Jocko Sims

Jocko Sims
Sims at the 2016 WonderCon
Born	(1981-02-20) February 20, 1981 (age 40) Laie, Hawaii, United States[citation needed]
Nationality	American
Education	School of Theater, Film, and Television - UCLA
Occupation	actor, director, producer
Years active	2003 –present
Television	Crash Masters of Sex New Amsterdam The Last Ship

Jocko Sims (born February 20, 1981) is an American actor, best 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 portrays Dr. Floyd Reynolds.

Career[]

Movie roles[]

In 2005, he appeared as Julius in Jarhead (film).^[1]

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

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.^[2]

Television roles[]

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.^[3]

In 2008, he joined the main cast of Crash, in which he played Anthony Adams, a street pilot, until the end of the series in 2009.^[4] His portrayal of Anthony Adams, a chauffeur^[5] 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.^[6]

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).^[7]

In 2012, he played Michael Thomas, the brother-in-law of NCIS director Leon Vance, in the series NCIS.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10][11]

In 2016, Sims joined the cast of I'm Dying Up Here, a dark comedy produced by Jim Carrey.^[12] He also shot for the seasons 4 and 5 of The Last Ship.

In March 2018, Sims was cast in the role of Dr. Floyd Reynolds on the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam.^[13][14][15] The same year, he also appeared as Dr. Ben Wilmot in the Fox medical drama The Resident.

Filmography[]

Movies[]

TV Shows[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jocko Sims at IMDb

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