Basil Wallace Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Basil Wallace is an American actor who was born in Jamaica. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to the United States when he was a little kid. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, where he lived with his parents and three brothers. After that, he and his family relocated to Long Island. He attended Hempstead High School, and he was certain that he wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts. He went for an audition for a play that was bound for Broadway. 

After graduating from high school, he went on to study at New York University (NYU). He attended New York University for two years, during which time he landed his first Off-Broadway role and started his career in the theatre. The next two decades were devoted to his career in the theatre as an actor, director, and writer. For a year, he worked as a director in residence at La Mama Theatre. Wallace also worked as an aesthetics instructor at the Lincoln Center Theater, where he spent 10 years. Previously, he served as the Director of Drama for School District 13 in the Bronx, as well as the Director of Mini-Mobile Theatre for two seasons. 

He was one of the Caribbean American Repertory Theatre’s founding members and served as its creative director during the organization’s first season. In 1990, he relocated to Los Angeles and auditioned for the film Marked for Death, for which he was cast as the antagonist. Wedlock, Return of the Living Dead 3, Caught Up, Joy Ride, and Blood Diamond are some of the films in which he has appeared. He has also appeared in several television series, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Born Free, ER, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Burn Notice.

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