--- name: "Tyrin Turner" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyrin-turner" fi1m_id: "tyrin-turner" imdb_id: "nm0877928" tmdb_id: 57773 wikidata_id: "Q444101" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 July 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-03T07:56:18.002581+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." --- # Tyrin Turner ## Identity Tyrin Turner - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyrin-turner - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tyrin-turner - **IMDb ID:** nm0877928 - **TMDB ID:** 57773 - **Wikidata ID:** Q444101 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrin_Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57773 Actor. Born 13 July 1971 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 July 1971, Los Angeles, California, U.S - **Active:** 1992–1993 - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrin_Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57773 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Menace II Society*](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Tyrin Turner > Tyrin Turner gives *Menace II Society* a lead worth watching closely: reserved, difficult to read and never made easy to excuse. We rate that performance highly, even when the film hurries past what he suggests. In *Menace II Society* (1993), Tyrin Turner keeps Caine ‘Kaydee’ Lawson difficult to read, even as the film presses us to understand how he became this way. He does not supply a clear explanation for every response. Alongside him, Larenz Tate makes Kevin ‘O-Dog’ dangerous with the eagerness of someone still showing off, while Turner gives us fewer immediate clues. We found Caine unsettling because his reserve suggests feelings he has little capacity to examine. Turner gives us good reason to keep watching him without asking us to excuse him. An early part in *Deep Cover* (1992) preceded that breakthrough, but the lead in *Menace II Society* did not bring a steady succession of comparable opportunities. *Panther* (1995) and *Belly* (1998), in which he played Big Head Rico, followed. Later supporting work includes *Fatale* (2020), alongside television appearances in *black-ish* and *Alert: Missing Persons Unit* (2023). There is work behind the scenes too, writing comedy material for Jamie Foxx and producing on *Alert*. Allen and Albert Hughes get something valuable from Turner's restraint, though they do not always give it enough space. Tyger Williams’s screenplay puts Caine’s behaviour in the context of aggression learned early, with Brandon Hammond playing him at five. That helps explain why so many responses seem practised before the older Caine has considered them. The difficulty is the repeated insistence that violence will continue: the point can be clear well before the film stops making it. We wanted longer with the feelings Turner suggests, rather than another demonstration of what surrounds him. Our reservation is with that hurry, not with a lead who declines to explain himself on cue. However insistently the script explains where their aggression comes from, Turner and Tate keep us looking at two distinct people. For Turner, begin with *Menace II Society*, and do not expect an easy evening. ## Biography Tyrin Turner is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing the lead role of Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson in the 1993 film *Menace II Society*. Turner began his career in the late 1980s, appearing in Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' music video. He has made guest appearances on television series including *Chicago Hope* (1994) and *black-ish* (2014). He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for his performance in *Menace II Society*. Turner has also worked as a producer on the series *Alert: Missing Persons Unit* (2023) and has written comedy material for Jamie Foxx. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Menace II Society* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson — [page](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md) - *Deep Cover* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Dealer — [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) ## Complete filmography (28) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dutch II: Angel's Revenge* (2024), as Sugar Ray - *Alert: Missing Persons Unit* (2023), series, as Mike Sherman Sr. · Co-Executive Producer - *Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding* (2022), as Pastor Williams - *The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2* (2021), as Rico · Associate Producer - *Dutch* (2021), as Sugar ray - *Fatale* (2020), as Tyrin Abenathy - *black-ish* (2014), series, as Big - *Supremacy* (2014), as Reggie - *When a Woman's Fed Up* (2013), as Ray - *Highway* (2012), as City Cop #2 - *Ghetto Stories: The Movie* (2010), as Slimm - *A Day in the Life* (2009), as Detective Lou - *Nite Tales* (2008), Actor - *Crime Partners* (2003), as Billy - *Belly* (1998), as Big - *Little Boy Blue* (1998), as Nate Carr - *The Method* (1996), as Damian - *Red Wind* (1995), as Bartender - *Soldier Boyz* (1995), as Butts - *Panther* (1995), as Cy - *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Ricky Jackson - *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Bartender — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) - *Menace II Society* (1993), as Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/menace-ii-society.md) - *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Lewis - *Deep Cover* (1992), as Dealer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deep-cover.md) - *Michael Jordan's Playground* (1990), as Walt Preston - *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Actor - *All-Star Weekend*, as Juggs ## Gallery - ![Tyrin Turner](https://film.one/media/person/83053/gallery-8a0befabf4c3.jpg) Tyrin Turner — Image via TMDB - ![Tyrin Turner](https://film.one/media/person/83053/gallery-d99adef48715.jpg) Tyrin Turner — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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