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Malik Yoba

(1967) Television Actor United States

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Malik Yoba is a television actor from the United States, best known for Pull Your Pants Up.

Quick Facts About Malik Yoba

Born: September 17, 1967
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Pull Your Pants Up

About Malik Yoba

Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in the film Cool Runnings. He appeared as former FBI agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series Alphas, as Jim Hudson in Revolution, and as Vernon Turner in Empire. He also starred in the role of FBI Deputy Director Jason Atwood in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. In 2018, he joined the Netflix drama Seven Seconds as a member of a support group for parents who had lost their children. He also appeared in Jordan Peele’s TBS comedy The Last OG with Tracy Morgan.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Malik Yoba

At the end of the day, there's so much work that has to be done to impact positive change in any direction…

Change

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I come up from a music background.

Background

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I'm proud to be part of projects that literally change lives.

Change

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We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'

Box

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We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.

Emotional health

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It's hard to get movies made.

Cinema

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Accents are definitely one of my strong suits, and a lot of folks don't know that.

Accents

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When you do a pilot, you can't always tell what you have.

Always

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Playing Martin Luther King Jr. was an honor for me on so many levels. It was the most I've ever prepared for…

Honor

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I think any time you have any kind of social ill, not just domestic violence...as much as it's about the act, the…

Awareness

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I've always been an activist, so my participation in community outreach and helping is just a natural extension of that.

Always

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I'm doing work in the community.

Community

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Because I've always aspired to direct and produce, I've literally worked with about 200 directors and countless producers, so what I appreciate…

Appreciate

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I had a paper route at eight years old in Harlem.

Eight

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My father kicked me out of the house by the time I was 16.

Father

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I think it's hard for anyone to get into real estate or Hollywood.

Hard

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My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.

Experience

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I knew that I wanted to create a restaurant like Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood that celebrated not just music or…

Cafe

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Baltimore and Detroit - they are solid cities.

Baltimore

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To me, acting is simple. People put other things in front of it, but it's staying in truth.

Acting

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I've never been the actor that's waiting for a job. I always have 15,000 other things going on.

Actor

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I never like to be the person trying to hard sell, saying, "This is why you should watch it." I know that…

Fans

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In my experience on 'New York Undercover,' where I played a dad, I was 26 years old, and I didn't have kids…

Better

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When I'm doing a role the one thing I ask is 'Is this believable? am I being truthful?'

Am

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For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.

Always

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