Cast & creator
Eugene Byrd
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mentalist, Law & Order
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor. He has been in movies including Dead Man, Sleepers, 8 Mile, Lift and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, and has the leading role in Confess, for which he won the Break-Out Performance Award at the 2006 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. He starred as Dr. Sidney Trumaine in the television show Crossing Jordan. Before that he was a guest star in the seventh and eighth seasons of The Cosby Show for four episodes titled "Theo and the Kids" part 1 and 2, "Theo's Future," and "Cliff and Theo Come Clean." He also landed a role on Beverly Hills, 90210 as Rondinson Ashe III during the second season. He was also on the Touched by an Angel spin off Promised Land. Eugene also appeared in the TV series Ghostwriter as "Walter" in 1993 and portrayed the comical but defiant Oliver Cross on the British Children's television series, Chris Cross, which won an award for "Best Children's Series" in 1994. The show aired on the Showtime Cable Network from 1994 to 1995. Byrd had a minor role in season one of Heroes, as Nathan Petrelli's campaign manager, and as Dr. Clark Edison in several episodes of Bones. He has also made an appearance on the show Two and a Half Men, as one of Charlie's gambling and drinking buddies. On January 6, 2011, The Glendale News Press reported that Eugene was arrested in California by the Glendale Police Department for domestic violence assault on January 1, 2011.
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television credits
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1984–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (99)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Carlos Medina
1999
The Mentalist
Russell Bigelow
2008
Law & Order
Tonel Otten
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Danny Ford
2005
Family Guy
UPS Deliveryman (voice)
1999
American Dad!
Ship Captain (voice)
2005
The Rookie
Main in Apartment 101
2018
Bones
Clark Edison
2005
American Horror Story
Greyson's Partner
2011
Two and a Half Men
Lenny
2003
Arrow
Andy Diggle
2012
The Pitt
Lyman Paine
2025
Beverly Hills, 90210
Robinson 'Ronny' Ashe III
1990
Heroes
Campaign Manager
2006
Without a Trace
Cole Warren
2002
Ghost Whisperer
Derrick Lee
2005
The Outer Limits
Ronnie Dell
1995
ER
James Connor
1994
Numb3rs
Vic Moritz
2005
Crossing Jordan
Sidney
2001
Third Watch
Nathaniel 'Puppet' Ryder
1999
True Blood
Jerome
2008
All American
Dr. Dameon Spears
2018
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Principal O'Connor / The Fizz Wizz (voice)
2021The Ghost and Molly McGee
Principal O'Connor (voice)
2021
The Cosby Show
Eugene
1984
9-1-1: Lone Star
Will
2020
Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Jefferson Morales (voice)
2021
Eureka
Dr Michael Clark
2006
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Don
2024
All Rise
Bert Taylor
2019
The Legend of Vox Machina
Captain Jarett (voice)
2022The Legend of Vox Machina
Additional Voices (voice)
2022
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Weeds
1992
New York Undercover
Tiandre
1994
Shark
Kurt Bellows
2006
Life
Ben Mosby
2007
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Lonnie Lincoln (voice)
2025
Suburgatory
Cyrus
2011
Stick
Manny
2025
Reasonable Doubt
CJ Cooke
2022
Quantum Leap
Dr. Everett Harper
2022
Monsters
Brad
1988
Half & Half
Derek
2002
L.A.'s Finest
Big Mikey
2019
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Cortex (voice)
2018
Bookie
Eugene Byrd
2023
Raising the Bar
Andre Jackman
2008
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Zander Freemaker (voice)
2016
One Day at a Time
Salesman
2017
Promised Land
1996
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Additional Voices (voice)
2016
Sleepers
Rizzo
1996
For Your Love
1998
8 Mile
Wink
2002
Ghostwriter
1992
Secrets of Sulphur Springs
Sam Tremont
2021
Night Stalker
Alex Nyby
2005
The Lyon's Den
2003
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Security Guard / Police / Office Man 2 / Café Man (voice)
2022
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Cole Burris
2004
LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars
Zander Freemaker (voice)
2018
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Mace
1998
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Ron Troupe (voice)
2020
Dead Man
Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett
1995
A Million Little Pieces
Matty
2019
Survival Island
Doug
2002
D.C.
2000
Chris Cross
Oliver Cross
1993
How to Make Love to a Woman
Layne Wilson
2010
Daybreak
Charles
2012
Rails & Ties
Otis Higgs
2007
Amish Grace
Danny
2010
One Point O
Nile
2004
Confess
Terell Lessor
2005
Four Influencers and a Funeral
@bestoftheblessed
2024
Immanence
Davis
2022
DC Showcase: The Losers
Henry 'Mile a Minute' Jones (voice)
2021
Julia
Leon
2008
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Jack
2000
Color of Justice
Kenny
1997
Bad Attitudes
James
1991
Murder in Mississippi
Ben Jr.
1990
Our Happy Place
Derek
2024
Definition Please
Wayland Pines
2020
Easier with Practice
Aaron
2009
Dependent's Day
Poker Ross
2016
Rock Jocks
Layne
2012
Perfect Harmony
Landy Allen
1991
The Gaze
2021
Comic Escape
Gene
2022
My Little Girl
Arthur
1986
Twisted
Willus Burns, her son
1996
Lift
Angelo
2001
Whiteboyz
Khalid
1999
The Barracks
SSG Henderson
2011
Buds For Life
Paul Dobson
2004Buds For Life
Co-Producer
2004