Allen Maldonado

{{Infobox person

|name = Allen Maldonado

|image = Allen Maldonado in 2022.jpg

|image_size = 200

|caption = Maldonado in 2022

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|05|20}}

|birth_place = Bellflower, California, U.S.

|occupation = Actor, Filmmaker, Entrepreneur

|years_active = 2002–present

|website = {{URL|https://maldonadoiseverywhere.com/|Official website}}

}}

Allen Maldonado (born May 20, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker best known for his roles as Curtis in the ABC comedy Black-ish, Bobby in the TBS series The Last O.G., Rooster in the Starz drama series Heels, and Alan Decker in the Peacock original movie Psych 3: This Is Gus. He is also an entrepreneur and runs his own clothing line and an app called Everybody Digital.

Life and career

Maldonado grew up in California. He was mostly raised by his mother, as he lost his father at a young age. Maldonado is of Puerto Rican and African-American descent.

His first big role was in Friday After Next and he credits Ice Cube for giving him his "first shot on set."{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyactor.com/interview/allen-maldonado-sneakerheads/|title=Interview: Allen Maldonado on 'Sneakerheads', Why He Created a Business Plan and How Hard Work Pays Off|website=Daily Actor|access-date=2020-09-24}} Soon after, Maldonado began making short films that appeared at numerous film circuits and won various awards. However, he found this dissatisfying as once the short film ran it would stop and cease to play elsewhere. While working on the show Black-ish, series creator Kenya Barris inspired him to create an app that specialized in getting short films notoriety. The app dubbed Everybody Digital launched on October 3, 2017, and has been described as "the Netflix of short films."{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/entertainment/allen-maldonado-short-film-app/index.html|title=Allen Maldonado is all over Hollywood|website=CNN|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=September 28, 2017|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}

Maldonado joined the cast of the 2018 remake of the 1972 film Super Fly.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/allen-maldonado-sony-superfly-remake-1202268230/|title='Black-ish' Actor Allen Maldonado Joins Sony's 'Superfly'|website=Deadline|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=May 21, 2018}} He appears in the TBS series The Last O.G. as Cousin Bobby, a character that develops along with Tracy Morgan's lead character Tray.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/allen-maldonado-last-og-878127|title=Allen Maldonado Teases the Evolution of Cousin Bobby on 'The Last O.G.'|website=Newsweek|last=Williams|first=Janice|date=April 10, 2018|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}

Filmography

=Acting credits=

class="wikitable" \|+ Film roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2002 \|Friday After Next \|Juvenile #3 \|
rowspan="2"\|2004 \|A Beautiful Life \|Porfilio \|Short film
East L.A. King \|Esclavo \|Direct-to-Video
rowspan="2"\|2005 \|America 101 \|Train Station Agent \|
States of Grace \|Rob \|
rowspan="2"\|2007 \|4 Life \|Chauncey \|Direct-to-Video
Live Free or Die Hard \|Goatee \|
rowspan="4"\|2008 \|A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy \|Jabari \|Segment: "Tonight"
Ball Don't Lie \|Sin \|
The Midnight Meat Train \|Lead Gangbanger \|
Rome & Jewel \|Mercury \|
rowspan="5"\|2009 \|Underground Street Flippers \|Extravagent \|Short film
Lost Angels \|Bishop \|
The Grind \|Eddie the Tweeker \|
The Ugly Truth \|Duane \|
The Bee \|Jamal Baker VII \|
rowspan="2"\|2010 \|The Power of Liquor \|Andre \|Short film
In 30 Minutes \|Paul \|Short film
rowspan="2"\|2011 \|Mimesis \|Duane \|
Assumption \|Derrick \|Short film
rowspan="3"\|2012 \|One Decision Away \|Gerald \|Short film
Just One Look \|Darryl \|Short film
An Awakening \|Jake \|Short film
rowspan="2"\|2013 \|Who the Fck Is Uncle Joe?* \|Tim \|Short film
The Violin \|Jerry Shivers \|Short film
rowspan="5"\|2014 \|All Hail the King \|Fletcher Heggs \|Short film
Cut! \|Francis 'Jamal' Jefferson \|
The Equalizer \|Marcus \|
Cake \|Buddy \|
108 Stitches \|Maurice 'Mo' Jamal \|
rowspan="4"\|2015 \|Dope \|Allen the Bouncer \|
Forgiveness \|PJ \|
Straight Outta Compton \|Tone \|
If Not for His Grace \|Dog \|
rowspan="2"\|2016 \|Unstuck \|Jacob \|Short film
King Me \|Will Lowery \|Short film
rowspan="7"\|2017 \|South Dakota \|Gang Leader \|
Smartass \|Antwan \|
Quest: The Truth Always Rises \|Chris \|
Where's the Money \|Juice \|
Miss Me This Christmas \|Ulysses Danbert \|
Trump's America \|Will Lowery \|Short film
Officer Lincoln Holly \|Ofc: Manny Juarez \|Short film
rowspan="3"\|2018 \|NBA \|Fantasy League Player \|Short film
First Match \|Juan \|
Superfly \|Litty \|
2020 \|Project Power \|Landry \|
2022 \|American Carnage \|Big Mac \|
2023 \|House Party \| Kyle \|

