RonReaco Lee

Lee was born in Decatur, Illinois, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 9.[1] He began his acting career in 1983 as the host of the short-lived television show Kid's Beat.[1] His early work consisted of relatively minor roles in films and television, but after being cast as a mute drummer in the 1989 film Glory,[3] his career blossomed.[4]

By the early 1990s, Lee began receiving many guest-starring roles in television shows such as In the Heat of the Night. In 1997, he guest-starred in 413 Hope St. and Home Improvement. From 1997 to 1999, RonReaco played the part of the mechanic Tyreke "Ty" Scott in the television series Sister, Sister.[5] On the series, Tyreke was the boyfriend of Tia Landry.[1] At the conclusion of his role as Tyreke, Lee guest-starred on the UPN sitcom Moesha as Tate in the episode "Lets Talk About Sex."[6] In late 2000, RonReaco continued his long string of guest-starring roles on the NBC medical drama ER playing the character of Davis.

In 2002, he guest-starred in Boston Public. Lee was seen in the short lived WB sitcom All About the Andersons and in the FX hit show The Shield, as well as the award-winning TV series Monk. In 2005, he received a recurring role as wheelchair user Todd, in NBC's short-lived comedy Committed.[7] Lee recurred as Chris on CW's sitcom Girlfriends.[1] He appeared frequently as David on the CBS sitcom Worst Week[1] and played the role of Jason, Emily's husband, on short-lived series In the Motherhood.[8]

Lee recurred as Julius Grant on the Fox show The Good Guys,[9] and portrayed Jamal in the BET comedy Let's Stay Together from 2011 to 2014.[10][11] He starred in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, a spin-off movie based on the television series Burn Notice. Lee starred as Reggie Vaughn, Cam Calloway's cousin and manager,[12] in the Starz original comedy Survivor's Remorse produced LeBron James.[13] For his work on the series, Lee received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016[14] and 2018.[15] He portrayed Gary, an unfaithful teacher cheating on his wife, in First Wives Club.[16] Lee recurred on Queens as the husband of Eve's character.[17]

Having made his film debut in Glory, Lee next played Omar in The Return of Swamp Thing (1989).[18] He appeared as Chester Sayers in television film Paris Trout (1991).[19]

He also took on a major role as Perry in the film How I Spent My Summer Vacation.[20][21] In 2001, he appeared in the film Fire & Ice as co-star to Robert Aimes, Jr. That same year, he acted in the independent film Jacked Up alongside Anna Maria Horsford and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper Bizzy Bone. Lee portrayed Ben in Killer Diller (2004).[22]

Lee co-starred as Reggie in Guess Who (2005) with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher.[23] Lee played the character of Blaine in the WB comedy Americanizing Shelley (2007). He portrayed Chuck, a lawyer, in the 2009 Tyler Perry film Madea Goes to Jail.[1] In 2020, Lee appeared as a drug dealer in Coffee & Kareem.[24]

He now plays Miles in a play about HIV/AIDS called What You Don't Know Can Kill You.