Robert Bailey Jr. (born October 28, 1989)Actors Ving Rhames & Gloria Rueben Star In TV Movie "Little John". (May 6, 2002). "Jet Magazine". Accessed 2010-07-19. is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child, Bailey appeared in films Mission to Mars (2000) and Dragonfly (2002), and acted in various television series during the late 1990s and 2000s.
As an adult, Bailey has been a main cast member on medical drama The Night Shift (2014−17) and mystery drama Emergence (2019−20), in addition to a recurring role in science fiction space drama For All Mankind (2022−2026).
Biography Bailey is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was first discovered at the age of three by Family Circle magazine. Bailey's first role was a guest appearance on crime drama Nash Bridges in 1996, at the age of six. He then appeared in small roles on The Practice, Touched by an Angel, Walker, Texas Ranger and ER. Bailey had a bit part in the first Disney Channel Original Movie, Under Wraps (1997).
He had a recurring role as M.J., a child who is HIV-positive, on Becker (1998−99). For his performance on Becker, Bailey received a Young Artist Award in 1999 for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series by a Guest Starring Young Actor. In the Hallmark movie Little John (2002), Bailey was the eponymous title character, a young boy who was adopted by his grandfather (Ving Rhames). Bailey appeared in Dragonfly (2002), as a child who communicated with a dead woman after having a near-death experience. He portrayed Barris Hawkins, the nephew of Wanda Sykes' character, in sitcom Wanda at Large (2003).
Bailey played the role of Reggie in documentary What the Bleep Do We Know? (2005). He provided the voice of Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat in Coraline (2009), a role he reprised in the video game adaptation. Bailey's other film credits include Mission to Mars (2000), Bubble Boy (2001) and The Happening (2008).
He appeared in To Save a Life (2010) as Roger, a disabled friend of the protagonist who kills himself, and Roger's death is the focal point of the story. In 2014, Bailey was cast as intern Dr. Paul Cummings on medical drama The Night Shift. He continued playing the character until the series was cancelled in 2017. He played Chris Minetto, a police officer, in Emergence (2019−20). Bailey portrayed NASA astronaut Will Tyler in For All Mankind (2022).
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes 1999 Jackie's Back Wilson Wells TV movie 2000 Mission to Mars Bobby Graham 2000 Baby Bedlam Zeke 2001 Bubble Boy Neighborhood Boy 2002 Dragonfly Jeffrey Reardon 2004 What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? Reggie Documentary 2006 What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole Documentary 2008 The Happening Jared 2009 Coraline Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat Voice 2009 To Save a Life Roger Dawson 2010 High School Jeffery 2012 Model Minority J.J. 2013 From the Rough Craig 2019 Malibu Horror Story Matt Thompson 2022 Alone in the Dark Cop #1
Television Year Title Role Notes 1996 Nash Bridges Jamal "Javelin Catcher" 1997 Under Wraps Boy in Park TV movie 1997–1999 The Parent 'Hood Jesse 4 episodes 1998 For Your Love Kid "The Games People Play" 1998 Silk Stalkings Kevin "Forever" 1998–1999 Becker M.J. Johnson 3 episodes 1999 Jackie's Back Wilson Wells TV movie 1999–2000 Diagnosis Murder C.J. Bentley-Livingston 3 episodes 2000 City of Angels Rodney 2 episodes 2000 Touched by an Angel Morgan "Here I Am" 2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Darvin Jackson "Soldiers of Hate" 2000 The '70s Jo-Jo Mini-series 2001 Alias Steven Dixon "Doppelganger" 2001 The Practice Lance Miller "Suffer the Little Children" 2001 Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story Young MC Hammer TV movie 2002 Little John LJ Morgan TV movie 2002 ER Pete Royson "Dead Again" 2002 Presidio Med Noah Tyler "Secrets" 2003 The Guardian Dee "Where You Are" 2003 Oliver Bean Floyd Gilbert "Space Race" 2003 Wanda at Large Barris Hawkins 4 episodes 2006 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes''' | Gary Coleman | TV movie |- | 2009 | Raising the Bar| Deshaun Wagner | "Is There a Doctor in the House?" |- | 2010 | Memphis Beat| Rodney Rice | "Pork Salad Annie" |- | 2010 | CSI: Miami| Patrick Dawson | "Backfire"
| 2012 | Criminal Minds| Shawn Parker (Student) | "The Wheels on the Bus..." |- | 2013 | Notes from Dad| Derek | TV movie |- | 2014–2017 | The Night Shift| Dr. Paul Cummings | Main cast, 45 episodes |- | 2015 | Edge| Benny | TV movie |- | 2018 | Snowflakes| Rbj | TV movie |- | 2019 | Shameless| Dr. Wild | "Lost" |- | 2019–2020 | Emergence| Chris Minetto | Main cast, 13 episodes |- | 2022 | All American: Homecoming| Ralph Wells | 5 episodes
| 2022–2026 | For All Mankind| Will Tyler | 14 episodes |- | 2025 | Watson| Dean Kett | Episode: "The Dark Day Deduction" |- | 2025 | Pluribus '' DHL Guy Episode: “Grenade”
Video games Year Title Role 2009 Coraline: The Game Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat
References
External links
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