1. Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba was born on September 17,1967 and is an American actor.
22 Facts About Malik Yoba
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Malik Yoba is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J C Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in the film Cool Runnings.
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Malik Yoba appeared as former FBI agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series Alphas, as Jim Hudson in Revolution, and as Vernon Turner in Empire.
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Malik Yoba starred in the role of FBI Deputy Director Jason Atwood in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.
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Malik Yoba appeared in Jordan Peele's TBS comedy The Last OG with Tracy Morgan.
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The fourth of six children, Yoba was born in the Bronx, New York to Mahmoudah Young and Abdullah Yoba.
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Malik Yoba's family had no television set and he was not allowed to do the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Malik Yoba was not allowed to wear a kufi in school which led his father to protest.
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In 1994, Malik Yoba began his role on the popular Fox police drama series New York Undercover, opposite Michael DeLorenzo.
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An accomplished singer and stage actor, Malik Yoba's talents were showcased in His Woman His Wife, in which he had the lead role.
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Malik Yoba has appeared in films such as Cool Runnings and Criminal.
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Malik Yoba has made appearances on the FOX television series Arrested Development as Ice, a bounty hunter whose real love is party planning.
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Malik Yoba had a recurring role as Brock Harris on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends.
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Malik Yoba appeared in the FX Network's crime drama Thief and the NBC crime drama Raines.
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From 2011 to 2012, Malik Yoba appeared as former FBI Special Agent Bill Harken on Alphas, a science fiction drama series about a team of people with special abilities who belong to a secret department attached to the Defense Department.
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In 2013, Malik Yoba joined the cast of Revolution as Jim Hudson, a former captain of the Monroe Republic.
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In 2019, Malik Yoba premiered his one-man stage play, Harlem to Hollywood, at New York's Apollo Theater.
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The autobiographical show features Malik Yoba performing original music and playing twenty different characters.
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In 2017, Malik Yoba established his company Malik Yoba Development, hoping to provide young people of color with access to the real estate industry.
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In 2019, Malik Yoba took to social media to announce he would be a participant in the National Trans Visibility March in Washington, DC, and publicly revealed he is attracted to trans women, though he considers himself to be heterosexual.
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Malik Yoba is an advocate of plant-based nutrition and walking as medicine.
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In 2022, Malik Yoba received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.