Lamman Rucker

Lamman Rucker (born October 6, 1971) is an American actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children, before roles in The Temptations and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?. He played Will Brown in the 2008 film Meet the Browns and its television adaptation. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. , he stars in the BET+ drama series The Black Hamptons.

Early life Rucker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Malaya (née Ray) and Eric Rucker. He has partial ancestry from Barbados. Rucker spent his formative years in the greater Washington, DC, Maryland area. He developed an interest in acting after he was placed in several child pageants. His first acting role was a portrayal of Martin Luther King in the 4th grade. He joined the drama club in 7th grade and attended high school at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Rucker then studied at Carnegie-Mellon University and Duquesne University.

Career Rucker has appeared in a number of short films and television movies. His first major acting role came in 2002 when he assumed the role of attorney T. Marshall Travers on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns opposite Tamara Tunie. He left the series the following year and portrayed Garret Williams on ABC soap opera All My Children in 2005. During this time, he also had recurring roles on the UPN sitcoms All of Us and Half & Half.

Rucker is best known for his co-starring roles in the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). He played Will Brown in Perry's 2008 film Meet The Browns, and later had a starring role on the television series of the same name, reprising his role as Will from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, Rucker was cast as the male lead opposite Anne Heche in the NBC comedy series Save Me, but left after the pilot episode. He later starred opposite Mena Suvari in the short-lived WE tv drama series, South of Hell.

In 2015, Rucker was cast as one of the leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. For five seasons, he played Jacob Greenleaf, the only son of Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) and his wife, First Lady Daisy Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield).

On August 29, 2019, he shared personal life experiences that he credits for his success with the Hampton University football team.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role 2002 Brown Sugar Guy on Couch at Hot97 2003 Making Revolution Michael Suliman 2005 Redirect Bobby Short 2006 Let's Talk Maurice Short 2007 The Commission Judge Harold Couch Short I'm Through with White Girls Drake Moore Why Did I Get Married? Sheriff Troy 2008 Meet the Browns Will Brown Ball Don't Lie Trey 2009 Jump the Broom: A Musical Shamar Short Words Unspoken Vaughn The Greatest Song Trent MajorAlso producer 2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Sheriff Troy N-Secure Isaac Roberts 2011 The Bachelor Party Lance Video 2012 Sugar Mommas Jason TV movie The Undershepherd Roland 2014 Black Coffee Hill Where's the Love? Sebastian TV movie First Impression Vernon RichardsonAlso producer 2015 The Man in 3B Darryl Graham Love Won't Let Me Wait Roger 2016 Service to Man Dr. Johnson Plenty William Foster TV movie 2018 Sinners Wanted Elder Roberts No More Mr Nice Guy Bruce Wright Falling in Love Again Lamont First Impression Vernon Richardson TV movie and also producer 2020 The Sin Choice - Cooking Up Christmas Donovon JacksonAlso co-executive producer 2021 Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session Mr. Arnold TV movie 2022 Voices Dr. Nero Short 2023 Under His Influence Ernest

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 The Young and the Restless Flight Agent #3 Episode: "Episode #1.6295" The Temptations Jimmy Ruffin Episode: "Episode #1.1 & #1.2" 2002-03 As the World Turns T. Marshall Travers Regular Cast 2004 All of Us Rick Harris Recurring cast: season 2 2005 Law & Order Reggie Uggams Episode: "The Sixth Man" All My Children Garret Williams Regular Cast 2005-06 Half & Half Chase Recurring cast: season 4 2007 House of Payne William "Will" Brown Episode: "Weeping May Endure for a Night" 2009-11 Meet the Browns William "Will" Brown Main cast 2011 Single Ladies Teddy Episode: "Confidence Games" 2013 Save Me Dr. John Wilkins TV series 2015 South of Hell Elijah Bledsoe Main cast 2016-20 Greenleaf Pastor Jacob Greenleaf Main cast 2020 Terror Lake Drive Gerrod Main cast: season 1 2022 The Black Hamptons Anthony Johnson Main cast Queen Sugar Vince Recurring cast: season 7

Award nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2010 NAACP Image Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series "Meet the Browns" 2011