MALIK YOBA is best known for his roles in the 1993 Disney classic film, Cool Runnings and the hit Fox television series “New York Undercover.” Recent stage credits include The New Group’s Everything’s Turning into Beautiful with Daphne Rubin Vega and The Delaware Theater Company’s The Piano Lesson. His theatre company, The Malik Yoba National Theatre (MYNT) Company, creates, acquires, produces and distributes content for the urban theatre market. He has co-written two musicals for stage: What’s on The Hearts of Men and Acoustic Chocolate (both adapted for screen). Yoba was also co-musical director for the Henson/ABC produced Saturday morning show “CityKids” and wrote the theme song for the movie Cool Runnings. At the age of 13 he became a member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Children’s Theater Guild and at 16 worked with The Negro Ensemble Company. Over thirty film credits including Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, Why Did I Get Married Too, Copland, Smoke, Blue in the Face, Soul Food, Hooked Up, Harlem Aria, Vote for Me, Ride, Dreaming in Black and White, Kids in America, Criminal, Betty and Coretta (Martin Luther King Jr. opposite Angela Bassett) and most recently the BBC film Turks and Caicos with Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter and Christopher Walken, directed by David Hare. Veteran of 11 network/cable television shows as a series lead, including SyFy’s “Alphas,” TNT’s “Bull,” NBC’s “Trinity,” “Kingpin, and Raines,” ABC’s “Defying Gravity” and the F/X series “Thief.” Recurring roles on NBC’s “Revolution,” “Arrested Development,” “Girlfriends” and VH1’s “Single Ladies.” Numerous guest starring roles including “The Good Wife,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order” and “Nikita.” Yoba also wrote, directed and starred in the BET.com web series “ShopTalk.”
