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Allen Payne
Highest Rated: 86% The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jul 7, 1968
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
This young, thoughtful African-American player turned down a chance for lucrative steady work in TV to pursue a career in features. Saved from the perils of the streets of NYC's Harlem by attending acting classes in his youth, Payne received his first wide exposure playing a recurring role during the last seasons (1990-92) of the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show." He was one of the wisecracking friends of Pam Tucker (Erika Alexander), Claire Huxtable's young cousin from the inner-city. Though he passed on a regular gig on "A Different World," Payne shared Mr. Cosby's concern about providing role models for black youth.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California Love | Leon Watkins (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 2% | 59% | Crossover | Kemp (Character) | $7.0M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Playas Ball | Cedric Tinsley (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Men Cry in the Dark | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 67% | 65% | 30 Years to Life | Malik (Character) | $12.7K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Blue Hill Avenue | Tristan (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Commitments | Van Compton (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 46% | 63% | The Perfect Storm | Alfred Pierre (Character) | $182.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Double Platinum | Ric Ortega (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 57% | 53% | A Price Above Rubies | Ramon Garcia (Character) | $1.1M | 1998 |
| 0% | 62% | The Walking Dead | Cole Evans (Character) | $5.2M | 1995 |
| 12% | 31% | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Justice (Character) | $18.7M | 1995 |
| 86% | 79% | The Tuskegee Airmen | Walter Peoples (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 58% | 90% | Jason's Lyric | Jason Alexander (Character) | $20.3M | 1994 |
| 52% | 61% | CB4 |
Euripides/ |
$17.6M | 1993 |
| 80% | 80% | New Jack City | Gee Money (Character) | $44.1M | 1991 |
| 10% | 37% | Rooftops | Kadim (Character) | $1.1M | 1989 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | CJ Payne (Character) | 2006-2012 2020-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Willie Chancey (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All of Us | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Different World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |