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Alimi Ballard

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Alimi Ballard
Born1972 or 1973 (age 51–52)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
SpouseDahn
Children2

Alimi Ballard (born 1972 or 1973)[1] is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on the CBS police procedural thriller Numb3rs (2005–2010), as well as the Quizmaster from Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Early life

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Ballard began acting in high school.[2] He attended Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in the NE Bronx and participated in their PYT theater program.[3]

Career

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From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of All My Children supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving and its successor series The City. In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Arsenio, which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on the ABC/WB series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1997–99) and Herbal on the Fox series Dark Angel (2000–01).

From 2005 to 2010, Ballard co-starred in the CBS police procedural thriller, Numb3rs, as David Sinclair. In 2011, Ballard guest-starred as Special Agent Gayne Levin on another CBS procedural, NCIS. This guest role reunited him with Michael Weatherly, who previously co-starred with Ballard on three series: Loving, The City, and Dark Angel.[4] From 2012 to 2015, he played a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Officer Crawford, a newly promoted detective, after appearing in season 3 as a music producer.[5] He also guest starred on NYPD Blue, American Dreams, Rizzoli & Isles, Drop Dead Diva, Castle, and Bones.

In 2015, Ballard was cast opposite Mireille Enos in the ABC legal thriller, The Catch,[6][7] leaving after the first season.

Personal life

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Ballard and his wife Dahn have two children, Zion, born in 2005, and Cairo, born in 2008.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Deep Impact Bobby Rhue
2000 Little Richard - TV movie
Before Now Jay Short
Men of Honor Coke
2001 Automatic David Blake
2002 Three Days of Rain Derrick
2003 Studio City Leonard Alworth Short
2004 Black Cloud Dusty
2011 Fast Five Fusco
Interception Joe Short and also executive producer
2013 Present Trauma Tom Short
The Insomniac Officer Flores
2014 Lost Angels Nathaniel
Santa Con Steve Repperton TV movie
2015 Touched B.R.
2017 Call Me King Dwight
Smokd Juror #5 Short
2019 Kill Chain The Curious Assassin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993–1995 Loving Frankie Hubbard Main cast
1995 New York Undercover Kalim Episode: "Private Enemy No. 1"
1995–1996 The City Frankie Hubbard Main cast
1997 Arsenio Matthew Deveaux Main cast
1997–1998 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Albert the Quizmaster Main cast (season 2)
1999 Malcolm & Eddie Duke Gibson Episode: "Daddio"
2000 Nash Bridges Shane West Episode: "Liar's Poker"
NYPD Blue Marcus Potter Episode: "Lucky Luciano"
2000–2001 Dark Angel Herbal Thought Main cast (season 1)
2002 Philly Dwight Thomas Episode: "Ripley, Believe It or Not"
The Division Ethan Pasterfield Episode: "Unfamiliar Territory"
2003 She Spies Kelly Sawyer Episode: "We'll Be Right Back"
Boomtown Young Marvin Lloyd Episode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Music Producer Episode: "Lady Heather's Box"
2004 American Dreams Jamal Recurring cast: Season 2
2005–2010 Numb3rs David Sinclair Main cast
2009–2011 The Super Hero Squad Show Falcon (voice) Main cast
2011 NCIS Special Agent Gayne Levin Recurring cast (season 8)
2012 In Plain Sight Eddie Fredericks/Eddie Williams Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few"
Rizzoli & Isles Cliff Episode: "What Doesn't Kill You"
Drop Dead Diva Jack Dillingham Episode: "Winning Ugly"
Hollywood Heights Det. Ferrantino Recurring cast (season 2)
2013 Bones FBI Agent James Episode: "The Secret in the Siege"
Melissa & Joey Paul Wagner Episode: "Inside Job"
Hello Ladies Armand Episode: "The Dinner"
2014 Scorpion Co-Pilot Episode: "Pilot"
2012–2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Detective Kevin Crawford Recurring cast (seasons 13–15)
2015 Castle Frank Jackson Episode: "Castle, P.I."
2016 The Catch Reginald Lennox III Main cast (season 1)
Criminal Minds Desmond Holt Episode: "Mirror Image"
2017 Lucifer Dr. Liam Garrity Episode: "God Johnson"
Queen Sugar Dr. Robert Dubois Recurring cast (season 2)
2018 Do It Better Darren Episode: "Day One"
Elementary Don Kohler Episode: "Once You've Ruled Out God"
The Good Doctor Mara's Father Episode: "Middle Ground"
Mom Professor Gannon Episode: "Pork Loin and a Beat Up Monte Carlo"
2019 S.W.A.T. Officer Thompson Episode: "Fallen"
Doom Patrol Joshua Clay Recurring cast (season 2)
The Resident Detective Raines Episode: "Saints & Sinners"
2019-2021 Queen of the South Marcel Dumas Recurring cast (seasons 4–5)
2020 All Rise Niles Allen Episode: "What The Constitution Greens to Me"
NCIS: Los Angeles AUSA Allan Williams Episode: "Missing Time"
2021 Animal Kingdom Phoenix Episode: "Family Business" & "Home Sweet Home"
2021–2022 One of Us Is Lying Kevin Clay Recurring cast (season 1); Main cast (season 2)
2022 The Rookie Langston Bryant Episode: "Fight or Flight"
2024 Law & Order Ron Delahunt Episode: "Inconvenient Truth"

Video games

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Year Title Role Note
2009 Marvel Super Hero Squad Falcon (voice)
2010 Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
2011 Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Falcon/Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (voice)

References

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  1. ^ Iverem, Esther (May 2, 1992). "By, For and About the Young". Newsday. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Alimi Ballard". TVGuide. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Bronx Stars Recognized by Mind-Builders". 7 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Alimi Ballard, Matthew Willig join 'NCIS'". Digital Spy. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Interview: Alimi Ballard". CSI Files. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise. "Rupert Graves To Co-Star In ABC's Jenna Bans Pilot, James Floyd Joins 'Of Kings And Prophets' - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Numb3rs star Alimi Ballard joins Shonda Rhimes's ABC pilot The Catch". Digital Spy. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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