Jocko Sims
{{short description|American actor (born 1981)}}
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| birth_name = Jackie Sims III
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|2|20}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.{{Cite news|last=Schreffler|first=Laura|date=2016-06-16|title=The Last Ship Star Jocko Sims Shares His Haute Secrets to LA|language=en-US|newspaper=Haute Living|url=https://hauteliving.com/2016/06/the-last-ship-star-jocko-sims-shares-his-haute-secrets-to-la/614729/|access-date=2022-07-15}}
| education = School of Theater, Film, and Television - UCLA
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| years_active = 2003–present
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Jackie "Jocko" Sims III{{cite web |title='The Last Ship' Star Jocko Sims Reveals Real Name, Talks Daunting Doomsday |url=https://fanfest.com/the-last-ship-star-jocko-sims-reveals-real-name-talks-daunting-doomsday/ |date= October 3, 2017|website=Fanfest.com |access-date=February 17, 2024}} (born February 20, 1981) is an American actor, known for playing Anthony Adams in Crash and later playing Carlton Burk in the series The Last Ship. On the NBC TV show New Amsterdam, he portrayed Dr. Floyd Reynolds.
Career
= Movie roles =
In 2005, he appeared as Julius in Jarhead.{{Cite web|title=Jarhead (2005) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/fullcredits|via=www.imdb.com}}
In 2008, he starred in Leon Lazano's award-winning film Something Is Killing Tate.
In 2014, He also appeared in the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, where he played Werner, the radio operator of the colony.{{Cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2013-05-16|title=Jocko Sims Joins 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' (EXCLUSIVE)|language=en-US|newspaper=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/jocko-sims-joins-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-exclusive-1200482108/|access-date=2016-12-29}}
= Television roles =
In 2004, he appeared as a guest in an episode of Cold Case as Lionel Royce, the leader of the "Black Liberation Front" section in Philadelphia in 1969.{{Citation|last1=Anders|first1=Allison|title=Volunteers|date=2004-03-07|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0543964/fullcredits/|last2=Pino|first2=Danny|last3=Finn|first3=John|last4=Ratchford|first4=Jeremy|access-date=2016-12-29}}
In 2008, he joined the main cast of Crash, in which he played Anthony Adams, the music prodigy to Dennis Hopper's character Ben Cenders, until the end of the series in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sensacine.com/actores/actor-119928/fotos/detalle/?cmediafile=19443132|title=Foto de Jocko Sims en la serie Crash|last=SensaCine|website=SensaCine.com|access-date=2016-12-29}} His portrayal of Anthony Adams, a chauffeur{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/arts/television/17cras.html?ref=television|title=Trafficking in Intimate Deceptions|last=Bellafante|first=Ginia|date=2008-10-17|publisher=The New York Times Company|access-date=2009-01-11}} and aspiring hip-hop artist, led to the iTunes release of "Head Up," a song that is performed by Sims in the third episode of the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.tunecore.com/music/jockosims|title=Head Up by Jocko Sims|publisher=YourTunes, Inc.|access-date=2009-01-11}}
In 2010, he appeared as a guest on Criminal Minds, where he played Tony Torrell, the former landlord and victim of serial killer Kaman Scott (Leonard Roberts).{{Citation|last1=Haid|first1=Charles|title=Devil's Night|date=2010-10-27|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736079/|last2=Brewster|last3=Moore|last4=Gubler|first2=Paget|first3=Shemar|first4=Matthew Gray|access-date=2016-12-29}}
In 2012, he played Michael Thomas, the brother-in-law of NCIS director Leon Vance, in the series NCIS.{{Cite news|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|date=2012-03-01|title='NCIS' casts 'Dreamgirls' Jocko Sims|newspaper=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s164/ncis/news/a368750/ncis-casts-dreamgirls-actor-jocko-sims.html#~pjBAzrVeLauO1O|access-date=2016-12-29}}
In 2014, he joined the recurring cast of the second season of the series Masters of Sex where he played Robert Franklin, brother of Coral (Keke Palmer) and a civil rights activist.{{Cite news|date=2014-09-09|title=Jocko Sims Shaking Showtime's 'Masters of Sex' to Its CORE {{!}} EURweb|language=en-US|newspaper=EURweb|url=http://mobile.eurweb.com/2014/09/jocko-sims-shaking-showtimes-masters-of-sex-to-its-core/#|access-date=2016-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903211550/http://www.eurweb.com/2014/09/jocko-sims-shaking-showtimes-masters-of-sex-to-its-core/|archive-date=2017-09-03}} That same year he joined the recurring cast of The Last Ship, where he plays Lieutenant Carlton Burk, the head of Team VBSS of the USS Nathan James. During the second season, he became a main character.{{Cite news|last=The Deadline Team|first=|date=2014-01-30|title=Toni Trucks Joins 'Franklin & Bash'; Jocko Sims Upped To Regular On 'The Last Ship'|language=en-US|newspaper=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/toni-trucks-franklin-bash-jocko-sims-the-last-ship-tv-castings-674251/|access-date=2016-12-29}}{{Cite web|last=Cristi|first=Andrew|date=2016-06-09|title=JOCKO'S MODERN WORLD: The Last Ship's JOCKO SIMS Sizzles Up Summer!|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jockos-modern-world-the-l_b_10372624|website=HuffPost|language=en}}
In 2016, Sims joined the cast of I'm Dying Up Here, a dark comedy produced by Jim Carrey.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/im-dying-up-here-cast-sarah-hay-w-earl-brown-1201849458/|title=Showtime's 'I'm Dying Up Here' Adds to Cast (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-09-01|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-29}} He also shot for the seasons 4 and 5 of The Last Ship.