class="wikitable"

|+ Film roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2002

|Friday After Next

|Juvenile #3

rowspan="2"|2004

|A Beautiful Life

|Porfilio

|Short film

East L.A. King

|Esclavo

|Direct-to-Video

rowspan="2"|2005

|America 101

|Train Station Agent

States of Grace

|Rob

rowspan="2"|2007

|4 Life

|Chauncey

|Direct-to-Video

Live Free or Die Hard

|Goatee

rowspan="4"|2008

|A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy

|Jabari

|Segment: "Tonight"

Ball Don't Lie

|Sin

The Midnight Meat Train

|Lead Gangbanger

Rome & Jewel

|Mercury

rowspan="5"|2009

|Underground Street Flippers

|Extravagent

|Short film

Lost Angels

|Bishop

The Grind

|Eddie the Tweeker

The Ugly Truth

|Duane

The Bee

|Jamal Baker VII

rowspan="2"|2010

|The Power of Liquor

|Andre

|Short film

In 30 Minutes

|Paul

|Short film

rowspan="2"|2011

|Mimesis

|Duane

Assumption

|Derrick

|Short film

rowspan="3"|2012

|One Decision Away

|Gerald

|Short film

Just One Look

|Darryl

|Short film

An Awakening

|Jake

|Short film

rowspan="2"|2013

|Who the F*ck Is Uncle Joe?

|Tim

|Short film

The Violin

|Jerry Shivers

|Short film

rowspan="5"|2014

|All Hail the King

|Fletcher Heggs

|Short film

Cut!

