Vincent M. Ward
{{short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vincent M. Ward
| image = Vincent M. Ward.jpg
| caption = Vincent M. Ward at the 2008 Black Enterprise Pre-Oscar Party
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|01|27|mf=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vincentmward.com/biography/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303094424/http://www.vincentmward.com/biography/ |archive-date=2014-03-03 |url-status=dead |title=Vincent M Ward|access-date=2014-04-04}}
| birth_place = Dayton, Ohio, USA
| other_names = Vincent Ward
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2000–present
| spouse =
}}
Vincent M. Ward (born January 27, 1971), also known as Vincent Ward, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on The Starter Wife and The Walking Dead.
Early life and education
Vincent M. Ward is a Dayton, Ohio native.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawattstimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271:nylons-returns-for-one-show-only&catid=27&Itemid=117|title=Nylons returns for one show only|publisher=lawattstimes.com|access-date=16 January 2014}}{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2301376271.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140611013127/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2301376271.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= June 11, 2014| title= Nylons on stage one weekend only| work=Sentinel | date=February 24, 2011| access-date=June 28, 2013}} Ward graduated from Trotwood-Madison High School in Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/crime-law/15-graduate-from-juvenile-drug-court/nX2QB/|title=15 graduate from juvenile drug court – www.daytondailynews.com|publisher=daytondailynews.com|access-date=16 January 2014}}{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34689537.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140611013125/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34689537.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= June 11, 2014| title= 15 graduate from drug court| author= Gokavi, Mark | work=Dayton Daily News | date=May 24, 2013 | access-date=June 28, 2013}}
Career
=Film and television=
Ward has had a host of small roles in film and television such as a bodyguard on Everybody Hates Chris,{{cite web|title=Interview with Vincent M. Ward - Almost Nerdy|url=http://almostnerdy.com/tvmovies/interview-vincent-m-ward/|website=Almost Nerdy|access-date=10 October 2016|date=26 February 2014}} Hollis on True Blood,{{cite web|title=Vincent Ward cast as Hollis the barkeeper on True Blood {{!}} True-Blood.net - The Authority on all things True Blood|url=http://true-blood.net/2010/04/08/casting-news-meet-hollis-spoilers/|website=true-blood.net|date=8 April 2010 |access-date=10 October 2016}} a bodyguard in Hot in Cleveland,{{cite web|title=Vincent M. Ward Interview {{!}}|url=http://sheliagoss.com/2013/04/01/vincent-m-ward-interview/|website=sheliagoss.com|access-date=10 October 2016}} and the mailman Darren in Wilfred.{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzfocus.com/2013/05/31/wilfred-fx-season-3-guest-stars/|title=Season 3 of 'Wilfred' Fetches Impressive Guest Stars » BuzzFocus.com|publisher=buzzfocus.com|access-date=16 January 2014}}
His most notable television roles are Bo in The Starter Wife,{{cite web|title=The Starter Wife|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-starter-wife/cast/|website=TV.com|access-date=10 October 2016}} and Oscar on The Walking Dead.{{cite web |url=http://dailydead.com/exclusive-the-walking-deads-vincent-m-ward-oscar-talks-made-to-suffer/ |title=Exclusive: The Walking Dead's Vincent M. Ward (Oscar) talks "Made to Suffer" |work=Daily Dead |first=Jonathan |last=James |date= December 6, 2012 |access-date=December 10, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://blastzoneonline.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/exclusive-interview-with-vincent-m-ward-who-is-oscar-on-the-walking-dead-season-3/ |title=Exclusive Interview With Vincent M Ward Who Is Oscar On The Walking Dead Season 3 |work=Blast Zone Online |date= October 26, 2012 |access-date=December 10, 2012}}
Ward's film work includes Ocean's Eleven,{{cite web|title=An interview with Vincent M.Ward|url=https://drinkingshampain.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/an-interview-with-vincent-m-ward/|website=As I was saying...|access-date=10 October 2016|date=11 February 2014}} Live-Evil,{{cite web|title=Interview – Vincent M. Ward|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-vincent-m-ward/|website=crypticrock.com|date=15 February 2016 |access-date=10 October 2016}} and 2016.{{cite web|title=Walking with Vincent M. Ward {{!}} Dr. Elena Eustache|url=http://www.drelenaeustache.com/celebrity-1on1/walking-with-vincent-m-ward/|website=www.drelenaeustache.com|access-date=10 October 2016}}
=Theater=
