Basil Wallace

Basil Wallace Biography

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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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