Terrell Tilford
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Terrell Tilford is an African American film, stage, and television actor, best known for roles as David Grant on The Guiding Light (1998–2001) and Greg Evans
on the One Life to Live
(2009–2010) and as Ramon Rush in the Lifetime drama series The Protector (2011).
and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.
and Detective David Grant in Guiding Light
from 1998 to 2001. He is also a noted Art collector and artist himself. Tilford joined the cast of One Life to Live
in the contract role of Dr. Greg Evans in June 2009
Tilford's many television appearances include CSI: NY
; Bones
, Shark
; Lincoln Heights
(recurring); Girlfriends
; All of Us
(two-episode arc); Just Legal (recurring); Half & Half
; Enterprise (two-episode arc); My Wife & Kids;CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
; The District
; Showtime's Soul Food (recurring); MDs
(recurring); 24
; Days of our Lives
(recurring); Guiding Light
(contract) and Cosby
.
His film credits include Jackson, The DL Chronicles
in the episode "Robert"; Jacob's Trouble; Serenity; Intersection; A Year and A Day; and A.I. Assault for the Sci-Fi Channel.
Other TV series
Greg Evans (One Life to Live)
Gregory "Greg" Evans is a fictional character from the ABC original soap opera One Life to Live. The role was played by Terrell Tilford from June 23, 2009 to November 17, 2010. -Storylines:...
on the One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
(2009–2010) and as Ramon Rush in the Lifetime drama series The Protector (2011).
Beginnings
A classically-trained actor, Tilford received his MFA in Theater from Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Television and film career
He is best known for his recurring roles on Showtime's Soul Food series, Enterprise as a mutated Klingon and for his recurring roles as Dr. Carrington in Days of our LivesDays of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
and Detective David Grant in Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
from 1998 to 2001. He is also a noted Art collector and artist himself. Tilford joined the cast of One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
in the contract role of Dr. Greg Evans in June 2009
Tilford's many television appearances include CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
; Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
, Shark
Shark (TV series)
Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:...
; Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights (TV series)
Lincoln Heights is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood...
(recurring); Girlfriends
Girlfriends
Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...
; All of Us
All of Us
All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB All of Us is an American sitcom that...
(two-episode arc); Just Legal (recurring); Half & Half
Half & Half
Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship...
; Enterprise (two-episode arc); My Wife & Kids;CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
; The District
The District
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
; Showtime's Soul Food (recurring); MDs
MDs (TV series)
MDs was a TV show that aired on ABC in 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 10 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find.-...
(recurring); 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
; Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
(recurring); Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
(contract) and Cosby
Cosby
Cosby is a situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program starred Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashād...
.
His film credits include Jackson, The DL Chronicles
The DL Chronicles
The DL Chronicles is a gay-themed television series that debuted on here! in 2007 for one season that consisted of four episodes.-Overview:The show's debut season focused on the stories of men who live secret lifestyles...
in the episode "Robert"; Jacob's Trouble; Serenity; Intersection; A Year and A Day; and A.I. Assault for the Sci-Fi Channel.
Theater career
- He played Pontius Pilate in the Black Dahlia Theatre production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot;
- For his Geffen Playhouse debut as Darren Lemming in the West Coast premiere of Richard Greenberg's Tony Award-winning play Take Me Out, Tilford's performance was recognized by the Hollywood Reporter, the Daily Variety and the Los Angeles Times among several publications;
- Yellowman (original workshop production) at the McCarter Theatre;
- The Memorandum at The Guthrie (invited artist-in-residence experience);
- The Exonerated (original cast and Theatre LA Ovation Award nomination for Best Ensemble Performance) at The Actors' Gang;
- Malcolm X in El-Hajj Malik: Malcolm X at the National Black Arts Festival;
- The Rivals at Rutgers;
- Involuntary Homicide at The Actors' Gang;
- The African Company Presents Richard III at Rutgers;
- Prisoner of 2nd Avenue for the Fox Diversity Showcase;
- Dutchman at the Zoo Café;
- The Colored Museum at CalArts;
- Miss Julie at HERE (NY);
- Wait Until Dark at Rutgers;
- The LA Theater Works production of Stick Fly, opposite Justine Bateman, Dule Hill and Carl Lumbly.
Filmography
Recurring roles- 2000: The Guiding LightGuiding LightGuiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
as David Grant (21 episodes) - 2002: MDsMDs (TV series)MDs was a TV show that aired on ABC in 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 10 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find.-...
as Levy Hall (4 episodes) - 2004: Soul Food as Malik Todd (6 episodes)
- 2008: Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
Dr. Bob Carrington (8 episodes) - 2010: One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
as Greg EvansGreg Evans (One Life to Live)Gregory "Greg" Evans is a fictional character from the ABC original soap opera One Life to Live. The role was played by Terrell Tilford from June 23, 2009 to November 17, 2010. -Storylines:...
(120 episodes) - 2011: The Protector as Ramon 'Romeo' Rush (13 episodes)
Other TV series
- 1993: Coach as a senior in episode "One for the Road"
- 1999: Cosby as Mr. Lee in episode "The Vessy Method"
- 2002: 24 as Paul Wilson in 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
- 2003: The District as Raynel in the episode "Free Byrd"
- 2004: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as George Craven in episode "Viva Las Vegas"
- 2004: My Wife and Kids as Rama in epiosde "The Return of Bobby Shaw"
- 2005: Enterprise as Marab in 2 episodes: "Divergence" and "Affliction"
- 2005: Half & Half as Julian Houston in episode "The Big Pomp & Circumstance Episode"
- 2005: All of Us as Peyton Calhoun in 2 episodes "Legal Affairs" Parts 1 and 2
- 2006: Girlfriends as Michael Daniels in episode "I'll Be There for You... But Not Right Now"
- 2006: Just Legal as A.D.A. Steven Yeager in the episode "The Heater"
- 2007: Lincoln Heights as Vice Principal Omar Caffey in two episodes: "Manchild" and "Betrayal"
- 2007: Shark as Randal Hairston in episode "Blind Trust"
- 2007: CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
as Dr. Quinn Brookman in episode "What Schemes May Come" - 2007: The DL ChroniclesThe DL ChroniclesThe DL Chronicles is a gay-themed television series that debuted on here! in 2007 for one season that consisted of four episodes.-Overview:The show's debut season focused on the stories of men who live secret lifestyles...
as Robert Hall in episode "Robert" - 2007: Bones as Dr. Kyle Aldridge in episode "Intern in the Incinerator"
- 2009: 24 as Agent Reynolds in Day 7: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
- 2011: NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service as Navy Captain Jack Painter in episode "Dead Reflection"
Films
- 2005: Intersection as Troy (short)
- 2005: Serenity as news anchor
- 2005: A Year and a Day as a resident
- 2006: Jacob's Trouble as Omar Daniels (short)
- 2006: A.I. Assault as Mike Kirby (TV film)
- 2008: Jackson as Jeff
- 2009: Dark House as Detective Williams
- 2009: Maneater as Dr. Moore (TV mini-series)
- 2011: The Doctor as Christopher Rodas (TV film)
- 2012: Broken Roads as Brian Pierson (post-production)
- 2012: Henry IV / H4 as Westmoreland (filming)
Awards / Nominated
- Nominated for NAACP Image Award nomination as "Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series" for role as Dr. Greg EvansGreg Evans (One Life to Live)Gregory "Greg" Evans is a fictional character from the ABC original soap opera One Life to Live. The role was played by Terrell Tilford from June 23, 2009 to November 17, 2010. -Storylines:...
on ABC's One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
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