Basil Wallace
Born (1951-01-15) January 15, 1951 [1]
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1973–2013

Basil Wallace (born January 15, 1951) is a Jamaica-born American actor. He was born in Kingston and immigrated to the United States as a child. His family first settled in Brooklyn, New York City. He, his parents, and his siblings then moved to Long Island, where he attended Hempstead High School.[2]

Wallace became interested in theater and, after graduating high school, entered New York University.[2] He attended NYU for two years, during which time he performed in his first Off-Off-Broadway play. He went on to work for many years as a playwright, actor, and theatre director in New York.

Early in Wallace's career, he became involved with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Manhattan's East Village.[2] He acted in a production, called "Short Bullins", of four Ed Bullins one-act plays at La MaMa in 1972.[3] The Jarboro Company then took those one-acts (How Do You Do?, A Minor Scene, Dialect Determinism, and It Has No Choice, along with Bullins' Clara's Old Man and Richard Wesley's Black Terror) on tour to Italy.[4] He also acted in Clifford Mason's Sister Sadie, directed by Allie Woods at La MaMa in 1972.[5]

Wallace co-wrote (with Angela Marie Lee) and directed the play Sounds of a Silent Man at La MaMa in 1973,[6] and directed Edgar Nkosi White's Lament for Rastafari at La MaMa in 1977.[7] He returned to La MaMa in 1987 to direct a work-in-progress reading of White's Tres Cepas (The Love Songs for China).[8]

Wallace taught at Lincoln Center Theater for a decade, was the drama director for School District 13 in the Bronx, and was the director of Mini-Mobile Theatre for two years. He was one of the founding members and served as artistic director for the first year of the Caribbean American Repertory Theatre.[2]

In 1990, he moved to Los Angeles and auditioned for the film Marked for Death. He was cast as the lead villain, Screwface. Wallace has continued to act in film and television throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Eddie Murphy RawEddie's Fathersketch
1990Marked for Death'Screwface'
1991WedlockEmerald
1991Grand CanyonInsurance Salesman
1992Rapid FireAgent Wesley
1993Return of the Living Dead 3Riverman
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeReporter
1998Caught UpAhmad
1999The WoodLisa's Father
2001Joy RideCar Salesman
2002Like MikeDrill Sergeant Dad
2006Blood DiamondBenjamin Kapanay

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1990Star Trek: The Next GenerationKlingon Guard #1Episode 4.7: "Reunion"
1990China BeachRashidEpisode 4.9: "The Call"
1991Quantum LeapJazz BooneEpisode 4.10: "Unchained"
1992AfterburnTerry WorthTV film
1993SirensPacnowEpisode 1.7: "Strike Two"
1994NYPD BlueReginald HarrisEpisode 2.2: "For Whom the Skell Rolls"
1995Children of the DustTV miniseries
1996Dark SkiesBarney HillEpisode 1&2: "The Awakening"
1997Beverly Hills, 90210Cop #1Episode 7.17: "Face-Off"
1997BloodhoundsLt. Ron CoughlinTV film
1997Diagnosis: MurderWilliam TurnerEpisode 4.24: "The Merry Widow Murder"
1997Soldier of Fortune, Inc.Episode 1.9: "Missing in Action"
1998Born FreeJosef Awaz8 episodes
1998Pensacola: Wings of GoldPres. Louis SimoneEpisode 1.14: "Soldiers of Misfortune"
1998The PracticeJerryEpisode 2.21: "In Deep"
1999ERMr. CampbellEpisode 5.17: "Sticks and Stones"
1999Pacific BlueEpisode 5.13: "Swimming the Dead Pool"
2000The PretenderSheriff BowenEpisode 4.8: "Rules of Engagement"
2000Judging AmyRev. Del MuellerEpisode 2.3: "Instincts"
2000City of AngelsJoe2 episodes
2001Any Day NowEpisode 3.19: "What If?"
2001The DivisionRupert TaylorEpisode 1.14: "The Parent Trap"
2002The West WingMcKonnen LobokoEpisode 3.14: "Night Five"
2002PhillyMarcus HermanEpisode 1.22: "Mojo Rising"
2002The AgencyEpisode 2.2: "Air Lex"
2002Strong MedicineEzekiel Monroe-HowardEpisodes 3.12: "Blush"
2003CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationPrincipalEpisodes 4.10: "Coming of Rage"
2004LAXFredericksEpisodes 1.7: "Out of Control"
2007NCISDelphin AbakaEpisode 5.8: "Designated Target"
2009Burn NoticeClaude LaurentEpisode 2.14: "Truth and Reconciliation"
2012NCIS: Los AngelesEd GorntEpisode 3.14: "Partners"
2013EagleheartBunjuEpisode 2.11: "Bringing Down Bunju"

References

  1. 1 2 "Birth date and name reference: Basil Wallace". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Basil Wallace - Biography". BasilWallace.50Webs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Short Bullins (1972)". Accessed April 3, 2018. Archived July 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: Jarboro Company in Italy (1972)". Accessed April 3, 2018. Archived July 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Sister Sadie (1972)". Accessed April 3, 2018. Archived April 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Sounds of a Silent Man (1973)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Lament for Rastafari (1977)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Tres Cepas (1987)". Accessed April 3, 2018.
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