Carl Gilliard

Carl is a native of Chicago, attended high school in Detroit (Osborn High) and received his degree from Michigan State University. Carl initially worked as a radio newscaster at WGPR (107.5) in Detroit before accepting a sales position with the Eastman Kodak Company in Detroit. Shortly thereafter, he accepted a position with the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group as a District Manager which took him first to Grand Rapids, and then to Kalamazoo Michigan, where Carl was re-introduced to theatre at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre. In 1985, Carl re-located to Los Angeles, where he became a notable fixture on the LA Theatre circuit. As an actor, Carl has appeared in over 2 dozen plays mesmerizing audiences with his trademark baritone voice and fearless character portrayals. He has appeared in "The River Niger", "Livin' Fat", "Bubblin' Brown Sugar", "Zooman & The Sign", "South Of Where We Live", "Jeffrey's Plan" & "The Ninth Wave". His theatre work paved the way for his numerous television & film roles in sitcoms such as "Freddie", "Barbershop", "Family Matters", "Martin", "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air & "Roc as well as other appearances in "24", Michael Mann's, "Robbery Homicide Division", "Alias", "Cold Case", "Sleeper Cell", "Strong Medicine", "Hunter", "Mike Hammer", "Sherman Oaks" and features such as "Nothin' 2 Lose", "Chatroom", "Contact", "The Luau" , "Coach Carter", the Wes Craven's thriller, "Red Eye" , the upcoming prison drama, "The Mannsfield 12", directed by Craig Ross, Jr. & the romantic comedy, "Divine Intervention", directed by Van Elder. Carl has also appeared in numerous television commercials for IBM, GM, Burger King, Pepto Bismol, Bank One, Habitat For Humanity, Nicoderm, Saturn, Miller Beer & the hilarious "dropped call" campaign for Cingular. Through Carl's various experiences in film, television & theatre, he quickly forged his niche as a Producer with keen discernment for developing and discovering new screenplays by new and exciting writers. In collaboration with partner, Tony Winters, he produced the Pan African Audience Award winning feature "Retiring Tatiana". Carl's first outing as director is the poignant drama, "Section 8". Carl is the Ministry Director of the Faithful Central Bible Church Repertory Company, the drama team at Faithful Central Bible Church and also is Co-Creator and Program Director for the Bill Duke Media Foundation's Youth Media Camp. IMDb Mini Biography By: I-94 Entertainment

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1958-04-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1995	Tales from the Crypt: You, Murderer	Paramedic #2	0
2	1997	Sins of the Mind	Dylan Seidner	35
3	1997	Contact	Controller (uncredited)	74
4	1999	Q: The Movie	Robin	50
5	1999	The Darwin Conspiracy	Second Baseman	44
6	1999	And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story	Bumps Blackwell	55
7	1999	Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection	Paramedic #1	87
8	2001	The Luau	Robin	85
9	2002	The Chatroom	Detective Jeeves	100
10	2004	NYPD 2069	Reporter	0
11	2005	Fair Game	Caller #2 (Voice)	62
12	2005	Red Eye	Taxi Driver	64
13	2008	Divine Intervention	Deacon Grier	10
14	2010	Inception	Lobby Sub Con	84
15	2012	Super Cyclone	Mr. Stubbs	44
16	2012	Layover	Ralph	46
17	2016	No Regrets	Driver	71
18	2017	The Preacher's Son	Deacon Whitmore	69
19	2018	All Between Us	Mr. Tillman	60
20	2018	Doe	Detective Franca	55
21	2018	Heaven & Hell	Priest	64
22	2019	#Truth	Pastor Johnson	40
23	2019	Deadcon	Warren	33
24	2019	Nineteen Summers	Jefferson	0
25	2021	Adolescents of Chymera	Daryl	70
26	2022	Silent Night in Algona		60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Hunter	Ned Baliss	72
2	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Paramedic #2	80
3	1989	Family Matters		68
4	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Defense Attorney	79
5	1992	Red Shoe Diaries	Mr. Evans	60
6	1992	Martin		76
7	1995	Sherman Oaks		50
8	1995	Space: Above and Beyond		72
9	1997	Union Square	Attorney	100
10	1997	Mike Hammer, Private Eye		65
11	2000	Strong Medicine	Principal	71
12	2001	Alias	Agent #1	68
13	2001	The Bernie Mac Show	Mike	65
14	2003	Cold Case	Principal Parks	78
15	2004	House	Dutch Hightower	86
16	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Older Tenant	82
17	2005	Freddie	Dr. Cunningham	49
18	2005	Sleeper Cell		75
19	2007	Private Practice	Desk Officer	75
20	2011	Shameless	Albert	82
21	2017	Giants		50
22	2018	Carl Weber's The Family Business	Brother Minister	83
23	2020	FBI: Most Wanted	Ezekiel Colson	77
24	2020	For the Love of Jason	Sam Davidson	0
25	2022	Bel-Air	Henry Miles	78

Carl Gilliard

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