Jamie Hector
{{Short description|American actor (born 1975)}}
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Jamie Hector (born October 7, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield on the HBO drama series The Wire{{Cite web |title=Marlo Stanfield {{!}} Played by Jamie Hector |publisher=HBO |url=https://www.hbo.com/the-wire/cast-and-crew/marlo-stanfield |access-date=2024-11-25}} and as Detective Jerry Edgar in the drama series Bosch.
Career
Hector began acting immediately after high school when he auditioned for a community theater company. While in college he had roles on television shows such as New York Undercover, Third Watch, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Beat. After graduation, he enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/24/the.wire.season.five |title=When pretend is real: exclusive interview with stars of The Wire |author=Oliver Burkeman |author-link=Oliver Burkeman |date=May 24, 2008 |website=The Guardian |access-date=April 22, 2019 }}
Hector appeared in the movie Paid in Full (2002). He attributes a defining moment in his career to the short film Five Deep Breaths (2003) directed by Seith Mann. With Hector in the lead role, Five Deep Breaths was an Official Selection of the Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, and IFP Film Festivals; it went on to accumulate 16 awards.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
From 2004 to 2008, Hector played Marlo Stanfield on the HBO television drama The Wire, the young, ambitious, intelligent and extremely ruthless head of the eponymous Stanfield Organization in the Baltimore drug trade. In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked him #2 of their "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/40-greatest-tv-villains-of-all-time-26500/ |title=40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Sean T. |last=Collins |date=February 9, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2016}}
Hector starred in the film Blackout (2007) with Melvin Van Peebles and Jeffrey Wright, and was featured as recurring villain Benjamin "Knox" Washington in the third season of Heroes. Hector appeared in the film Max Payne (2008), in which he plays the role of Lincoln DeNeuf, a Haitian crime boss. Hector also appeared in the television movie Just Another Day (2009), playing the up-and-coming rapper Young Eastie, who attempts to make it at all costs. His next film was Night Catches Us (2010), with Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie. He voiced Emile-A239 (Noble 4) in Halo: Reach.
In 2014, Hector began starring in the series Bosch as Jerry Edgar, a detective and partner to the titular character Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver. Hector remained a part of the series' starring cast across its seven-season run.
In 2017, Hector appeared on the US drama Queen of The South as Devon Finch in six episodes of season 2.
Activism
In 2007, Hector founded Moving Mountains, Inc., a non-profit theater-based organization that provides youth with year-round classes in drama, dance, vocal, and film.{{cite web |title=Jamie Hector Talks Acting to Activism; From Black Panthers to British Petroleum [ULx Exclusive] |first=Dove |last=Clark |date=July 4, 2010 |website=xappeal.net |url=https://xappeal.net/the-fame/jamie-hector-talks-acting-to-activism/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524193136/https://xappeal.net/the-fame/jamie-hector-talks-acting-to-activism/ |archive-date=2024-05-24 |url-status=live}}
He helped in raising money for survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| 'I Love You' Leech | |
| 1999
| Gangsta In Red | |
| 2000
| The Day the Ponies Come Back | Darryl Boyd | |
| 2001
| Phone Kid | |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Dunn | |
| Central Park Jog
| Jogger #2 |
| 2003
| Five Deep Breaths | Banny | Short film |
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| Brooklyn Bound | Courtland | |
| Everyday People
| Devon | |
| Joy Road
| Dante | |
| 2007
| Blackout | Rasheed | |
| 2008
| Lincoln DeNeuf | |
| 2009
| Just Another Day | Young Eastie | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| The Gift | Darnell Powell | |
| Night Catches Us
| 'DoRight' Miller | |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| 8090 | Felix | Short film |
| A Feeling from Within
| Samuels | |
| Life, Love, Soul
| Mr. Roundtree | |
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| Detective Nick | |
| Habeas Corpus
| Gary | Short film |
| The Promise Keeper
| Yves | |
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| Taking Chance | Unknown | Executive producer |
| The Start Up
| Ken Blackstone | |
| Secrets of the Magic City
| 'Tru' | |
| Real New York City Muggings
| Unknown | Short film |
| 2015
| Todd | |
| 2017
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Ron | |
| Canal Street
| Pastor Sam Billings | |
| 2022
| Ray (voice) | |
| 2023
| Warren | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Jean Marchier | Episode: "Burn Baby Burn" (#11.6) |
| The Beat
| Rasta | Episode: "They Say It's Your Birthday" (#1.2) |
| 2001
| Legros | Episode: "...And Zeus Wept" (#2.22) |
| 2002
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 'Doc' | Episode: "Justice" (#3.19) |
| 2004–2008
| The Wire | 32 episodes (seasons 3-5) |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Heroes | 10 episodes |
| The Game
| Carnell | Episode: "Before the Parade Passes By" (#2.17) |
| Jericho
| Corporal Adams | Episode: "Patriots and Tyrants" (#2.7) |
| 2009
| Ronde Brooks '70 | Episode: "Soul" (#7.4) |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| Henry Miller | Episode: "In the Red" (#3.1) |
| Frederick Douglass: Pathway from Slavery to Freedom
| TV movie |
| Mercy
| The Robber | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Jean Guiton | Episode: "Hunting Ground" (#9.16) |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| Moog (voice) | Episode: "Tagged" (#1.14) |
| Common Law
| Bart, Security Guard | Episode: "Hot for Teacher" (#1.11) |
| Are We There Yet?
| Arlo | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Episode" (#3.43) |
| rowspan="2" | 2014–2015
| Power | 'Drifty' | 5 episodes |
| Person of Interest
| Lincoln 'Link' Cordell | 4 episodes |
| 2014–2017
| Alonso Creem | 10 episodes |
| 2014–2021
| Bosch | Jerry Edgar | 68 episodes |
| 2016
| Quarry | Arthur Solomon |
| 2017–2021
| Devon Finch | 14 episodes |
| 2018
| Unsolved | Duane Keith David's Lawyer | Episode: "Wherever It Leads" |
| 2019
| Andre D'Andre | 4 episodes |
| 2020
| Oso | Episode: "Like Father..." |
| 2022–2023
| Jerry Edgar | 3 episodes |
| 2022
| Main cast |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Pedestrian |
| The Warriors
| Additional Soldier |
| 2010
| Emile |
| 2016
| Vice Overseer Liam Byrne |
| 2019
| Gears 5 | Emile-A239 (DLC) |
References
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American people of Haitian descent
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Category:American male video game actors
Category:American male voice actors