Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968 in Toulminville, Alabama) is an American actor best known for being part of the original cast of MA Dtv. He has received attention for acting in hit TV show Sleepy Hollow and getting in quite friendly with the fandom on Twitter and Tumblr.
His notable roles include:
- A Different World (1992) as Troy Douglas
- King of the Hill (1998) as Kidd Mookie
- Sour Grapes (1998) as Digby
- Office Space (1999) as Steve
- Liberty Heights (1999) as Little Melvin
- Magnolia (1999) as The Worm note
- The Replacements (2000) as Clifford Franklin
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) as Ezra Traylor
- Evolution (2001) as Harry Block
- Double Take (2001) as Daryl Chase
- Say It Isn't So (2001) as Dig McCaffrey
- Drumline (2002) as Dr. Lee
- The Time Machine (2002) as Vox 114
- Girlfriends (2000) (2003) as Dr. Darren Lucas
- The Bernie Mac Show (2003) as Max Trotter
- Runaway Jury (2003) as Russell
- Father of the Pride (2004-2005) as Snack
- Halo 2 (2004) as Staff Sergeant Banks
- Primeval (2007) as Steven Johnson
- Everybody Hates Chris (2007-2008)
- As Mr. Newton in "Everybody Hates the Substitute"
- As Dr. Clint Huckstable in "Everybody Hates Homecoming"
- I Think I Love My Wife (2007) as Nelson note
- Ghost Whisperer (2007) as Casey Edgars
- New Amsterdam (2008) as Harold Wilcox
- Pushing Daisies (2008) as Magnus Olsdatter
- Rules of Engagement (2009) as Brad
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) as Alexander Ribs
- House (2010) as Marcus Foreman
- Necessary Roughness (2011) as Lazarus Rollins
- CSI: Miami (2011) as Lawrence Kingman
- Black Dynamite (2012-2015) as Basehead
- Sleepy Hollow (2013-2015) as Captain Frank Irving
- Enemies Closer (2013) as Clay
- American Gods (2017-2019) as Mr. Nancy/Anansi
- Also serves as consulting producer and writer for Season 2.
- Room 104 (2017) as Samuel
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2019) as Justin "Snake Eye" Anderson
- The Good Lord Bird (2020) as The Rail Man
- Abbott Elementary (2022) as Martin Eddie
Tropes relating to his works include:
- Separated-at-Birth Casting: A common joke is that Orlando could easily pass as Tyler James Williams' father, or him from the future. Come Abbott Elementary, he is Tyler James Williams' father.
- Shipper on Deck: For "EVERYONE"! note