Tucker Smallwood (born February 22, 1944) is an American actor, author, and vocalist.

Early life From 1967 to 1970, Smallwood, who is of African American heritage, served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army's Airborne Infantry. Commanding a Mobile Advisory Team during the Vietnam War, he was critically wounded in action and pronounced dead, in 1969, but survived. After recovering from the injuries, Smallwood moved to New York City where he studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse and established a career as a performer in Broadway productions (Mahalia), films and television.

Career His films include The Cotton Club (1984), Contact (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Larry David's Sour Grapes, Traffic (2000), The One (2001), Quigley (2003), Spectres (2004) and Embers (2015). On television, he has been a regular and made guest appearances on many series, including Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Babylon 5, The X-Files, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Friends, The Wayans Bros. and The Sarah Silverman Program.

He often plays military characters, and as a science fiction fan, he always longed to play a Star Trek alien. He came close on Voyager when he played the human form of a disguised alien, but it was not until Enterprise that he played a fully alien character, a sympathetic Xindi, for several episodes.

Smallwood sometimes sings in his acting roles. He plays his guitar on several occasions on Space: Above and Beyond, as Commodore Ross. His character on Millennium sang to people before euthanizing them. He is the vocalist in the blues band Incarnation led by bassist Jerry Jemmott. Their self-titled first album, produced in 1994 at Clark Dimond's Dimond Studio in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is a tribute to the music of Delta Blues King Robert Johnson with 15 tracks written by or associated with Johnson. It was actually recorded in 1981 at Greene St. Recording featuring guitarist Arlen Roth. They were joined by Pat Conte on Guitar and T C James on piano with Herb Lovelle on drums.

Smallwood was one of the two actors in Bruce Nauman's video installation, "Good Boy Bad Boy" (1985).

He is the author of Return to Eden, an anthology of 33 personal essays describing his tour of duty in the Vietnam War, his life as performer and his return to Vietnam in 2004. Some of these essays previously appeared in magazines. In 2006, the mp3 version of Return to Eden was first runner-up in the audio/spoken word category at the Fifth Annual DIY Book Festival, which celebrates independent authors and publishers.DIYReporter.com : NEWS In 2009, he hosted the hybrid television radio horror anthology series As Darkness Falls.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1984The Cotton ClubKid Griffin1985Turk 182Reporter at Bridge1987The Secret of My SuccessExecutiveUncredited1990Presumed InnocentDetective Harold Greer1995Aurora: Operation InterceptAgent #11996Bio-DomeCmdr. Gates1996Black SheepElection Analyst1997ContactMission Director1997Most WantedPolice Chief William Watson1998Sour GrapesAnesthesiologist #21998Deep ImpactIvan Brodsky1998StrangelandCapt. Churchill Robbins2000TrafficPartygoer #42001The OnePrison Warden2001Air PanicKeller2002Like MikeMr. Reynolds2003Melvin Goes to DinnerPassenger2003QuigleyAngel #22004SpectresWill Franklin2004The EavesdropperGen. Humes2005Heads N TailZHobo2006Final MoveMyron2006False ProphetsIsaiah2006Hood of HorrorStevens2007Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a PlaneCol. Wolff2007Fighting WordsFranklin2007Evan AlmightyCommittee Member2007Dark MirrorDetective Williams2009Black DynamiteCongressman Monroe James2015ForgivenessCaptain Kittridge2015PixelsCIA Chief2015EmbersTeacher2017Girlfriend's DayGovernor Speakman2017The Lady KillersWilliam2018Another TimeTV show host2019LonersFather Monty2020Sylvie's LoveDr. Parker2020Izzy Lyon: The Unspun TruthMordecai Fredericksonton III2021Together TogetherCarson

