# Bobby Hosea

Willie "Bobby" Samuel Hosea, Jr. (born December 5, 1955) is an American film and television actor, and former professional gridiron football player. He played O. J. Simpson in the Fox movie The O. J. Simpson Story. and John Allen Muhammad in D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear. He is the head of Train 'Em Up Academy, Inc., and the creator of Dip-N-rip Sticks, 12-Step Tackle Training System.

## Early life and football career

Hosea played college football for San Bernardino Valley College and then UCLA. After graduating, Hosea went to Canada to play professionally the Canadian Football League where he played for one season with the Montreal Alouettes and two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders; he played in the 67th Grey Cup with the Alouettes. Hosea then returned to the United States to play with the Los Angeles Express and Jacksonville Bulls in the original United States Football League.
After retiring from professional play, Hosea returned to San Bernardino Valley College to began a coaching career while also establishing his career as an actor in film and television.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Jack's Back | Tom Dellerton | |
| 1989 | Rock-A-Die Baby | Corporal Hutchinson | |
| 1990 | Murder By Numbers | Richard Parris | |
| 1991 | Pretty Hattie's Baby | Charles | |
| 1992 | Why Colors ? | N/A | Short film |
| 1993 | Boiling Point | Steve | |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Commanding Officer | |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Rickles | |
| 2001 | All About You | Greg | |
| 2001 | Under Heavy Fire | Ray | |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Detective | |
| 2011 | The Truth About Angels | Frankie | |
| 2021 | Deadly Ride | Chief McHugh | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Her Life As A Man | Football Player | TV movie |
| 1985 | Benson | Sheriff | Episode: "Benson the Hero" |
| 1985-1986 | Knots Landing | Reporter | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Perfect Strangers | Customer #2 | Episode: "Knock Knock, Who's There?" |
| 1986 | Second Serve | First Reporter | TV movie |
| 1986-1987 | 1st and Ten | Craig/Player #4 | 3 episodes |
| 1987 | The Twilight Zone | Stretcher Bearer | Episode: "The Card/The Junction" (segment The Junction) |
| 1987 | Angel In Green | Rhodes | TV movie |
| 1987 | Glory Years | N/A | TV movie |
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Reporter #2 | TV movie |
| 1988 | West Price Victory | Coach Webster | TV movie |
| 1988-1990 | China Beach | Private Sweetness Elroy | 5 episodes |
| 1989 | 21 Jump Street | Marcus Rainey | Episode: "What About Love ?" |
| 1989 | 227 | Greg | Episode: "Jackée" |
| 1989 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Hacker | Episode: "The Heat" |
| 1990 | Mancuso, FBI | Danny King | Episode: "Conspiracy" |
| 1990 | Generations | Ted Winters | 14 episode |
| 1990 | Singer and Sons | Mitchell Patterson | 3 episode |
| 1990 | Coach | Terrence Moses | Episode: "The Day That Moses Came To Town" |
| 1991-1995 | Murder, She Wrote | John McCarver / Officer Kevin Bryce | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Dr. Alec Hudson | Episode: "Community Action" |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | William | Episode: "The Presentation" |
| 1993 | Sirens | Guy Stewart | Episode: "Guy Perfect" |
| 1994 | French Silk | Devaux | TV movie |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S | Yuri Barnes | TV movie |
| 1994-1995 | Living Single | Lawrence | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | The O.J Simpson Story | O. J. Simpson | TV movie |
| 1995 | Diagnosis Murder | Dr. Gregory Talbott | Episode: "Playing for Keeps" |
| 1995 | Robin's Hood | Ron Hughes | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Vanishing Son | Ray | Episode: "Lock and Load, Babe" |
| 1995-1996 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Marcus | 2 episodes |
| 1996-1997 | The Cape | Marine Pilot Major Reggie Warren | 17 episodes |
| 1996-1997 | JAG | Lt. Col. Robert Turner / Chief Petty Officer Shipp | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc | N/A | Episode: "Hired Guns" |
| 1998 | Gargantua | Colonel Wayne | TV movie |
| 1998 | Wie stark muß eine Liebe sein | Tom McMillian | German TV movie |
| 1998-2000 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Hammer | 44 episodes |
| 2000 | Any Day Now | Mr. Johnson | Episode: "The Dust of Life" |
| 2001 | 61* | Elston Howard | TV movie |
| 2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Jonathan Snow | 12 episodes |
| 2002 | V.I.P. | Sergeant Lennox | Episode: "Saving Private Irons" |
| 2002 | Crossing Jordan | David Blake | Episode: "Scared Straight" |
| 2003 | The District | Gordon Beecham | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | John Allen Muhammad | TV movie |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | Kenneth Holmes | Episode: "Alpha-126" |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Greg Haymer | Episode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" |
| 2004 | The Mountain | F. Robert Chaplain | 3 episodes |
| 2004-2008 | C.S.I: Crimes Scene Investigation | Negotiator / Rich Rebba | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | C.S.I: Miami | Officer Joey Brown | Episode: "The Score" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Sgt. Joe Hernandez | Pilot episode |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Terell Pierce | Episode: "Fireflies" |
| 2006 | The Veteran | Raymond Watson | TV movie |
| 2006 | Supernatural | Sarge / Mark | Episode: "Croatoan" |
| 2007 | Heroes | Detective | Episode: "Chapter Twelve: Godsend" |
| 2007 | Shark | Bartender | Episode: "Here Comes the Judge" |
| 2007 | Greek | Roger Owens | Episode: "Picking Teams" |
| 2007 | Born in the USA | N/A | TV movie |
| 2007-2009 | Lincoln Heights | Detective Franklin | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | The Closer | Principal | Episode: "Time Bomb" |
| 2008 | The Young and the Restless | Burke Shay | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | 24 | Dr. Cornell | Episode: "Day 7: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m." |
| 2010 | N.C.I.S | Captain Austin Sears | Episode: "Obsession" |
| 2010 | Bones | Jerry Doroughty | Episode: "The Couple in the Cave" |
| 2011 | The Event | Hospital Soldier | Episode: "One Will Live, One Will Die" |
| 2012 | Perception | Coach Parker | Episode: "86'd" |
| 2012 | C.S.I: NY | Principal Hal Kinney | Episode: "Late Admissions" |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Joe Lamotte | Episode: "Fire and Brimstone" |
| 2019 | What/If | N/A | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Walter | Episode: "Clean Cut" |
| 2023 | All Rise | Ness's Dad | Episode: "Unwanted Guest" |

## Personal life

He has been married to Marcia Hairston from 1980 to the present.