The son of professional baseball player Clarence Jones, Richard T Jones decided to pursue acting after starring in a college production of "A Raisin in the Sun". The tall, striking-looking actor made his feature debut as Ike Turner Jr. in "What's Love Got to Do With It?" (1993) and provided able support in films like "Renaissance Man" (1994), as a former football star, "The Trigger Effect" (1996), as a somewhat menacing figure, and "Event Horizon" (1997), as an emergency technician. Jones also helped Morgan Freeman track down a serial killer in "Kiss the Girls" (1997). On TV, Jones acted in several TV-movies, including the failed pilot for "Hollywood Confidential" (UPN, 1997), and appeared as a guest on "NYPD Blue" and "Dangerous Minds" (both ABC). He joined the regular cast of the CBS police drama "Brooklyn South" (1997-98) shortly after its premiere and soon found his character engaged in a triangular romance involving fellow officer (Klea Scott and Titus Welliver).
Family
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Brother: Clarence Jones Jr.
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Daughter: Aubrey Jones. Born c. 1998; mother, Nancy Jones
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Daughter: Sydney Jones. Born c. 1999; mother, Nancy Jones
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Father: Clarence Jones. Played for the Chicago Cubs; currently is the hitting instructor for the Cleveland Indians; divorced from Jones mother
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Mother: Lorene Jones. Divorced from Jones father
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Son: Elijah Jones. Mother, Nancy Jones
Education
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Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, philosophy
Milestones
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1993 Feature debut as Ike Turner Jr. in the biopic, What s Love Got to Do with It
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1994 Portrayed Jackson Leroy in Renaissance Man
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1994 TV-movie debut, In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (CBS)
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1996 Has supporting role in The Trigger Effect
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1997 Series regular debut as Officer Clement Jones on the CBS police drama, Brooklyn South
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1997 Cast opposite Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls
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1998 Played Lisa Nicole Carson s first love, Matt Griffin, on the series Ally McBeal (FOX)
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1999 Played Court Services Officer Bruce Van Exel in the CBS series, Judging Amy
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1999 Co-starred with Omar Epps and Taye Diggs in The Wood
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2002 Cast as Sergeant Cole in the thriller Phone Booth
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2002 Featured in the film Moonlight Mile
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2004 Appeared in the thriller Twisted, with Ashley Judd and Samuel L. Jackson
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2004 Cast as a traffic cop in Michael Mann s Collateral
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2005 Starred as a rap mogul in G a modern day Gatsbyesque love story
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2007 Co-starred in Tyler Perry s Why Did I Get Married?
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2007 Had a recurring role on Girlfriends (CW)
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2008 Cast as FBI Agent James Ellison in the FOX series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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2008 Featured in the political thriller, Vantage Point
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Born in Japan
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Raised in Carson, California