Dust TV miniseries
1996 Dark Skies Barney Hill Episode 1&2: "The Awakening"
1997 Beverly Hills, 90210 Cop #1 Episode 7.17: "Face-Off"
1997 Bloodhounds Lt. Ron Coughlin TV film
1997 Diagnosis: Murder William Turner Episode 4.24: "The Merry Widow Murder"
1997 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Episode 1.9: "Missing in Action"
1998 Born Free Josef Awaz 8 episodes
1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Pres. Louis Simone Episode 1.14: "Soldiers of Misfortune"
1998 The Practice Jerry Episode 2.21: "In Deep"
1999 ER Mr. Campbell Episode 5.17: "Sticks and Stones"
1999 Pacific Blue Episode 5.13: "Swimming the Dead Pool"
2000 The Pretender Sheriff Bowen Episode 4.8: "Rules of Engagement"
2000 Judging Amy Rev. Del Mueller Episode 2.3: "Instincts"
2000 City of Angels Joe 2 episodes
2001 Any Day Now Episode 3.19: "What If?"
2001 The Division Rupert Taylor Episode 1.14: "The Parent Trap"
2002 The West Wing McKonnen Loboko Episode 3.14: "Night Five"
2002 Philly Marcus Herman Episode 1.22: "Mojo Rising"
2002 The Agency Episode 2.2: "Air Lex"
2002 Strong Medicine Ezekiel Monroe-Howard Episodes 3.12: "Blush"
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Principal Episodes 4.10: "Coming of Rage"
2004 LAX Fredericks Episodes 1.7: "Out of Control"
2007 NCIS Delphin Abaka Episode 5.8: "Designated Target"
2009 Burn Notice Claude Laurent Episode 2.14: "Truth and Reconciliation"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Ed Gornt Episode 3.14: "Partners"
2013 Eagleheart Bunju Episode 2.11: "Bringing Down Bunju"

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