|Francis 'Jamal' Jefferson

The Equalizer

|Marcus

Cake

|Buddy

108 Stitches

|Maurice 'Mo' Jamal

rowspan="4"|2015

|Dope

|Allen the Bouncer

Forgiveness

|PJ

Straight Outta Compton

|Tone

If Not for His Grace

|Dog

rowspan="2"|2016

|Unstuck

|Jacob

|Short film

King Me

|Will Lowery

|Short film

rowspan="7"|2017

|South Dakota

|Gang Leader

Smartass

|Antwan

Quest: The Truth Always Rises

|Chris

Where's the Money

|Juice

Miss Me This Christmas

|Ulysses Danbert

Trump's America

|Will Lowery

|Short film

Officer Lincoln Holly

|Ofc: Manny Juarez

|Short film

rowspan="3"|2018

|NBA

|Fantasy League Player

|Short film

First Match

|Juan

Superfly

|Litty

2020

|Project Power

|Landry

2022

|American Carnage

|Big Mac

2023

|House Party

| Kyle

class="wikitable" \|+ Television roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2004 \|The Young and the Restless \|Jamal \|17 episodes
rowspan="3"\|2005 \|Las Vegas \|Jamal \|Episode: "One Nation, Under Surveillance"
Judging Amy \|Diesel \|2 episodes
rowspan="2"\|The Shield \|Flash \|Episode: "Bang"
rowspan="3"\|2006 \|Evan Dayne \|2 episodes
In Justice \|Donald Brooks \|Episode: "Another Country"
Standoff \|M.J. Martinez \|Episode: "Life Support"
2007 \|Celebrity Deathmatch \|Lil Wayne (voice) \|Episode: "King of the Lil' People"
2009 \|Lie to Me \|Caden \|Episode: "The Better Half"
rowspan="2"\|2010 \|Rizzoli & Isles \|Cruncha \|Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil"
Detroit 1-8-7 \|Paul Osborne \|Episode: "Home Invasion/Drive-By"
2011 \|Chase \|Lawrence Lucky Vargas \|Episode: "Roundup"
2013 \|The Start Up \|Manny \|TV pilot
2014–2016 \|You're the Worst \|Honeynutz \|Recurring 13 episodes
2014–2019 \|Black Jesus \|Young L.I.L. \|2 episodes
rowspan="3"\|2015 \|Bones \|Keith Miller \|Episode: "The Teacher in the Books"
Ana Mead \|Rocko The God \|Episode #1.4
Survivor's Remorse \|DeShauwn May \|2 episodes
2015–2019 \|Black-ish \|Curtis Miller Jr. \|Recurring
rowspan="5"\|2016 \|Kirby Buckets \|Mr. Fister \|Episode: "Weekend with Inga"
Major Crimes \|Jon Barnes \|2 episodes
Ringside \|Spencer \|TV movie
Noches con Platanito \|Himself \|Episode: "Allen Maldonado/Diana Isabel Acevedo/Karen Carreño/Paloma Ruiz/Jose Luis Badalt/Los Rodriguez de Sinaloa"
Blaze and the Monster Machines \|Falcon 3 (voice) \|Episode: "Falcon Quest"
rowspan="2"\|2017 \|Rosewood \|Victor 'Lil V' Rivera \|Episode: "Mummies & Meltdowns"
NCIS \|Raymond Smith \|Episode: "Burden of Proof"
2018–2020 \|The Last O.G. \|Cousin Bobby/Clyde \|Main cast
rowspan="2"\|2019 \|Liza on Demand \|Kyle \|2 episodes
Elena of Avalor \|Rocco (voice) \|Episode: "Changing of the Guard"
rowspan="2"\|2020 \|Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \|Tim Dunkman (voice) \|Episode: "Air Turtle/Pizza Puffs"
Sneakerheads \|Devin \|6 episodes
rowspan="2"\|2021 \|Maya and the Three \|Rico (voice) \|9 episodes
Psych 3: This Is Gus \|Alan Decker \|Television film
rowspan="2"\|2021–2023 \|The Wonder Years \|Coach Long \|15 episodes
Heels \|Rooster Robbins \|16 episodes{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/heels-kelli-berglund-starz-wrestling-drama-series-stephen-amell-1202842743/\|title='Heels': Kelli Berglund Joins Starz's Wrestling Drama Series\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|first=Denise\|last=Petski\|date=January 27, 2020}}{{Cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/independent-wrestling-drama-heels-sets-series-debut-date-on-starz-1234747975/\|title = Independent Wrestling Drama 'Heels' Sets Series Debut Date on Starz\|date = May 3, 2021}}
2024 \|Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft \|Zip (voice) \|

class="wikitable"

|+ Television roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2004

|The Young and the Restless

|Jamal

|17 episodes

rowspan="3"|2005

|Las Vegas

|Jamal

|Episode: "One Nation, Under Surveillance"

Judging Amy

|Diesel

|2 episodes

rowspan="2"|The Shield

|Flash

|Episode: "Bang"

rowspan="3"|2006

|Evan Dayne

|2 episodes

In Justice

|Donald Brooks

|Episode: "Another Country"

Standoff

|M.J. Martinez

|Episode: "Life Support"

2007

|Celebrity Deathmatch

|Lil Wayne (voice)

|Episode: "King of the Lil' People"

