---
name: "Ricky Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ricky-harris"
fi1m_id: "ricky-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0365244"
tmdb_id: 158452
wikidata_id: "Q2151707"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1965"
died: "26 December 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T01:32:33.747416+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ricky Harris

## Identity

Ricky Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ricky-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ricky-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365244
- **TMDB ID:** 158452
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2151707
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2151707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158452

Actor. Born 5 October 1965 in Long Beach, California, USA. Died 26 December 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1965, Long Beach, California, USA
- **Died:** 26 December 2016
- **Active:** 1995–2005
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $207m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2151707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158452

## Biography

Ricky Harris was an American actor, comedian and producer. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California, and began appearing in films in the early 1990s.

His early screen roles included parts in *Poetic Justice* (1993), *Heat* (1995) as Albert Torena and *Hard Rain* (1998) as Ray. He also appeared in *Bones* (2001), *This Christmas* (2007) and *Dope* (2015). On television he played recurring roles including Javon "J.W." Willis in *Moesha* and Malvo in *Everybody Hates Chris* (2006–2008).

Harris performed stand-up on HBO's *Def Comedy Jam* and provided voices for skits on Snoop Dogg albums. He died on 26 December 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Malvo — [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Fi1m 61, as Ray — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Heat* (1995), Fi1m 91, as Albert Torena — [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Workout Room* (2019), as Ricky Harris
- *Check Point* (2017), as Kenny
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, as Black Bullhorn — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *A Royal Family Christmas* (2015), as Nelson
- *A Royal Family Holiday* (2015), as Nelson
- *Dope* (2015), as Tannehill James
- *Mid Life Gangster* (2013), as Donnie
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Homeless Witness
- *Mr. Sadman* (2009), as Whitey
- *Dark Blue* (2009), series, as Wade
- *Raising the Bar* (2008), series, as Defendant
- *This Christmas* (2007), as Cousin Fred Whitfield
- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, as Malvo — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Boss'n Up* (2005), as Interviewer
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Disco Placid
- *The Tracy Morgan Show* (2003), series, as Clarence
- *MDs* (2002), series, as Randy Stilton
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Jeremy Broyle
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, as K-9
- *Bones* (2001), as Eddie Mack
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Disco Placid
- *Simon Sez* (1999), as Macro
- *Thick as Thieves* (1999), as Rodney
- *The Breaks* (1999), as Militant Leader
- *Hard Rain* (1998), as Ray — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), as Bellhop
- *Millennium* (1996), series, as Gerome Knox
- *Moesha* (1996), series, as J.W.
- *Heat* (1995), as Albert Torena — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)
- *Tales from the Hood* (1995), as Lil' Deke
- *Murder Was the Case* (1995), as Eyewitness
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mr. Davis — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Poetic Justice* (1993), as Gangsta

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