# Tyrees Allen

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.

## 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.
Allen appeared in New York in the 2000 Broadway production of Aida and the 2003 Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Henry IV.
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.
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. He returned to SpeakEasy the following season to play Robin in The Children.

## Filmography
### Film

| 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

| 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" |