2009

|Lie to Me

|Caden

|Episode: "The Better Half"

rowspan="2"|2010

|Rizzoli & Isles

|Cruncha

|Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil"

Detroit 1-8-7

|Paul Osborne

|Episode: "Home Invasion/Drive-By"

2011

|Chase

|Lawrence Lucky Vargas

|Episode: "Roundup"

2013

|The Start Up

|Manny

|TV pilot

2014–2016

|You're the Worst

|Honeynutz

|Recurring
13 episodes

2014–2019

|Black Jesus

|Young L.I.L.

|2 episodes

rowspan="3"|2015

|Bones

|Keith Miller

|Episode: "The Teacher in the Books"

Ana Mead

|Rocko The God

|Episode #1.4

Survivor's Remorse

|DeShauwn May

|2 episodes

2015–2019

|Black-ish

|Curtis Miller Jr.

|Recurring

rowspan="5"|2016

|Kirby Buckets

|Mr. Fister

|Episode: "Weekend with Inga"

Major Crimes

|Jon Barnes

|2 episodes

Ringside

|Spencer

|TV movie

Noches con Platanito

|Himself

|Episode: "Allen Maldonado/Diana Isabel Acevedo/Karen Carreño/Paloma Ruiz/Jose Luis Badalt/Los Rodriguez de Sinaloa"

Blaze and the Monster Machines

|Falcon 3 (voice)

|Episode: "Falcon Quest"

rowspan="2"|2017

|Rosewood

|Victor 'Lil V' Rivera

|Episode: "Mummies & Meltdowns"

NCIS

|Raymond Smith

|Episode: "Burden of Proof"

2018–2020

|The Last O.G.

|Cousin Bobby/Clyde

|Main cast

rowspan="2"|2019

|Liza on Demand

|Kyle

|2 episodes

Elena of Avalor

|Rocco (voice)

|Episode: "Changing of the Guard"

rowspan="2"|2020

|Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

|Tim Dunkman (voice)

|Episode: "Air Turtle/Pizza Puffs"

Sneakerheads

|Devin

|6 episodes

rowspan="2"|2021

|Maya and the Three

|Rico (voice)

|9 episodes

Psych 3: This Is Gus

|Alan Decker

|Television film

rowspan="2"|2021–2023

|The Wonder Years

|Coach Long

|15 episodes

Heels

|Rooster Robbins

|16 episodes{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/heels-kelli-berglund-starz-wrestling-drama-series-stephen-amell-1202842743/|title='Heels': Kelli Berglund Joins Starz's Wrestling Drama Series|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=January 27, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/independent-wrestling-drama-heels-sets-series-debut-date-on-starz-1234747975/|title = Independent Wrestling Drama 'Heels' Sets Series Debut Date on Starz|date = May 3, 2021}}

2024

|Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

|Zip (voice)

class="wikitable" \|+ Video game roles
Year ! Title ! Role
2012 \|Prototype 2 \|Hispanic Gangster
2013 \|Grand Theft Auto V \|The Local Population
2016 \|Mafia III \|Additional Cinematics Cast

class="wikitable"

|+ Video game roles

Year

! Title

! Role

2012

|Prototype 2

|Hispanic Gangster

2013

|Grand Theft Auto V

|The Local Population

2016

|Mafia III

|Additional Cinematics Cast

=Filmmaking credits=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! (Executive) Producer ! Writer ! Editor ! Cinematographer ! Extra
2009 \|Underground Street Flippers \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Also composer
rowspan="2"\|2010 \|The Power of Liquor \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
In 30 Minutes \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Also sound editor
2011 \|Assumption \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|
2012 \|One Decision Away \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|Also sound editor
2013 \|Who the Fck Is Uncle Joe?* \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|
2016–2017 \|Survivor's Remorse \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|Story editor and writer; 20 episodes
2017 \|400 to Oahu.. \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|'Special Thanks'
2018 \|A Father's Love \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|
2019 \|The Last O.G. \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|Executive story editor and writer; 10 episodes

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! (Executive)
Producer

! Writer

! Editor

! Cinematographer

! Extra

2009

|Underground Street Flippers

|{{yes}}