Malik Yoba

Malik Yoba

Acting

September 17, 1967
New York City, New York, USA
38 movies

Biography

Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor and occasional singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Malik Yoba,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

🎬 Malik Yoba's Filmography

38 movies sorted by popularity

Hood
4.0

When RJ (Matt Singletary) returns home to Chicago after an 8 year tour in the army, he quickly finds that the streets he once knew are now eerily similar to the war torn villages and deserts of the Middle East. His Uncle Richard (Harlem Globe Trotter Curley Boo Johnson), who has taken care of him since he was a little boy, explains the rules of the urban battleground - Don't go out at night, gangs, drugs and money rule these streets, and Trust no one.Is there any way to stop the cycle of violence? To push the gangs out? To save our children?This modern day retelling of the Robin Hood Legend amps up the action and heroism. All while taking a look at what's really wrong in the neighborhoods of Chicago.RJ is an arrow slinging savior of the city. Along with Father Benjamin Tuck (Malik Yoba), Marian (Mahogany Monae), his childhood love who now runs the community center, and his comrades in arms from the army, RJ and his crew are out to stop the drug trade and gangland war that's spread ...

Hood

2015
Turks & Caicos
6.3

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom Eliot (he’s a poet at heart). We’re drawn into his world and his predicament when Christopher Walken strolls in as a shadowy American who claims to know Johnny. The encounter forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, their financial PR seems to know more than she's letting on. Worricker soon learns the extent of their shady activities and he must act quickly to survive when links to British prime minister Alec Beasley come to light.

Turks & Caicos

2014
Jonesing: When Love Is a Habit
10.0

Simone is a young poet and college senior navigating love and self-discovery while witnessing the unraveling of her parents’ once-revered relationship. Her father, a world-renowned author whose words once defined a generation’s understanding of love, and her mother, a sought-after creative director celebrated for capturing the essence of intimacy through her lens, built a life shaped by passion, artistry, and devotion until the foundation began to crack. As their love story fades from the idealized lens of the public into the stark reality of divorce, Simone begins to question whether love is ever as real as it seems. Now in her final year of college, she stands at the crossroads between the creative world she was born into and the growing disillusionment in her heart. Just as she prepares to give up on the idea of love altogether, she meets Myles, a charismatic transfer athlete with unexpected emotional depth.

Jonesing: When Love Is a Habit

2025
Harlem Aria
7.7

An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel Casseus) lives in Harlem with his aunt. He dreams of moving to Italy and becoming a famous opera singer, and though he's been blessed with a magnificent singing voice, his passion has made him an outsider in his neighborhood. Running away from home, Anton meets passionate street pianist Matthew (Christian Carmago) and together the two begin drawing large, appreciate crowds on the street. Working the crowd as they do their thing is Wes (Damon Wayans), whose natural charm always gets the cash flowing. And while life on the streets is never easy, Anton, Matthew, and Wes soon discover that by following their dreams, they may find a means of transforming their lives forever.

Harlem Aria

1999
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