In March 2018, Sims was cast in the role of Dr. Floyd Reynolds on the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/jocko-sims-cast-nbc-bellevue-david-schulner-medical-drama-pilot-the-last-ship-season-6-1202336180/|title='The Last Ship's Jocko Sims To Co-Star In NBC's David Schulner Medical Drama Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2018-03-12|newspaper=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-28}}{{Cite web|last=Jancelewicz|first=Chris|date=24 September 2018|title=Jocko Sims, 'New Amsterdam' star, on what to expect from the hospital drama|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4474993/jocko-sims-new-amsterdam-interview/|website=Global News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Easton|first=Anne|date=2020-03-17|title=An Unlikely Personal Journey Results In Jocko Sims Scrubbing In On 'New Amsterdam'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2020/03/17/an-unlikely-personal-journey-results-in-jocko-sims-scrubbing-in-on-new-amsterdam/|website=Forbes|language=en}} The same year, he also appeared as Dr. Ben Wilmot in the Fox medical drama The Resident.
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2004
| Hope's Choice | Dante | Short |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Staring at the Sun | Office Worker | Short |
| Jarhead
| Julius | |
| 2006
| Elvis Kelly | |
| 2008
| Something is Killing Tate | Tate | |
| 2009
| Turbo | Pharaoh King | Short |
| 2014
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Werner | |
| 2015
| Mr. Brandenburg | |
| 2016
| Joe | |
| 2017
| The Climb | Rev | TV movie |
| 2018
| Harpo | |
| 2019
| Evelyn x Evelyn | Charles | Short |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2003
| DJ at Warehouse | Episode: "Lucy in the Sky" |
| rowspan="5"| 2004
| Lionel Royce (1969) | Episode: "Volunteers" |
| Yes, Dear
| Director | Episode: "A List Before Dying" |
| Rock Me, Baby
| Deejay | Episode: "Love at First Flight" |
| The Shield
| Anquoin | Episode: "What Power Is..." |
| NYPD Blue
| Ben Pines | Episode: "Great Balls of Ire" |
| 2005
| Zeke Rawlins | Episode: "The Runner" |
| 2006
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lenny Andretti | Episode: "Time of Your Death" |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Ice Pick (voice) | Episode: "Dope and Faith" |
| Private Practice
| Adam | Episode: "In Which Dell Finds His Fight" |
| 2008–09
| Crash | Anthony Adams | Main cast |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| Ethan Wilkes | Episode: "Aftershock" |
| Grey's Anatomy
| Randy Helsby | Episode: "Tainted Obligation" |
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| Bones | Lloyd Robertson | Episode: "The Devil in the Details" |
| Criminal Minds
| Tony Torrell | Episode: "Devil's Night" |
| Burn Notice
| Billy Taylor | Episode: "Brotherly Love" |
| 2011
| Gimel Hooper | Episode: "Beaten/Cover Letter" |
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| NCIS | Michael Thomas | Episode: "The Good Son" |
| Franklin & Bash
| R. J. Carlton | Episode: "L'affaire Du Coeur" & "650 to SLC" |
| Covert Affairs
| PFC Pete Downey | Episode: "Quicksand" |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| Sean | Episode: "Emily and... The Teapot" |
| Castle
| Matt Hendricks | Episode: "Valkyrie" & "Dreamworld" |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| - | Episode: "Cat and Mouse" |
| Masters of Sex
| Robert Franklin | Recurring cast: season 2 |
| 2014–18
| Carlton Burke | Recurring cast: season 1, main cast: season 2-5 |
| 2016
| MacGyver | Jimmy Green | Episode: "Metal Saw" |
| 2017
| Melvin | Episode: "The Return" |
| 2018
| Dr. Ben Wilmot | Recurring cast: season 1 |
| 2018–22
| Dr. Floyd Reynolds | Main cast |
| 2024
| Alex | Main cast |
| 2025
| Ronnie Oliver | Episode: "Partners" |
| 2025
| Grosse Pointe Garden Society | Tucker | Recurring cast: season 1 |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1544650|Jocko Sims}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male film actors
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:21st-century African-American male actors
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