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1977Contract on Cherry StreetBus DriverTelevision film1988Guiding LightSecurity GuardEpisode #1.83191981Cagney & LaceyAce Truck DriverEpisode: "Pilot"1981For Ladies OnlyTornadoTelevision film1981TexasLou5 episodes1983One Life to LiveAirport Page2 episodes1983As the World TurnsDetective1985ABC Weekend SpecialHarryEpisode: "The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf"1991–1993Reasonable DoubtsMichaels / Briggs3 episodes1991, 1997SeinfeldVarious rolesEpisodes: "The Pen", "The Parking Garage", "The Summer of George"1992Jake and the FatmanLawyerEpisode: "Stormy Weather: Part 1"1994MartinDarrellEpisode: "Arms Are for Hugging"1994Murphy BrownBartenderEpisode: "Reporters Make Strange Bedfellows"1994Silk StalkingsHotel ManagerEpisode: "Vengeance"1995Me and the BoysRev. WatkinsEpisode: "Money to Burn"1995Get SmartPresident MazabukaEpisode: "Goodbye Ms. Chip"1995Sister, SisterPreacherEpisode: "I Do"1995WingsAgent StarkEpisode: "The Person Formerly Known as Lowell"1995Babylon 5David EndawiEpisode: "Matters of Honor"1995–1996Space: Above and BeyondCommodore Ross16 episodes1996The X-FilesSheriff Andy TaylorEpisode: "Home"1996Mr. & Mrs. SmithMr. XEpisode: "The Impossible Mission Episode"1997FlipperMo JamesEpisode: "Beach Music"1997Diagnosis: MurderDistrict Attorney FerrisEpisode: "Open and Shut"1998Blackout EffectHaroldTelevision film1998MillenniumVarious rolesEpisode: "Goodbye Charlie"1998Pensacola: Wings of GoldCol. GibsonEpisode: "Trials and Tribulations"1998FrasierDetectiveEpisode: "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do"1998The Wayans Bros.Lionel CooperEpisode: "The Rich Girl"1998Night ManGeneral NordoffEpisode: "Hitchhiker"1998InfernoPolice ChiefTelevision film1998Star Trek: VoyagerAdm. BullockEpisode: "In the Flesh"1998Seven DaysMr. DonovanEpisode: "Sleepers"1998–1999Malcolm & EddieT.R. Hawkins7 episodes1999, 2003The PracticeVarious roles2 episodes2000The OthersCol. MontgomeryEpisode: "Till Then"2000The Invisible ManAndersEpisode: "Ralph"2000Opposite SexMilitary OfficerEpisode: "Pilot"2000BullPriestEpisode: "Amen"2000Curb Your EnthusiasmRestaurant OwnerEpisode: "The Pants Tent"2000Level 9PilotEpisode: "Through the Looking Glass"2001JAGCapt. BaxterEpisode: "The Iron Coffin"2001Kate BrasherMr. ParksEpisode: "Jeff"2001TitusSgt. GordonEpisode: "Private Dave"2002The ChronicleAlonso FreewaldEpisode: "Touched by an Alien"2002FriendsMr. TylerEpisode: "The One with the Cooking Class"2002For the PeopleJudgeEpisode: "Come Blow Your Whistle"2003Malcolm in the MiddleBaffertEpisode: "Academic Octathalon"2003–2004Star Trek: EnterpriseXindi-Primate Councilor9 episodes2005All of UsMr. AshtonEpisode: "Movin' on Up"2006The LoopDr. EvangelatosEpisode: "Trouble in the Saddle"2006My Name Is EarlHostage NegotiatorEpisode: "Boogeyman"2007–2010The Sarah Silverman ProgramGod4 episodes2008Chocolate NewsDr. Hubert SunlandEpisode #1.32012The First FamilyAdmiral MasiniEpisode: "Pilot"2014SuspenseJohn CarnbyEpisode: "The Return of the Sorcerer"2014Modern FamilyJudgeEpisode: "Halloween 3: AwesomeLand"2016Send Me: An Original Web SeriesMichael2 episodes2017WorkaholicsPastorEpisode: "Tactona 420"2018Dream Corp LLCGeneral Jim Joynose Sr.Episode: "Accordion Jim"2019Will & GraceProfessor Henry RiceEpisode: "Dead Man Texting"2019The BaxtersArthur2 episodes

Video games +YearTitleRole1995Agile Warrior F-111XSocom officer1996Tom Clancy's SSNAdm. Jeb Thomas2004Men of ValorDandridge2005Ultimate Spider-ManBeetle

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