Lamman Rucker
Biography
Lamman Rucker is an American actor who was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in the Washington, DC, area, training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts before studying at Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University. He started on daytime television, playing the attorney T. Marshall Travers on As the World Turns from 2002 and later appearing as Garret Williams on All My Children, with recurring parts on the sitcoms All of Us and Half & Half. He is best known for his work in Tyler Perry's films, including Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and he played Will Brown in Meet the Browns (2008) and its television adaptation from 2009 to 2011. He went on to lead the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf as Jacob Greenleaf for five seasons and later starred in the BET+ series The Black Hamptons.
55years old
Turns 56 on October 6in 358 days
- Born Pittsburgh
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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A role that slipped away
In 2012, Rucker landed the male lead in the NBC comedy series Save Me, playing opposite Anne Heche, but he left the show after the pilot episode.
Early training
Rucker trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., and went on to study at Carnegie-Mellon University and Duquesne University.
Lamman Rucker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- I'm Through with White Girls (The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks)2007as Drake Moore
IMDb rating 5.7891 votes
Most often with
Tyler Perry directed four of these films. Tyler Perry appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Richard T. Jones's page
Tasha Smith's page
Jill Scott's page
Sharon Leal's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.