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Name
Jim Codrington

Known For
Acting

Birthday
(56 years old)

Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Born in Toronto, Jim Codrington began his acting career at the age of 13 in a Black Theatre Canada production of The Malfini. He went on to get a Bachelor’s degree from Ryerson’s Radio and Television Arts program after receiving vocal, instrumental and theoretical training at St. Michael’s Choir School. His first major foray into television was as co-host of the multiple-award-winning Canadian children’s series The Polka Dot Door. He is probably best known for his role as Acting Inspector Darnell Williams in the television drama series The Border from 2008 to 2010. In addition to his film and television career, Codrington has had a long career on stage, notably playing Mufasa in the Toronto production of The Lion King, and playing the title role in a Saskatchewan regional theatre production of Othello. Other performances including playing “O” in Harlem Duet at the Neptune Theatre, and Adam in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at the Magnus Theatre.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse as Lieutenant
2006 The Veteran as Agent Cooper
1998 White Lies as Black Cop
2022 Nightalk as Det. Charlie
2016 Prisoner X as Williams
1998 Motel as Mick
2001 A Passage to Ottawa as Roland
2014 Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy as Leon Buck
1995 Tommy Boy as Security Guard
2001 Bleacher Bums as Decker's Employee
1998 Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
2016 Burning, Burning as The African
2016 Gridlocked as Joe Beck
2002 Two Against Time as Dr. Emerick
2004 Direct Action as Hardcase #2
2018 Luba as Perly
2004 Gracie's Choice as Stan
2015 A Wish Come True as Renshaw
2018 Romeo and Juliet as Montague
2001 Walter and Henry as Cop
2013 Rewind as CIA Director
2011 The Entitled as Detective
2007 The Note as Reverend Timothy Lavery
2024 Taken in Plain Sight as Detective Doyle
1995 Deadly Love as Derek Green
1997 Color of Justice as Reporter #4
2025 What Would You Kill For? as Detective Johnson
1999 Pushing Tin as Pilot (voice)
2000 Witchblade as Officer Smitty
2007 Wide Awake as Mason
2001 The Judge as Sgt. McAllister
1997 Ms. Scrooge as Ward
2009 Continuity Problems as Hot Guy
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story as Health Food Store Manager
1996 The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story as Technician
2000 The Ladies Man as Soul Station Manager
2008 Killshot as 1st FBI Agent
1999 Half a Dozen Babies as Internist
1999 The Time Shifters as Co-Pilot

2002 Odyssey 5 ( 20 episodes )
2016 The Girlfriend Experience ( 1 episode ) as Toronto Client
2001 Witchblade ( 1 episode )
2021 The Hardy Boys ( 6 episodes ) as Sam Peterson
2008 The Border ( 38 episodes ) as Acting Inspector Darnell Williams
2011 Against the Wall ( 1 episode ) as Lenny Butler
2003 Mayday ( 1 episode ) as Lead Investigator
1999 Twice in a Lifetime ( 1 episode ) as Coach Cronin
2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Male Doctor
2010 Republic of Doyle ( 3 episodes ) as Jim Collins
1997 Earth: Final Conflict ( 1 episode ) as Blanchard / Col. Purcell
2001 Mutant X ( 1 episode ) as Halloran
2010 Rookie Blue ( 4 episodes ) as ETF Sgt. Bailey
2010 Rookie Blue ( 1 episode ) as ETF Bailey
2010 Rookie Blue ( 1 episode ) as Bailey
2010 Rookie Blue ( 1 episode ) as ETF SGT. Bailey
2009 The Listener ( 1 episode ) as Defence Attorney Lynch
2004 Kevin Hill ( 2 episodes ) as Dennis
2002 The Dead Zone ( 1 episode ) as Agent Connors
2024 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Manny
2022 SkyMed ( 1 episode ) as Anthony
1997 La Femme Nikita ( 1 episode ) as Det. Delray Jackson

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