Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor and occasional singer. He is known for his co-starring role in the popular Fox Television police drama New York Undercover from 1994 to 1998, and has also appeared in films such as Cool Runnings and Criminal. He has made appearances on the Fox television series Arrested Development as Ice, a bounty hunter whose real love is party planning. He has also been a recurring character, Brock Harris, on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends. Yoba also appeared in the FX Networks crime drama Thief. In 2007, he appeared in NBC's crime drama Raines alongside Jeff Goldblum.
Yoba, the fourth of six children, was born Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba in Bronx, New York, the son of Mahmoudah Young (née Lanier) and Abdullah Yoba. Yoba was born a Muslim and is now "Theoretically... a Christian" and "philosophically... a Buddhist".
Yoba is also an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Filmography
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007)... Gavin
Rockaway (2007) (post-production) .... Case
Caught on Tape (2006) (post-production) .... Detective Roberts
That's So Raven
"Checkin' Out" (2006) .... Judge
Oh Happy Day (2004) ....
Thief (2006) .... Elmo "Mo" Jones
They're Just My Friends (2006) .... Pat Black Sr.
Kids in America (2005) .... Will Drucker
Slur (2005) .... Jordan
Girlfriends (2005) .... Brock
Arrested Development (2004) .... Ice
Oh Happy Day (2004) .... Moses Jackson
The Days (2004) .... Gib Taylor
Criminal (2004) .... Frank Hill
The Twilight Zone
"Developing" (2003) TV Episode .... Shawn
Vote for Me (2003) .... The Professor
Kingpin (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Bobby Curtis
Violation (2003) (TV) .... Patrick Matthews
Dreaming in Black and White (2002) .... Chris Jones
Bull (2000) .... Corey Granville
His Woman, His Wife (2000) (V) .... Stuart Banks
Harlem Aria (1999) .... Luke
Trinity
"Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down" (1999) .... Sam Davis
"Having Trouble with the Language" (1999) .... Sam Davis
Personals (1999) .... Keith Parker
For Your Love
"Divorce-i-versary" (1998) .... Keith
Ride (1998) .... Poppa
Black Jaq (1998) .... Gregory 'Greg' Franklin
Soul Food (1997) .... Studio Engineer
Cop Land (1997) .... Detective Carson
New York Undercover .... Det. J.C. Williams (1994–1998)
A Woman Like That (1997)
Blue in the Face (1995) .... Watch Man
Smoke (1995) .... The Creeper
Law & Order
"Wager" (1994) .... Pat Williams
Cool Runnings (1993) .... Yul Brenner
References
^ http://www.akilaworksongs.com/MalikYoba.html
^ a b Malik Yoba Biography (1967-)
^ Malik Yoba Biography - Yahoo! Movies
^ moementum magazine
External links
Malik Yoba at the Internet Movie Database
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