# Kendrick Cross

Kendrick Cross (born May 1, 1971) is an American actor.

## Early life

Cross was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in South Carolina.

## Career

He began acting on stage, before appearing on television, in episodes of Dawson's Creek, Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva and One Tree Hill. Cross had a recurring roles on The Game, The Haves and the Have Nots and Saints & Sinners. He also guest starred on Born Again Virgin, House of Cards, Homeland, Dynasty and Black Lightning.
In 2019, Cross starred in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, Ambitions. The series was canceled after single season. In 2021, he had a recurring role on Queen Sugar and appeared on Genius: Aretha. In 2022, Cross had a recurring role as Agent Wallace in the fourth season of Netflix series, Stranger Things, and starred in the Allblk horror anthology series, Terror Lake Drive.
In film, Cross has appeared in For Colored Girls (2010), The 5th Wave (2016), All Eyez on Me (2017), Acrimony (2018), Tales from the Hood 2 (2018), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), and The War with Grandpa (2020).
In January 2023, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the recurring role of Detective Bennett.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Max | Ivan | Short |
| 2006 | Viewfinder | Bruce | |
| 2007 | The Lure of Young Women | Arnez | Video |
| 2007 | Death Sentence | Armed Guard | |
| 2008 | Scarlet Sage | - | Short |
| 2009 | Taking Chances | Lawyer | |
| 2010 | The Wronged Man | David | |
| 2010 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Vince | |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Man #5 | |
| 2010 | Don't Blame the Lettuce | Maurice | |
| 2011 | The 5th Quarter | Fireman | |
| 2011 | Letters to a Father | Anderson Cummings | Short |
| 2011 | Kenny Powers: The K-Swiss MFCEO | Lonzo | Short |
| 2012 | Hornet's Nest | Dispatcher Mike | TV movie |
| 2012 | Probable Cause | Travis | |
| 2013 | Scary Movie 5 | Rescue Worker | |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Helicopter Pilot #2 | |
| 2013 | Broken Aster | Greg | Short |
| 2013 | A Christmas Blessing | Steven | TV movie |
| 2014 | Sabotage | DEA Agent #2 | |
| 2014 | First Impression | Julius | |
| 2014 | My Other Mother | Lewis | TV movie |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | Security Guard | |
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Candor Guard | |
| 2015 | To Hell and Back | Alvin Wilson | TV movie |
| 2015 | My First Love | Jahaad | Video |
| 2016 | The 5th Wave | Situation Room Soldier | |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | Danny Spriggs | TV movie |
| 2017 | All Eyez on Me | F.O.I | |
| 2017 | When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story | Raymond | TV movie |
| 2017 | Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer | Jacob Abba | |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Firefighter Dad | |
| 2018 | Acrimony | Kalvin | |
| 2018 | Smoke | Adrian Brown | |
| 2018 | Tales from the Hood 2 | Henry Bradley | |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | Chairmaker | |
| 2018 | Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill | Detective Spain | TV movie |
| 2018 | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Sam's Father | |
| 2019 | In Broad Daylight | William Boudreaux | TV movie |
| 2019 | Overcomer | Ken Jones | |
| 2019 | Richard Jewell | GBI Guy | |
| 2020 | Coins for Love | Demarco | TV movie |
| 2020 | Greenland | F.E.M.A. Supervisor | |
| 2020 | A Murder to Remember | Ed | TV movie |
| 2020 | The War with Grandpa | Insurance Adjuster | |
| 2021 | Coins Forever | Demarco | TV movie |
| 2021 | A Sisterly Christmas | Keith Fisher | TV movie |
| 2023 | Praise This | Uncle Larry | |
| 2023 | Shit is Crazy: First Day of Summer | Emmett | Short |
| 2023 | Whatever It Takes | Devin Sr | TV movie |
| 2024 | Single Black Female 2: Simone's Revenge | Trevor Williams | TV movie |
| 2024 | Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Kevin's Agent | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Dawson's Creek | Medic | Episode: "Great Xpectations" |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | Kevin | Episode: "Moral Dilemma" |
| 2008-09 | Army Wives | Detective Paulsen | Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 |
| 2010 | The Gates | Tech Guy | Episode: "Breach" |
| 2010 | Drop Dead Diva | Police Chief | Episode: "Will & Grayson" |
| 2011 | Teen Wolf | Deputy | Episode: "Pack Mentality" |
| 2011 | Sid Roth's It's Supernatural! | Surprise Sithole | Episode: "Surprise Sithole 2011" |
| 2012 | The Rickey Smiley Show | Leo | Episode: "The Desperate House Wife" |
| 2013 | Witches of East End | Orderly | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2014 | The Game | Omari McGhee | Recurring Cast: Season 7 |
| 2014 | Under the Dome | Orderly | Episode: "Going Home" |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Uniform | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2015 | Born Again Virgin | Andre | Episode: "Slaying Your Dragons" |
| 2015 | Sleepy Hollow | Lawyer | Episode: "This Red Lady from Caribee" |
| 2016 | Zoe Ever After | Sean | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016 | The Haves and the Have Nots | Dr. Jackson | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2016 | The Vampire Diaries | Officer Albert | Episode: "I Went to the Woods" |
| 2016 | Containment | Mr. Graham | Episode: "Be Angry at the Sun" |
| 2016-17 | Saints & Sinners | Benjamin Truman | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 |
| 2017 | Mann & Wife | Police Officer | Episode: "Mann in Charge" |
| 2017 | House of Cards | Secret Service Agent | Episode: "Chapter 65" |
| 2017 | Nashville | Client #4 | Episode: "Farther On" |
| 2017 | NCIS: New Orleans | Special Agent Johnson | Episode: "Viral" |
| 2018 | Step Up | Brandon | Episode: "Shuffle" |
| 2018 | Homeland | Secret Service Agent | Recurring Cast: Season 7 |
| 2018 | Dynasty | Jim Lewis | Episode: "Use or Be Used" |
| 2018 | The Resident | Chief Medical Officer | Episode: "00:42:30" |
| 2018 | Mr. Mercedes | Detective | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Kito Payne | Episode: "The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi" |
| 2019 | The Inspectors | Darnell | Episode: "Senior Week" |
| 2019 | Last Call | Craig | Episode: "Hard Knock Life" |
| 2019 | Ambitions | Titus Hughes | Main Cast |
| 2021 | Queen Sugar | Jackson Fotenot | Recurring Cast: Season 5 |
| 2021 | Genius | Herbert | Episode: "Do Right Woman" |
| 2022 | The Wonder Years | Dave Payton | Episode: "Lads and Ladies and Us" |
| 2022 | Stranger Things | Agent Wallace | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2022 | Terror Lake Drive | Dr. Eric Matthews | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2022 | Rap Sh!t | Brian | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2022-24 | General Hospital | Detective Calvin Bennet | Regular Cast |
| 2023 | Will Trent | Grady Parnell | Episode: "Don't Let It Happen Again" |