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RonReaco Lee
Born (1977-08-27) August 27, 1977 (age 46)
Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present
Spouse
Sheana Freeman
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(m. 2010)​
[1]
Children2

RonReaco Lee (born August 27, 1977)[2] is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Tyreke Scott on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister, and as Jamal Woodson on the BET romantic comedy Let's Stay Together. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Reggie Vaughn in the LeBron James-executive produced Starz series Survivor's Remorse.

Career[edit]

Television[edit]

Lee was born in Decatur, Illinois, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 9.[1] He began his acting career in 1983 as the host of the short-lived television show Kid's Beat.[1] His early work consisted of relatively minor roles in films and television, but after being cast as a mute drummer in the 1989 film Glory,[3] his career blossomed.[4]

By the early 1990s, Lee began receiving many guest-starring roles in television shows such In the Heat of the Night. In 1997, he guest-starred in 413 Hope St. and Home Improvement. From 1997 to 1999, RonReaco played the part of the mechanic Tyreke "Ty" Scott in the television series Sister, Sister.[5] On the series, Tyreke was the boyfriend of Tia Landry.[1] At the conclusion of his role as Tyreke, Lee guest-starred on the UPN sitcom Moesha as Tate in the episode "Lets Talk About Sex."[6] In late 2000, RonReaco continued his long string of guest-starring roles on the NBC medical drama ER playing the character of Davis.

In 2002, he guest-starred in Boston Public. Lee was seen in the short lived WB sitcom All About the Andersons and in the FX hit show The Shield, as well as the award-winning TV series Monk. In 2005, he received a recurring role as wheelchair user Todd, in NBC's short-lived comedy Committed.[7] Lee recurred as Chris on CW's sitcom Girlfriends.[1] He appeared frequently as David on the CBS sitcom Worst Week[1] and played the role of Jason, Emily's husband, on short-lived series In the Motherhood.[8]

Lee recurred as Julius Grant on the Fox show The Good Guys,[9] and portrayed Jamal in the BET comedy Let's Stay Together from 2011 to 2014.[10][11] He starred in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, a spin-off movie based on the television series Burn Notice. Lee starred as Reggie Vaughn, Cam Calloway's cousin and manager,[12] in the Starz original comedy Survivor's Remorse produced LeBron James.[13] For his work on the series, Lee received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016[14] and 2018.[15] He portrayed Gary, an unfaithful teacher cheating on his wife, in First Wives Club.[16] Lee recurred on Queens as the husband of Eve's character.[17]

Film[edit]

Having made his film debut in Glory, Lee next played Omar in The Return of Swamp Thing (1989).[18] He appeared as Chester Sayers in television film Paris Trout (1991).[19]

He also took on a major role as Perry in the film How I Spent My Summer Vacation.[20][21] In 2001, he appeared in the film Fire & Ice as co-star to Robert Aimes, Jr. That same year, he acted in the independent film Jacked Up alongside Anna Maria Horsford and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper Bizzy Bone. Lee portrayed Ben in Killer Diller (2004).[22]

Lee co-starred as Reggie in Guess Who (2005) with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher.[23] Lee played the character of Blaine in the WB comedy Americanizing Shelley (2007). He portrayed Chuck, a lawyer, in the 2009 Tyler Perry film Madea Goes to Jail.[1] In 2020, Lee appeared as a drug dealer in Coffee & Kareem.[24]

In 2022, he played Miles in a play about HIV/AIDS called What You Don't Know Can Kill You.

Lee co-starred in the Netflix thriller Mea Culpa that was released on February 23, 2024. The film is written and directed by Tyler Perry and stars Kelly Rowland.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Unconquered Busboy TV movie
The Return of Swamp Thing Omar
Glory Mute Drummer Boy
1991 Career Opportunities Boy #3
Paris Trout Chester Sayers
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Bellhop
1997 How I Spent My Summer Vacation Perry
2001 Fire & Ice Robert Aimes Jr. TV movie
Jacked Dre
2004 Killer Diller Ben
2005 Guess Who Reggie
Good Vibrations Steve Short
2007 Americanizing Shelley Parminder 'Pammy' Brar
Eight Days a Week Nathan Bloom TV movie
2009 Madea Goes to Jail Chuck
2011 Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Ben Delaney TV movie
2014 Love the One You're With - TV movie
2016 The Last Punch Donald 'Nine' Rolles
2017 We Are Family Attorney Bray
2018 Nappily Ever After Gerard
Running Out Of Time Cain
2020 Coffee & Kareem Orlando Johnson
2 Minutes of Fame Eddie
2023 Immortal City Records Eight
2024 Mea Culpa Jimmy

