James Black
Acting · Production · Directing
Born April 3, 1962, Lima, Ohio, USA
A onetime professional football player for the Cleveland Browns, James has always had a passion for the arts and pursued his passion even while playing for the Browns for two years as a running back.
Filmography
- 2026Calabash — Montrell
- 2026The Hail Mary — Mr. Russel
- 2025Terror Tales: Poetry & Death Volume 1 — Producer
- 2024Cricket — Sully
- 2024I Don't Know — Leroy
- 2024Night Games — The Boss
- 2024Restitution — Producer
- Secrets and Yards — Cedric Scales
- 2024The Naughty List of Mr. Scrooge — Producer
- 2023Lethal Legacy — James
- 2022Uncommon Negotiator — Chief Wells
- 2021Lockdown: 2025 — Detective Little
- 2021Writing Around the Christmas Tree — Irving Leighton
- 2020My Brothers' Crossing — CJ Martin
- Sydney to the Max — Henry
- All American — Reggie Cooper
- Carl Weber's The Family Business — Rob
- 2018Deadtime Tales 2 — Bradbury - 'Evil Net' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Five Points — Coach Magee
- 2017The Preacher's Son — Deacon Emerson
- 2016Black Tar Road — Jimmy
- Free Period — Andy
- 2016Legends of the Hidden Temple — Tourist
- Lethal Weapon — Benny Barns
- 2015The Man in 3B — Ben
- 2015Welcome to the Family — Preston
- 2015Why She Cries — Chris Owens
- Scorpion — Agent Miller
- Anger Management — Cleo
- 2012Detention — Mr. Cooper
- 2012The Phoenix Rises — Bob Smith
- 2011King of the Underground — Mr. Hollywood
- 2011Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu
- Rizzoli & Isles — Ernie Priest
- 2009Afro Ninja — Black Lightning
- Castle — Darius Carson
- NCIS: Los Angeles — Lee Stevens
- 20083 Days Gone — Teddy Shark
- The Starter Wife — Felix Soel
- 2007Agenda — Four Shure
- Burn Notice — Jean Pierre Duman
- 2006Saturday Night Life — The Admirer
- Twenty Good Years — George
- Bones — Chief Jack Cutler
- 2005Sci-Fi Slaughter — Bradbury (archive footage)
- The Closer — Detective Lawrence Xavier
- 2005Urban Evil: Trilogy of Fear — Director
- CSI: NY — Luther Vandeross
- Desperate Housewives — Alan
- 2004In Your Eyes — Will
- Listen Up! — Jevon
- 2004Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles — Tooky
- Summerland — Dalton
- 10-8: Officers on Duty — Xavier
- All of Us
- NCIS — Crewman
- CSI: Miami — Agent Brody
- 2002Love and a Bullet — Vaughn
- 2001Horrorvision — Bradbury
- One on One — Black Gold Member
- Six Feet Under — Duane
- 2001The Vault — Bradbury, Director
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Jackory
- Malcolm in the Middle — Sgt. Rick
- Sheena — Shakoro
- 2000Stop It, You're Killing Me — Eric Jameson
- Strong Medicine — Joey
- 2000Unshackled — Doc
- 1999Left for Dead in Malaysia — Meo
- S Club 7 — Gordon
- 1999Standing on Fishes — Henry
- 1999The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All — Rahmel
- 1999Universal Soldier: The Return — Sergeant Morrow
- 1998Cappuccino — Victor Erickson
- Charmed — Swarm King
- 1998Godzilla — Soldier
- Martial Law — David
- 1998Out of Sight — Himey
- 1998Soldier — Riley
- 1998The First 9½ Weeks — Maurice Boudreau
- V.I.P. — Elwood Snow
- Will & Grace — Anthony Dukane
- 1997Don King: Only in America — Ernie Shavers
- 1997Surface to Air — Captain Slocomb
- Pacific Blue — Johnny Lane
- The Burning Zone — Michael Hailey
- The Sentinel — Antoine Hollins
- Space: Above and Beyond — Security Operator
- 1995With Criminal Intent
- Babylon 5 — Security Guard
- 1993Ozone — Eddie Boone
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Helmsman
- 1992Chickboxer — Colt Jackson
- 1992Galaxy of the Dinosaurs — Kronik
- 1992Hard Promises — Gameshow Husband
- 1992Maximum Impact — Mr. Huntsacker
- Renegade — Orlando Missions
- 1991Zombie Cop — Dr. Death
- Virtual High — Andy