# Raymond Forchion

Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared on film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has co-starred on series such as Burn Notice, Numb3rs, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Femme Fatales, Southland, Will & Grace, The Golden Girls, Wiseguy and In the Heat of the Night. He has had recurring roles on General Hospital and Miami Vice. His film credits include Flight of the Navigator (1986), Point Break (1991) and Masterblaster (1987).
Directors and actors he has worked with include: Ron Howard, Katherine Bigelow, Randal Kleiser, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Depp, Joshua Logan, Curtis Hanson, Keanu Reeves, Franco Zeffirelli, Cliff Robertson, James Burrows, Joe Roth, Tobe Hooper, Jay Roach, Robert Ellis Miller and others. Forchion has starred in nearly 100 commercials. In addition to playing O. J. Simpson in the award-winning CBS miniseries, American Tragedy, he co-starred in HBO's Emmy-winning movie about the 2000 election, Recount, with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.
In 2007, Forchion produced Confessions of a Thug, a hip-hop musical film starring Daron Fordham, in which an educated street hustler re-examines his life. It won Best Direction from the San Diego Black Film Festival and was an official selection of the Urbanworld/Vibe Film Festival in New York. In 1992, he was a producer of Last Breeze of Summer, which was made at the American Film Institute and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short. The Horrible Dr. Bones, from Forchion's original screenplay, is available in stores now from Full Moon Releasing.
Forchion is a recipient of the 1999 Team Player Award from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center, a lifetime achievement for service to the film industry.

## Personal life

Forchion was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey. Later, he moved to Miami, Florida, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Hot Stuff | Holdup Man #1 | |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Advertising Personnel | |
| 1980 | Island Claws | Jean | |
| 1981 | The Funhouse | Man in Tent Show | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt | Army Officer | |
| 1981 | Freddie of the Jungle | African Warrior | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Cat and Dog | Angry Man | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Blue Skies Again | Jimmy | |
| 1983 | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | Tar Worker | |
| 1985 | The Mean Season | Newsroom Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1985 | Private Resort | Bartender | |
| 1986 | Flight of the Navigator | Detective Banks | |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Conference Guard | |
| 1987 | Masterblaster | Lincoln Shakir | |
| 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II | Policeman | |
| 1988 | Mac and Me | Police Officer #1 | |
| 1991 | Point Break | Neighbor | |
| 1991 | True Identity | Burly Cop | |
| 2001 | No Turning Back | Hospital Cop | |
| 2002 | Are You a Serial Killer? | Juice | Short |
| 2005 | Confessions of a Thug | Himself | Also producer |
| 2013 | Island Songs | Detective | Short |
| 2013 | Pastor Shirley | Mr. Titan | |
| 2014 | Last Writes | Doctor | Short |
| 2016 | Neron | Moll | |
| 2017 | Destruction Los Angeles | Fire Marshall | |
| 2018 | Lost Fare | Gardener | |
| 2019 | Faith, Hope and Love | City Worker Joe | |
| 2021 | Wizardream | N/A | |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The African Queen | African Villager | TV movie, uncredited |
| 1979 | Jennifer's Journey | Street Guy | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Angel City | Migrant Worker | TV movie |
| 1980 | The Wild and the Free | Habibu | TV movie |
| 1980 | ¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.? | Mike Donahue | Episode: "There Goes the Neighborhood" |
| 1983 | Feel the Heat | Detective | Pilot |
| 1984–1986 | Miami Vice | Don/ O'Hara | 4 episodes |
| 1986 | Intimate Strangers | Corey Wells | TV movie |
| 1986 | Charley Hannah | N/A | TV movie |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Cecil Demont | Episode :"Loose Cannon" |
| 1988 | Bustin' Loose | Cop | 1 episode |
| 1988 | Moonlighting | Crime Scene Cop | Episode :"And the Flesh Was Made Word" |
| 1988 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Ben Prieto | Episode: "Skin of Evil" |
| 1988 | Hemmingway | Willard | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Wallace Fannoy | Episode :"Just A Country Boy" |
| 1991 | Bad Attitudes | Cohn | TV movie |
| 1991 | Us | Warden Turner | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Golden Girls | Professor Bradley | Episode :"Question and Answers" |
| 1994 | Smart Kids | Dad | TV movie |
| 1994 | In a Split Second | Father | TV movie |
| 1995–1996 | Ellen | Smitty / Customer #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | City Guys | Mr. Washington | Episode :"Alley Oops" |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | O.J Simpson | TV movie |
| 2000 | Will & Grace | Clayton | Episode :"Low in the Mid-Eighties" |
| 2008 | Recount | Jeff Robinson | TV movie |
| 2008 | General Hospital | Coast Guard Officer | Episode #1.11681 |
| 2010 | Numb3rs | Wayne Petersen | Episode: "Scratch" |
| 2012 | Southland | Carter | Episode: "Community" |
| 2012 | Burn Notice | Butch McCall | Episode: "Split Decision" |
| 2012 | Femme Fatales | Judge Aldrich | Episode: "Hell Hath No Furies" |
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy | Minister | Episode: "Things We Said Today" |
| 2014 | Taylor'd Problems | Mr. Johnson | Episode: "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner ?" |
| 2014 | Franklin & Bash | Male Board Member #5 | Episode: "Falcon's Nest" |
| 2014 | Scandal | Judge Lancaster | Episode: "An Innocent Man" |
| 2015 | Shameless | Minister | Episode: "I'm the Liver" |
| 2015 | The Adversaries | Judge Haywood Dempsey | TV movie |
| 2016 | 2 Lava 2 Lantula ! | Hal | TV movie |
| 2016 | Fresh Off the Boat | Ted | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Insecure | Uncle Jesse | Episode: "Hella Open" |
| 2018 | Goliath | Mayor Peter Anderson | Episode: "Who's Gabriel" |
| 2018 | Snowfall | Rushed Customer | Episode: "Serpiente" |
| 2018 | Into the Dark | Hank | Episode: "The Body" |
| 2018 | Almost Perfect | Detective George | TV movie |
| 2018 | Station 19 | Minister | Episode: "Last Day on Earth" |
| 2019 | S.W.A.T | Marcus | Episode: "Funny Money" |
| 2019 | Good Trouble | Pastor Thurston | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Better Things | Settlement Officer | Episode: "Father's Day" |
| 2021 | A Christmas Family Reunion | Terrence | TV movie |
| 2023 | Legacy | Tommy | Episode: "Afternath" |