Cast & creator
Kendrick Cross
Best known for Stranger Things, The Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill
Kendrick Cross (born May 1, 1971) is an American actor. 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.
Also known as: Kenny the Poet , Kendrick N. Cross
35
film credits
19
television credits
54
1998–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (54)
Showing 54 of 54 credits
Stranger Things
Agent Wallace
2016
The Vampire Diaries
Officer Albert
2009
One Tree Hill
Scout
2003
Homeland
Secret Service Agent
2011
The Resident
Chief Medical Officer
2018
Dawson's Creek
Medic
1998
Army Wives
ICU Doctor
2007Army Wives
PX Manager
2007Army Wives
Detective Paulsen
2007
Sleepy Hollow
Crane's Lawyer
2013
Will Trent
Grady Parnell
2023
Black Lightning
Kito Payne
2018
Under the Dome
Orderly
2013
Genius
Herbert
2017
Iron Man 3
Helicopter Pilot #2
2013
Secrets and Lies
Uniform
2015
Witches of East End
Orderly
2013
Greenland
FEMA supervisor
2020
Richard Jewell
GBI Guy
2019
Insurgent
Candor Guard
2015
The Wonder Years
Dave Payton
2021
The 5th Wave
Situation Room Soldier
2016
Scary Movie 5
Rescue Worker (uncredited)
2013
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Sam's Father
2018
The Gates
Tech Guy
2010
The Front Runner
Chairmaker
2018
Sabotage
DEA Agent #2
2014
Accidental Love
Security Guard
2015
Overcomer
Ken Jones
2019
For Colored Girls
Man #5
2010
Praise This
Uncle Larry
2023
Acrimony
Kalvin
2018
Tales from the Hood 2
Henry Bradley
2018
Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill
Detective Spain
2018
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
Raymond
2017My Real Life
Self
2024
A Murder to Remember
Ed
2020
My Other Mother
Lewis
2014The Fright Night Files
Eddie
2014
Single Black Female 2: Simone's Revenge
Trevor
2024
Killing Reagan
Danny Spriggs
2016
Hornet's Nest
Dispatcher Mike
2012
Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer
Jacob Abba
2017
Whatever It Takes
Devin Sr.
2023
Probable Cause
Travis
2012
To Hell and Back
2014Golden
Mr. Wake
My First Love
Jahaad
2015
Coins for Love
Demarco
2020
Coins Forever
Demarco
2021
Outdoor School
Melvin Shambry Sr.
2025
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Vince
2010
A Sisterly Christmas
Keith Fisher
2021
Smoke
Adrian Brown
2018