Lawrence Gilliard Jr. was born on September 22, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Waterboy (1998), Walk of Shame (2014) and One Night in Miami... (2020).

Filmography

• 2025Resentment — Coleman
• 2023Big George Foreman — Archie Moore
• 2023The Featherweight — Sandy Saddler
• Power Book III: Raising Kanan — Azumadeen 'Deen' Tippett
• 2020One Night in Miami... — Bundini Brown
• God Friended Me — Aaron
• 2018Hot Air — Earl
• The Deuce — Chris Alston
• Bull — Prosecutor Benjamin
• 2015Turnipseed: Legacy — John Turnipseed
• Chicago P.D. — Latrell Wade
• 2014Walk of Shame — Scrilla
• Graceland — Sean Logan
• 2013Turnipseed: Second Chance — John Turnipseed
• 2013Would You Rather — Dr. Barden
• Elementary — Dwyer Kirk
• Longmire — Burke
• 2012The Wire: The Musical — D'Angelo Barksdale
• 2011The Double — Agent Burton
• The Walking Dead — Bob Stookey
• Lie to Me — Marcus Weaver
• The Beast — Ray Beaumont
• The Good Wife — Ken Boxer Jr.
• 2009Turnipseed — Johnny Turnipseed
• Fear Itself — James
• 2008Spooked — James
• Army Wives — Marcus Williams
• Friday Night Lights — Elden
• Numb3rs — Amos Shabaz
• The Boondocks — 2nd Prisoner (voice)
• 2004Brother to Brother — Marcus
• CSI: NY — Officer Omar Lilly
• 2004The Machinist — Jackson
• 2004Woman Hollering Creek — Melvin
• 2003Kill the Poor — Spike
• 2002Gangs of New York — Jimmy Spoils
• Less than Perfect — Chester
• The Wire — D'Angelo Barksdale
• 2001Home Invaders
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Eddie Roberts
• 2001Trigger Happy — Ray
• 2000Cecil B. Demented — Lewis
• 2000Sally Hemings: An American Scandal — Henry Jackson
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal — Henry Jackson
• 1999Simply Irresistible — Nolan Traynor
• 1998A Soldier's Sweetheart — Shoeshine
• 1998Next Stop Wonderland — Brett
• 1998One Tough Cop — Curtis Wilkins
• 1998The Substitute 2: School's Out — Dontae
• 1998The Waterboy — Derek Wallace
• 1997White Lies — Leon Turner / Leon Chame
• 1996The Associate — Thomas, Plaza Bellhop
• 1996Trees Lounge — James
• 1995Inflammable — Wesley Raines
• 1995Lotto Land — Hank
• 1995Money Train — Hood
• New York Undercover — Quentin
• George
• 1993Girlfriend
• Homicide: Life on the Street — William Lyness
• 1993Survive The Night — Satisfy
• 1993The Pickle — Boy Who Stopped
• 1992In the Line of Duty: Street War — Will
• 1991Straight Out of Brooklyn — Dennis Brown
• Law & Order — Aaron Dressler, Attorney Dressler
• American Playhouse — Dennis Brown

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2007The Wire Odyssey — Self
• 2007The Wire: The Last Word — Self