RonReaco Lee

Lee was born in Decatur, Illinois, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 9.{{cite web|url=https://herald-review.com/entertainment/local/ronreaco-lee-finds-success-by-going-with-the-flow/article_fd4425bc-c29b-5168-a575-34b526b8baa8.html|title=RonReaco Lee finds success by going with the flow |last=Spates|first=Alicia|date=February 13, 2009|website=Herald & Review|access-date=November 6, 2022}} He began his acting career in 1983 as the host of the short-lived television show Kid's Beat. His early work consisted of relatively minor roles in films and television, but after being cast as a mute drummer in the 1989 film Glory,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3r7eCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA107|page=107|title=Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound|last=McGee|first=Marty|date=June 8, 2015|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476609706}} his career blossomed.{{cite web|title=RonReaco Lee|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/ronreaco-lee-info.aspx|publisher=BuddyTV|accessdate=7 April 2014|archive-date=8 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213707/http://www.buddytv.com/info/ronreaco-lee-info.aspx|url-status=live}}

By the early 1990s, Lee began receiving many guest-starring roles in television shows such In the Heat of the Night. In 1997, he guest-starred in 413 Hope St. and Home Improvement. From 1997 to 1999, RonReaco played the part of the mechanic Tyreke "Ty" Scott in the television series Sister, Sister.{{cite news|date=February 28, 2004|title=Daily Highlights|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune}} On the series, Tyreke was the boyfriend of Tia Landry. At the conclusion of his role as Tyreke, Lee guest-starred on the UPN sitcom Moesha as Tate in the episode "Let's Talk About Sex."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jj0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA32|page=32|title=Something To Talk About|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|magazine=Jet|date=31 January 2000 }} In late 2000, RonReaco continued his long string of guest-starring roles on the NBC medical drama ER playing the character of Davis.

In 2002, he guest-starred in Boston Public. Lee was seen in the short lived WB sitcom All About the Andersons and in the FX hit show The Shield, as well as the award-winning TV series Monk. In 2005, he received a recurring role as wheelchair user Todd, in NBC's short-lived comedy Committed.{{cite news|last=Handelman|first=Jay|date=January 4, 2005|title=Hoping for a hit|page=2E|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune}} Lee recurred as Chris on CW's sitcom Girlfriends. He appeared frequently as David on the CBS sitcom Worst Week and played the role of Jason, Emily's husband, on short-lived series In the Motherhood.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3lIEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA98|page=98|title=Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|date=October 11, 2021|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476645421}}

Lee recurred as Julius Grant on the Fox show The Good Guys,{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/06/08/the-good-guys-premiere-did-you-watch/|title='The Good Guys' premiere: Did you watch?|last=Franich|first=Darren|date=June 8, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=November 6, 2022}} and portrayed Jamal in the BET comedy Let's Stay Together from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web|title=RonReaco Lee|url=https://www.bet.com/tag/nlm681/ronreaco-lee|publisher=BET|access-date=7 April 2014|archive-date=8 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408232931/http://www.bet.com/topics/r/ronreaco-lee.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxa7BAAAQBAJ&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA268|page=268|title=Historical Dictionary of African American Television|last1=Fearn-Banks|first1=Kathleen|last2=Burford-Johnson|first2=Anne|date=October 3, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810879171}} He starred in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, a spin-off movie based on the television series Burn Notice. Lee starred as Reggie Vaughn, Cam Calloway's cousin and manager,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/survivors-remorse-mike-omalley-finale-interview-1049416/|title='Survivor's Remorse' Creator Talks Finale and Cancellation: "It Feels Like a Death"|last=Fienberg|first=Daniel|date=October 17, 2017|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 6, 2022}} in the Starz original comedy Survivor's Remorse produced LeBron James.{{cite web|url=https://www.ebony.com/exclusive-ronreaco-lee-on-survivors-remorse-sitting-in-the-directors-chair/|title=EXCLUSIVE: RonReaco Lee On 'Survivor's Remorse' & Sitting In The Director's Chair|date=August 8, 2017|website=Ebony|access-date=November 6, 2022}} For his work on the series, Lee received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-naacp-image-award-nominees-862135/television/|title='Creed,' 'Empire' Top NAACP Image Award Nominations; Full List|date=February 4, 2016|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 6, 2022}} and 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/news/2017/11/20/2017-naacp-image-awards-nominees/|title=Ava DuVernay, Sterling K. Brown among nominees for 2017 NAACP Image Awards|last=Weldon|first=Sarah|date=November 20, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=November 6, 2022}} He portrayed Gary, an unfaithful teacher cheating on his wife, in First Wives Club.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/first-wives-club-mark-tallman-ronreaco-lee-malik-yoba-leads-paramount-network-series-1202470319/|title='First Wives Club': Mark Tallman, RonReaco Lee & Malik Yoba Set As Male Leads In Paramount Network Series|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|last2=Andreeva|first2=Nellie|date=September 24, 2018|website=Deadline|access-date=November 6, 2022}} Lee recurred on Queens as the husband of Eve's character.{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2021/10/19/queens-premiere-recap-1999-brandy-eve-abc/|title=Queens Premiere Recap: Brandy, Eve & Co. Get the Band Back Together|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|date=October 19, 2021|website=TVLine|access-date=November 6, 2022}}

Having made his film debut in Glory, Lee next played Omar in The Return of Swamp Thing (1989).{{cite book|page=563|title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|date=1994|publisher=McFarland & Company}} He appeared as Chester Sayers in television film Paris Trout (1991).{{cite book|page=389|title=Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999|last=Marill|first=Alvin H.|date=2005|publisher=Scarecrow Press}}

He also took on a major role as Perry in the film How I Spent My Summer Vacation.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5qmplifVDIC&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA349|page=349|title=Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004|last=Thomas McClauskey|first=Audrey|date=2007|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253348296}}{{cite news|last=Paris|first=Barry|date=November 6, 1998|title=Indie and worldly|page=16|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|author-link=Barry Paris}} In 2001, he appeared in the film Fire & Ice as co-star to Robert Aimes, Jr. That same year, he acted in the independent film Jacked Up alongside Anna Maria Horsford and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper Bizzy Bone. Lee portrayed Ben in Killer Diller (2004).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxunSeshPngC&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA201|page=201|title=Screen World 2007|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|date=May 1, 2010|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557837295|author-link1=John A. Willis}}

Lee co-starred as Reggie in Guess Who (2005) with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F60TAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22ronreaco+lee%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT976|page=268|title=Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|date=September 2, 2014|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=9780698183612|author-link=Leonard Maltin}} Lee played the character of Blaine in the WB comedy Americanizing Shelley (2007). He portrayed Chuck, a lawyer, in the 2009 Tyler Perry film Madea Goes to Jail. In 2020, Lee appeared as a drug dealer in Coffee & Kareem.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/movies/coffee-and-kareem-review.html|title='Coffee & Kareem' Review: Good Cop, Kid Cop?|last=Turner|first=Kyle|date=April 2, 2020|website=The New York Times|access-date=November 6, 2022}}

In 2022, he played Miles in a play about HIV/AIDS called What You Don't Know Can Kill You.

Lee co-starred in the Netflix thriller Mea Culpa that was released on February 23, 2024. The film is written and directed by Tyler Perry and stars Kelly Rowland.

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