Biography
African-American supporting player Richard T. Jones boasts a resumé exhibiting the genre versatility of the most gifted character actors. Jones made his first significant onscreen appearance in 1993, with a bit part as Ike Turner Jr. in the harrowing drama What's Love Got to Do With It? He then branched out into supporting roles in such pictures as the military comedy
Renaissance Man, the goofy
Pauly Shore yuck-fest
Jury Duty, the sci-fi horror film
Event Horizon, and the psychological thrillers
Kiss the Girls (1997) and
Twisted (2004). In addition, Jones played Officer Clement Johnson on the short-lived cop drama
Brooklyn South in the late '90s.
The actor was particularly memorable in his regular role opposite
Amy Brenneman on the legal drama series
Judging Amy (1999-2005), as Court Services officer Bruce Van Exel. After taking appearing in multiple episodes of the sitcom
Girlfriends as Aaron and in supporting roles in films such as Why Did I Get Married? and
Vantage Point, Jones scored a regular part on the hit sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, playing FBI agent James Ellison, who is constantly on the hunt for the fugitive Sarah Connor. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide