Actor
Tucker Smallwood
February 22, 1944 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Tucker Smallwood (born February 22, 1944) is an American actor, author and vocalist. He often plays military characters. Smallwood's films include The Cotton Club (1984), Contact (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Larry David's Sour Grapes, Traffic (2000), The One (2001), Quigley (2003), Spectres (2004) and Embers (2015). On television, he has been a regular and made guest appearances on many series, including Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Babylon 5, The X-Files, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Friends, The Wayans Bros. and The Sarah Silverman Program.
Notable work
8.4Friends (1994)
as Mr. Tyler
5.8Pixels (2015)
as CIA Chief
7.4Contact (1997)
as Mission Director
8.5Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
as Baffert
5.6Evan Almighty (2007)
as Committee Member
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Sheriff Andy Taylor
7.9Modern Family (2009)
as Judge
6.2Deep Impact (1998)
as Ivan Brodsky
7.1Traffic (2000)
as Partygoer #4
8.3Seinfeld (1989)
as Man in Mercedes and as The Photographer and as Malcolm
6.1The One (2001)
as Prison Warden
7.7My Name Is Earl (2005)
as Hostage Negotiator
Often works with
Morgan Freeman
2 titles together
Evan Almighty, Deep Impact
Wanda Sykes
2 titles together
Evan Almighty, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David
2 titles together
Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Harriet Sansom Harris
2 titles together
The One, Frasier
Louis Ortiz
2 titles together
Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise
Full filmography · 81
Three Colors: Pan-African
as Waylon Jones / "Gregory Green"
2026
Merit x Zoe
as Dr. Cole
2022
Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth
as Mordecai Fredericksonton III
2022
Together Together
as Carson
20216.4
Sylvie's Love
as Dr. Parker
20206.2
Loners
as Father Monty
2019
Another Time
as TV Show Host
20185.5
The Lady Killers
as William
2017
Girlfriend's Day
as Governor Speakman
20175
Embers
as Teacher
20155.6
Pixels
as CIA Chief
20155.8Fartcopter
as General Cartwood
2014