{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Tyrees Allen | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|07|31}} | birth_place = Salina, Kansas, U.S. | alma_mater = Marymount College | occupation = Actor | years_active = {{start date|1980}}–present }}
'''Tyrees Allen''' (born July 31, 1954) is an American actor on stage, television, and film.
==Early life== Allen was born in Salina, Kansas. In 1972, he graduated from Salina Central High School. He later attended Marymount College in Salina, where he graduated with a degree in Theater Arts.<ref name="Tyrees Allen, IMDb, bio">{{IMDb name|0021132|Tyrees Allen|section=bio}}</ref><ref name="Hollywood Actor KSAL">{{cite news|title=Hollywood Actor To Star In Salina Production|date=April 15, 2014|publisher=KSAL|url=http://www.ksal.com/hollywood-actor-to-star-in-salina-production|accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Allen's fifty-five television credits include these: series regular roles on ''Women's Murder Club'' and ''Dark Blue''; recurring and guest roles on ''The Practice'', ''Alias'', ''Cold Case'', ''Without A Trace'', ''Castle'', ''Scandal'', ''CSI:Miami'', and ''Brothers & Sisters''.<ref name="IMDb references">{{cite web|title=Tyrees Allen|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021132/|work=IMDb|accessdate=March 2, 2014}}</ref>
Allen appeared in New York in the 2000 Broadway production of ''Aida'' and the 2003 Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's ''Henry IV''.<ref name="IMDb references" />
In May 2013, Allen played the role of "Troy Maxson" in the August Wilson play ''Fences'' at the African-American Repertory Theater in DeSoto, Texas.<ref name=fences>{{cite news|last=Weeks|first=Jerome|title=LA actor returns to Dallas and to the stage|url=http://artandseek.net/2013/05/24/l-a-actor-returns-to-dallas-and-to-the-stage/|accessdate=March 2, 2014|newspaper=Art Seek|date=May 24, 2013}}</ref>
In 2018, Allen starred in the SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of ''Between Riverside and Crazy'' as Walter "Pops" Washington, a role for which he won both the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actor and IRNE Award for Best Actor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Here Are The Winners Of The 2019 Elliot Norton Awards |url=https://www.wgbh.org/arts/2019/05/21/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-elliot-norton-awards |website=wgbh.org |language=en |date=21 May 2019}}</ref> He returned to SpeakEasy the following season to play Robin in ''The Children''.
==Filmography==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1980 |''Up the Academy'' |Assistant Cook | |- |1984 |''Innocent Prey'' |Fletcher | |- |1985 |''The Dirt Bike Kid'' |Sergeant |Credited as Tyress Allen |- |1987 |''RoboCop'' |Starkweather |Credited as Tyress Allen |- |1989 |''Riverbend'' |Gus | |- |1996 |''Late Bloomers'' |Charlie Choate | |- |2010 |''The Perfect Host'' |Roman | |- |2012 |''Y/N: You Lie, You Die'' |Therapist | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1983–1984 |''Dallas'' | |2 episodes; credited as Tyress Allen |- |1985 |''When Dreams Come True'' |Patrolman |TV movie |- |1987 |''Buck James'' | |Episode: "Pilot" |- |1989 |''Trapped'' |Danny |TV movie; credited as Tyress Allen |- |1991 |''Without Warning: The James Brady Story'' |FBI Agent |TV movie |- |1992 |''Fugitive Among Us'' |Jenkins |TV movie |- |1992 |''Touch and Die'' |Taxi Driver |TV movie |- |1992 |''Dangerous Curves'' |Tim Miller |Episode: "Obsession" |- |1994–1996 |''Mad About You'' |Bobby / Party Guest |3 episodes |- |1995 |''Pig Sty'' |Real Cable Guy |Episode: "Iowa vs. New York" |- |1995 |''Full House'' |Doctor |Episode: "Michelle Rides Again: Part 2" |- |1995 |''New York Daze'' |Friend #1 |Episode: "Too Something" |- |1995 |''Living Single'' |Mike |Episode: "The Handyman Can" |- |1995 |''Almost Perfect'' |Line Producer |Episode: "Your Place or Mine?" |- |1995 |''Murder, She Wrote'' |Sgt. Unger |Episode: "Deadly Bidding" |- |1996 |''Frequent Flyer'' |Stockbroker |TV movie |- |1996 |''Walker, Texas Ranger'' |Mark Preston |3 episodes |- |1997 |''The Steve Harvey Show'' |Sterling |Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?" |- |1997 |''Chicago Hope'' |Security Officer |Episode: "Love on the Rocks" |- |1997 |''12 Angry Men'' |Guard |TV movie |- |1997 |''Sister, Sister'' |Todd |Episode: "The Best Policy" |- |1998 |''Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'' | |Episode: "Déja Vu" |- |1998 |''The Rat Pack'' |George Jacobs |TV movie |- |1998 |''Legalese'' |Rod Brooks |TV movie |- |1998 |''Malcolm & Eddie'' |Rev. Hughes |Episode: "Menace II Theology" |- |1998–2003 |''The Practice'' |A.D.A Curtis Simmons / A.D.A. Mark Campbell |5 episodes |- |1999 |''7th Heaven'' |Dr. Warren |Episode: "All That Jazz" |- |1999 |''Kenan & Kel'' |Guthrie Plunkett |Episode: "The Limo" |- |2003 |''Law & Order'' |Deputy Stanley |Episode: "Sheltered" |- |2004 |''JAG'' |Investigation Committee Lead General |Episode: "Fighting Words" |- |2005 |''Boston Legal'' |A.A.G. Doug Beecham |Episode: "Let Sales Ring" |- |2005 |''Bones'' |Ted Eller |Episode: "Pilot" |- |2005 |''Grey's Anatomy'' |Dr. Saltzman |Episode: "Something to Talk About" |- |2005 |''Alias'' |Gordon Dean |6 episodes |- |2006 |''Without a Trace'' |Reverend Hovis |Episode: "Blood Out" |- |2006 |''CSI: Miami'' |Dr. Gary Halliwell |Episode: "Deviant" |- |2006 |''Close to Home'' |Patrick Liman |3 episodes |- |2006 |''NCIS'' |Deputy Director Dean Welsh |Episode: "Hiatus (Part #2)" |- |2006 |''Medium'' |Capt. Jackson |Episode: "Be Kind, Rewind" |- |2006 |''A House Divided'' |Edmunds |TV movie |- |2007 |''Day Break'' | |Episode: "What If It's Him?" |- |2007–2008 |''Women's Murder Club'' |Warren Jacobi |13 episode |- |2008 |''Cold Case'' |Warren Wilson |Episode: "Street Money" |- |2009 |''Lie to Me'' |DNC Chairman Baldridge |Episode: "Pilot" |- |2009 |''Brothers & Sisters'' |Dr. John Massey |2 episodes |- |2009–2010 |''Dark Blue'' |Capt. Russell Maynard |7 episodes |- |2011 |''Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'' |Detective Dave Richardson |Episode: "Night Hawks" |- |2012 |''Castle'' |Harvey Milton |Episode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder" |- |2012 |''Scandal'' |Dr. Carroll |Episode: "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" |- |2013 |''Burn Notice'' |CIA Director |Episode: "Sea Change" |- |2014 |''Revolution'' |Grant Carson |Episode: "Exposition Boulevard" |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0021132|name=Tyrees Allen}}
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