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1992 I'll Fly Away Lugene Episode: "Cool Winter Blues"
1993 In the Heat of the Night David Collins Episode: "Your Own Kind"
1996 Savannah Pizza Man Episode: "The Battle of Midway"
1997 413 Hope St. - Episode: "Hate Crimes"
1997-99 Sister, Sister Tyreke Scott Recurring Cast: Season 5, Main Cast: Season 6
1998 Home Improvement Billy Episode: "The Old College Try"
2000 Moesha Tate Episode: "Let's Talk About Sex"
2000-01 ER Davis Guest: Season 6, Recurring Cast: Season 7
2002 Boston Public Wesley Poe Episode: "Chapter Thirty"
Girlfriends Chris Dennison Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
2003-05 The Shield Taylor Orrs Recurring Cast: Season 2-3, Guest: Season 4
2004 All About the Andersons Marcus Thornhill Recurring Cast
2005 Committed Todd Recurring Cast
2007 Monk Denny Hodges Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper"
2008 Do Not Disturb Billy Episode: "Work Sex"
Chocolate News Lance Burrows Episode: "Episode #1.2"
2008-09 Worst Week David Clayton Recurring Cast
2009 In the Motherhood Jason Main Cast
2010 The Good Guys Julius Grant Recurring Cast
2011 Love Bites Jason Episode: "Modern Plagues"
2011-14 Let's Stay Together Jamal Woodson Main Cast
2012 Fairly Legal Travis Cleighton Episode: "Gimme Shelter"
2014-17 Survivor's Remorse Reggie Vaughn Main Cast
2015 Complications Dr. Quentin Harper Recurring Cast
2017 APB Special Agent Charlie Vaughn Episode: "Last Train to Europa"
2017-18 The Quad Clive Taylor Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
2019-22 First Wives Club Gary Washington Main Cast
2021 Queens Jeff Robinson Recurring Cast
2023 The Black Hamptons Bobby Boyd Recurring Cast: Season 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Spates, Alicia (February 13, 2009). "RonReaco Lee finds success by going with the flow". Herald-Review. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Today in history - Saturday, August 27". Telegram & Gazette. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. ^ McGee, Marty (June 8, 2015). Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound. McFarland & Company. p. 107. ISBN 9781476609706.
  4. ^ "RonReaco Lee". BuddyTV. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Daily Highlights". Rome News-Tribune. February 28, 2004.
  6. ^ "Something To Talk About". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 31 January 2000. p. 32.
  7. ^ Handelman, Jay (January 4, 2005). "Hoping for a hit". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 2E.
  8. ^ Terrace, Vincent (October 11, 2021). Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020. McFarland & Company. p. 98. ISBN 9781476645421.
  9. ^ Franich, Darren (June 8, 2010). "'The Good Guys' premiere: Did you watch?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "RonReaco Lee". BET. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  11. ^ Fearn-Banks, Kathleen; Burford-Johnson, Anne (October 3, 2014). Historical Dictionary of African American Television. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 268. ISBN 9780810879171.
  12. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (October 17, 2017). "'Survivor's Remorse' Creator Talks Finale and Cancellation: "It Feels Like a Death"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: RonReaco Lee On 'Survivor's Remorse' & Sitting In The Director's Chair". Ebony. August 8, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "'Creed,' 'Empire' Top NAACP Image Award Nominations; Full List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 4, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  15. ^ Weldon, Sarah (November 20, 2017). "Ava DuVernay, Sterling K. Brown among nominees for 2017 NAACP Image Awards". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  16. ^ Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (September 24, 2018). "'First Wives Club': Mark Tallman, RonReaco Lee & Malik Yoba Set As Male Leads In Paramount Network Series". Deadline. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  17. ^ Roots, Kimberly (October 19, 2021). "Queens Premiere Recap: Brandy, Eve & Co. Get the Band Back Together". TVLine. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  18. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits. McFarland & Company. p. 563.
  19. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (2005). Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999. Scarecrow Press. p. 389.
  20. ^ Thomas McClauskey, Audrey (2007). Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 349. ISBN 9780253348296.
  21. ^ Paris, Barry (November 6, 1998). "Indie and worldly". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
  22. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (May 1, 2010). Screen World 2007. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 201. ISBN 9781557837295.
  23. ^ Maltin, Leonard (September 2, 2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 268. ISBN 9780698183612.
  24. ^ Turner, Kyle (April 2, 2020). "'Coffee & Kareem' Review: Good Cop, Kid Cop?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2022.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RonReaco_Lee