Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. In 1994, he portrayed Joshua, the main character's troubled brother, in Jason's Lyric. He won a Black Reel Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his role as Kansas City mob enforcer Mike Milligan in the second season of Fargo. Woodbine also portrayed Daniel in season 2 of the WGN series Underground, Herman Schultz / Shocker in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming, and saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman in the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic Ray.

Early life and education Woodbine was born on April 13, 1973, in Harlem, New York City. He attended the Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, before transferring to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city.

Career Woodbine made his TV acting debut in the CBS Schoolbreak Special titled "Love Off Limits." His appearance was noticed by casting director Jaki Brown-Karman, who later recommended him to Forest Whitaker for the latter's directorial effort, the HBO television movie Strapped (1993). Since then, he has worked with other major African-American filmmakers such as Spike Lee in Crooklyn (1994), Mario Van Peebles in Panther (1995) and the Hughes Brothers in the film, Dead Presidents (1995).

In 1996, Woodbine appeared in Tupac Shakur's music video for "I Ain't Mad at Cha" In 1999, Woodbine appeared in an episode of HBO's The Sopranos as New Jersey gangster rapper Massive Genius.

Woodbine was featured as a regular on the NBC midseason sitcom Battery Park and played Dr. Damon Bradley, who later turned out to be a serial rapist, in the short-lived CBS medical drama City of Angels, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, he appeared in the Wu-Tang Clan's music videos for their songs "Protect Ya Neck II (The Jump Off)," "Gravel Pit," and "Careful (Click, Click)." Woodbine went to portray saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman in the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic Ray. and followed it up the next year with the M. Night Shyamalan-produced supernatural thriller Devil. He has also appeared as a police officer on the critically acclaimed series Southland (2011). He next appeared in the 2012 remake of Total Recall and then Riddick the next year.

In December 2015, Woodbine received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Mike Milligan in Fargo.

In 2017, Woodbine appeared in the Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming, as Shocker, one of four villains, alongside Michael Keaton, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Chernus. In 2018, Woodbine starred in the series Unsolved. He played Daryn Dupree, who was part of a police task force that investigated the murders of rappers Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur. In 2021, Woodbine played Sheriff Domingo in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Crooklyn Richard Jason's Lyric Joshua Alexander 1995 Panther Tyrone Dead Presidents Staff Sgt. Cleon 1996 Freeway Chopper The Rock Gunnery Sergeant Crisp The Elevator Malcolm 1997 Gridlock'd Mud 1998 Caught Up Daryl Allen The Big Hit Crunch Almost Heroes Jonah 1999 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Mr. Farralon Video Life Can't Get Right The Runner 477 It's the Rage Agee 2000 BlackMale Jimmy Best 2001 3000 Miles to Graceland Benjamin Franklin The Road to Graceland Franklin (voice) Short The Breed FBI Agent Steve Grant 2002 Run for the Money Rock Sniper 2 U.S. Army Sniper Jake Cole Video 2003 Detonator Jack Forrester 2004 Ray Fathead Newman 2005 The Circle Cop Blood of a Champion Shadow Video Edmond Prisoner 2006 18 Fingers of Death! Billy Buff Video Confessions Miles Adams The Champagne Gang Rock Star 2007 The Last Sentinel Anchilles 2008 The Poker House Duval The Fifth Commandment Miles Templeton 2009 Black Dynamite Black Hand Jack A Day in the Life Bam Bam The Butcher Chinatown Pete Three Bullets Bo Short 2010 Devil Benjamin "Ben" Larson, Guard Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Miller Video 2011 Little Murder Lipp License to Reproduce DEA Agent Troy Peterson Short 2012 Total Recall Harry Letting Go Mark 2013 Caught on Tape Tyrone The Host Nate Five Thirteen Nestor Riddick Moss 1982 Scoop They Die by Dawn Bill Pickett 2014 For Love or Money Jacoby Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Danny Kettner Video Guardian Angel Detective Jackson 2015 AWOL72 Myron The Night Crew Crenshaw 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Herman Schultz / Shocker #2 2018 Billionaire Boys Club Tim Pitt Overlord Sgt. Rensin 2019 In the Shadow of the Moon Maddox Queen & Slim Uncle Earl 2020 Spenser Confidential Driscoll 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sheriff Sherman Domingo 2022 The Inspection Leland Laws 2023 Earth Mama Paul Old Dads Mike Richards 2026 Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Steve Newberg Episode: "Love Off Limits" Strapped Diquan Mitchell TV movie 1995 The X-Files Sammom Roque Episode: "The List" 1997 New York Undercover Mobster Episode: "No Place Like Hell" 1999 The Sopranos Massive Genius Episode: "A Hit Is a Hit" 2000 Battery Park Detective Derek Finley Main cast Soul Food Detective Conrad Episode: "Bad Luck" City of Angels Dr. Damon Bradley Recurring cast (season 2) Sacrifice Agent Gottfried TV movie 2003 Fastlane Super G. Episode: "Overkill" Jasper, Texas Khalid X TV movie 2004 CSI: Miami Byron 'B-Slick' Middlebrook Episode: "Pro Per" 2005 Black in the 80s Himself Main guest Bones Randall Hall Episode: "The Man in the Wall" 2006 The Evidence Chaz Roberts Episode: "Stringers" Blade: The Series Steppin' Razor Recurring cast 2007 Shark Willy Tarver Episode: "The Wrath of Khan" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gordon 'G-Man' Thomas Episode: "Flipped" 2007–2009 Saving Grace Leon Cooley Main cast (season 1-2), guest (season 3) 2011 Flesh Wounds Jackie TV movie 2011–2012 Southland Officer Jones Recurring cast (season 3-4) 2013 Payday Simmons Episode: "The Elephant" 2014 The Fright Night Files Isaiah TV movie 2015 Battle Creek Devin Episode: "Old Wounds" Chicago P.D. Derek Keyes Episode: "Life Is Fluid" Life in Pieces Officer Wood Episode: "Sleepy Email Brunch Tree" 2015–2020 Fargo Mike Milligan Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 4) 2016 Drunk History George Washington Episode: "Hamilton" 2017 Underground Daniel Recurring cast (season 2) Snowfall Knees Episode: "A Long Time Coming" 2018 Unsolved Officer Daryn Dupree Main cast 2019–2023 Wu-Tang: An American Saga Jerome Recurring cast (season 1-2), guest (season 3) 2022–2024 Halo Soren-066 Main cast 2024 Ripley Alvin McCarron Miniseries, 2 episodes 2025 InvincibleRadcliffe (voice)Episode: "A Deal with the Devil" Government Cheese Bootsy Main cast 2026Diarra from DetroitCartier KellyEpisode: "Michigan Jones and the Brightmoor Adventure" Captain Mixon Season 2

Music videos

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2013 Payday 2 The Elephant

Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome 2016 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series Fargo Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie