Jocko Sims

Actor

Birthday February 20, 1981

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Houston, Texas, U.S.

Age 43 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.79 m

#18736 Most Popular

1981

Jackie "Jocko" Sims III (born February 20, 1981) is an American actor, known for playing Anthony Adams in Crash and later playing Carlton Burk in the series The Last Ship.

On the NBC TV show New Amsterdam, he portrayed Dr. Floyd Reynolds.

2004

In 2004, he appeared as a guest in an episode of Cold Case as Lionel Royce, the leader of the "Black Liberation Front" section in Philadelphia in 1969.

2005

In 2005, he appeared as Julius in Jarhead.

2008

In 2008, he starred in Leon Lazano's award-winning film Something Is Killing Tate.

In 2008, he joined the main cast of Crash, in which he played Anthony Adams, the music prodigy to Dennis Hopper's character Ben Cenders, until the end of the series in 2009.

His portrayal of Anthony Adams, a chauffeur and aspiring hip-hop artist, led to the iTunes release of "Head Up," a song that is performed by Sims in the third episode of the series.

2010

In 2010, he appeared as a guest on Criminal Minds, where he played Tony Torrell, the former landlord and victim of serial killer Kaman Scott (Leonard Roberts).

2012

In 2012, he played Michael Thomas, the brother-in-law of NCIS director Leon Vance, in the series NCIS.

2014

In 2014, He also appeared in the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, where he played Werner, the radio operator of the colony.

In 2014, he joined the recurring cast of the second season of the series Masters of Sex where he played Robert Franklin, brother of Coral (Keke Palmer) and a civil rights activist.

That same year he joined the recurring cast of The Last Ship, where he plays Lieutenant Carlton Burk, the head of Team VBSS of the USS Nathan James.

During the second season, he became a main character.

2016

In 2016, Sims joined the cast of I'm Dying Up Here, a dark comedy produced by Jim Carrey.

He also shot for the seasons 4 and 5 of The Last Ship.

2018

In March 2018, Sims was cast in the role of Dr. Floyd Reynolds on the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam.

The same year, he also appeared as Dr. Ben Wilmot in the Fox medical drama The Resident.