Tucker Smallwood
Biography
Tucker Smallwood is an American actor, author and vocalist who studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and began performing on Broadway in Mahalia before building a career in film and television. He often plays military characters, and his movies include The Cotton Club, Traffic, The One (2001) and Embers (2015). His television work, as a regular or a guest, ranges from Space: Above and Beyond and Babylon 5 to Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Murphy Brown and Star Trek: Enterprise, where he at last played a fully alien role, the sympathetic Xindi, across several episodes. A science fiction fan, he had long wanted to play a Star Trek alien, and on Voyager he appeared in human form as a disguised alien. He sometimes sings in his acting roles, plays guitar as Commodore Ross on Space: Above and Beyond, and sings with the blues band Incarnation. He wrote Return to Eden, a collection of essays.
82years old
Turns 83 on February 22in 104 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 31 years1990 to 2021
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Getting ready for a role
A science fiction fan, Smallwood had long hoped to portray a Star Trek alien. On Voyager he was the human form of a disguised alien, and on Enterprise he finally got a fully alien role, a sympathetic Xindi, across several episodes.
Beyond film
Smallwood is the singer in Incarnation, a blues band that bassist Jerry Jemmott leads. The group's self-titled first album, made in 1994, honors Robert Johnson with 15 tracks he wrote or is linked to.
Beyond film
In 1985, Smallwood appeared as one of two actors in "Good Boy Bad Boy," a video installation by Bruce Nauman.
Behind the camera
Smallwood wrote Return to Eden, an anthology of 33 personal essays about his Vietnam tour, his life as a performer and his 2004 return to Vietnam; the mp3 version was first runner-up at the Fifth Annual DIY Book Festival in 2006.
Tucker Smallwood movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Tucker Smallwood shares two films with Stephanie Courtney, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Stephanie Courtney's page
Eric Roberts's page
Harrison Ford's page
Brian Dennehy's page
Jon Voight's page
Paul Sorvino's page
All films by James Wong
Alan J. PakulaDirector, 1 film, 1990
All films by Alan J. Pakula
Nikole BeckwithDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Nikole Beckwith
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Official profiles and reference pages.