Richard Timothy Jones is an American actor. He has worked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television roles include Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1998–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017). Since 2018, he has played Police Sergeant Wade Grey on the ABC police drama The Rookie. His film roles include portrayals of Lamont Carr in Disney's Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in the Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla (2014).

Filmography

• 2026Bad Counselors — Howard Grossman
• 2026Why Did I Get Married Again? — Mike
• 2025Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story — Anthony Ricco
• 2023The Hard Hit — Director Ross
• 2022Fantasy Football — Screenplay
• The Rookie: Feds — Wade Grey
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Bubba
• 2019Round of Your Life — Coach Wilson
• 2019The Public — Chief Tom Edwards
• 2018Edge of the World — Chaplain Jacobs
• 2018Sanitatum — Shelton Scott
• The Rookie — Wade Grey
• 2017A Question of Faith — David Newman
• 2017Another You — Professor Thompson
• 2017CHiPs — Parish
• Santa Clarita Diet — Rick
• 2017Secrets of Deception — Detective Jones
• Wisdom of the Crowd — Detective Cavanaugh
• Lucifer — Joe Hanson
• 2016Restored Me — Coach Maurice Durrell
• Teachers — Frank Humphrey
• 2015Concussion — Andre Waters
• 2015Forgiveness — Pastor Joseph Jenkins
• 2015Hot Pursuit — Deputy Marshall Jackson
• Narcos — Agent DEA
• 2014Cru — Richard 'Rich' Hughes
• Extant — JD's Friend
• 2014Godzilla — Captain Russell Hampton
• 2014Hear No Evil — Samuel
• 2014Lyfe's Journey — Pastor Taylor
• 2013Life of a King — Perry
• 2013The Last Letter — Mr. Tines
• 2012Atlas Shrugged: Part II — Eddie Willers
• 2012Note to Self — Curtis Sr.
• Revolution — Ken Dawson
• 2012The Great Divide — Jeff
• American Horror Story — Det. Andy Hahn
• 2011Super 8 — Overmyer
• 2010Caught in the Crossfire — Captain Emmett
• Hawaii Five-0 — Sam Denning
• Nikita — Commander Evan Danforth
• 2010Why Did I Get Married Too? — Mike
• 200815 Minutes of Fame — Bradley Wainwright
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — James Ellison
• 2008Vantage Point — Holden
• Dirt — Bulldog
• 2007Game of Life — Mark
• 2007Traci Townsend — Travis
• 2007Why Did I Get Married? — Mike
• 2006Cutting Room — Steve
• 2006Time Bomb — Douglas Campbell
• Bones — Mr. White
• Criminal Minds — Officer Lionel Wilkins
• Grey's Anatomy — Colonel Dan Mooney
• 2005Guess Who — Man on Cellphone
• Numb3rs — Blanchard
• 2005Riding the Bus with My Sister — Jesse
• 2004Collateral — Traffic Cop #1
• 2004Paradise — Senator Michael Linney
• 2004Soul Plane — False Denzel (uncredited)
• 2004Twisted — Wilson Jefferson
• 2003Full-Court Miracle — Lamont Carr
• Las Vegas — Keith Mannix
• 2003Phone Booth — Sergeant Cole
• 2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs — Ben Strong
• CSI: Miami — Chris Kaiser
• 2002G — Summer G
• 2002Moonlight Mile — Ty
• 2002Second String — Gerry Fullerton
• 2000Auggie Rose — Officer Decker
• Girlfriends — Aaron Waters
• 2000Lockdown — Avery Montgomery
• 1999Goodbye Lover — Detective One
• 1999Incognito — Jake Hunter
• Judging Amy — Bruce Van Exel
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Oscar Briggs
• 1999The Wood — Slim
• Ally McBeal — Matt Griffin
• Brooklyn South — Clement Johnson
• 1997Event Horizon — Cooper
• 1997Hollywood Confidential — Dexter
• 1997Kiss the Girls — Seth Samuel
• 1996Black Rose of Harlem — Cateye
• Dangerous Minds — Kimboley
• 1996Johns
• 1996The Trigger Effect — Raymond
• 1995Jury Duty — Nathan
• 1994In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? — Donnie Muir
• 1994M.A.N.T.I.S. — Gangbanger #2 (as Richard Jones)
• 1994Renaissance Man — Pvt. Jackson Leroy
• 1993What's Love Got to Do with It — Ike Turner Jr.
• California Dreams — "Big Bad" Bo
• Renegade — Slick
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Jesse
• 21 Down — Coach Decker

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 2011King of the Underground — Himself
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self