Ward played the role of Kenzo in the play "Nylons" by Brandi Burks in Los Angeles in 2011. In 2015 Ward performed in The Conversation at the AMCE Theatre, Hollywood.{{cite web|title=Walker Stalker San Francisco Interview: Vincent M Ward|url=http://www.thehorrorhoneys.com/2015/02/walker-stalker-san-francisco-interview.html|website=www.thehorrorhoneys.com|access-date=10 October 2016}}
=Spoken word=
In 2012 Ward released a spoken word album Eargasms (Dont Talk Just Listen).{{cite web|title=Eargasms (Dont Talk Just Listen) by Vincent M Ward on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/eargasms-dont-talk-just-listen/504373890|website=iTunes|access-date=10 October 2016}}{{cite web|title=The Rise and Grind of Actor Vincent M. Ward|url=http://conversationsmodelcitizens.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-rise-and-grind-of-actor-vincent-m.html|website=conversationsmodelcitizens.blogspot.ca|date=7 February 2014 |access-date=10 October 2016}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:lightsteelblue;"
! colspan=4 | Film |
| style="background:#ccc;"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2000
| Traffic | Man on Street | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| 2001
| Uzi-Carrying Guard #2 | |
| 2003
| Bringing Down the House{{cite book|title=Screen World|author1=Willis, J.|author2=Monush, B.|year=2005|issue=v. 56; v. 2005|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=9781557836380|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ed50KVLpfgC}} | Big Man | |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Huge Musclebound Guy | Video |
| Lonely in Los Angeles
| Bouncer | Short |
| rowspan=3|2007
| All Lies on Me | Michael 'Mike V' Valascoe | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| Cordially Invited
| Jet Lewis | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| Three Can Play That Game
| Young Man #1 | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| rowspan=2|2008
| Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control | CIA Agent | Video |
| Who Killed Bishop Brown
| Bishop Ussiah Brown | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| rowspan=2|2009
| Robbin' in da Hood | Cedric | Video |
| All Play No Work
| Lloyd | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| rowspan=3|2010
| Peep Game | James Harti | Short |
| What Profits a Man
| Joana Sr. | Short, Credited as Vincent Ward |
| Ghetto Physics
| Pimp | Short |
| rowspan=2|2011
| Pull | Chief | Short |
| He Who Finds a Wife 2: Thou Shall Not Covet
| Wallace King | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| rowspan=4|2012
| Close Call | Matthew | Short |
| The Get Away
| Cleo AKA Pimp | Short |
| The Marriage Lottery
| Rufuss | Video Short |
| A Beautiful Soul
| Onyx Whitaker | Credited as Vincent Ward |
| rowspan=2|2013
| The Get Away | Cleo aka Pimp | |
| Cordially Invited - the Wedding Day of Alton & Kenya
| Jet Lewis | |
| 2014
| 4Play | Omar | |
| 2015
| Live-Evil | Sam | |
| 2016
| Rodman | |
| rowspan=4|2017
| Illicit | Terrence | |
| Death House
| Thile | |
| Message from a Mistress
| Bishop Eric Hall | |
| 2016
| Otis | |
| rowspan=2|2018
| Marcus Doyle | |
| The Choir Director
| Dexter | |
| style="background:lightsteelblue;"
! colspan=4| Television |
| style="background:#ccc;"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2003
| Security Guard | Episode: "The Wedding |
| 2004
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Space | Episode: "Viva Las Vegas" |
| 2005
| Blings Right Hand Man | Episode: "Malpractice Makes Perfect" |
| 2006–2008
| Guard, Cop, Bodyguard, Black Bus Driver | 5 episodes |
| 2007
| Marshall Abrams | Episode: "Chain Reaction" |
| rowspan=6|2008
| Parking Officer | Episode: "Sex Be Not Proud" |
| The Wire
| Butchie's Bodyguard | Episode: "Not for Attribution" |
| Unhitched
| Guard | Episode: "Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet" |
| The Middleman
| Police Officer | 2 episodes |
| The Starter Wife
| Bo | 4 episodes |
| Desperate Housewives
| Guard | Episode: "A Vision's Just a Vision" |
| rowspan=3|2009
| "Eddie" | Episode: "Knight and the City" |
| Dollhouse
| Guard #1 | Episode" "A Spy in the House of Love" |
| Gary Unmarried
| Agent #1 | Episode: "Gary Promises Too Much" |
| rowspan=3|2010
| The Brown Betties Guide: How to Look for Love in All the Wrong Places | Joe | Episode: "Tip#2: Force a Relationship" |
| True Blood
| Hollis | Episode: "It Hurts Me Too" |
| Hot in Cleveland
| Bodyguard | Episode: "The Sex That Got Away" |
| 2011
| NCIS | Cop | Episode: "Kill Screen" |
| rowspan=5|2012
| Whitney | Ira | Episode: "Lane" |
| House of Payne
| Lil Deuce | Episode: "Scars of Payne" |
| Body of Proof
| Guard Evan Arnold | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| Army Wives
| Harris | Episode: "Tough Love: |
| The Walking Dead
| Oscar | 9 episodes |
| 2013
| Wilfred | Darren | Episode: "Comfort" |
| rowspan=2|2014
| Dante | Episode: "And the Model Apartment" |
| Psych
| Rocco | Episode: "Someone's Got a Woody" |
| 2019
| Ransom | Episode: "Boonie Comes Up" |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.vincentmward.com/online}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1027309|name=Vincent M. Ward}}
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