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Lyriq Bent (born January 3, 1979) is a Jamaican-Canadian actor. He is known for his roles in the Saw films, the television series Rookie Blue, and The Book of Negroes. Bent portrays Jamie Overstreet in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, based on the film of the same name.

Lyriq Bent
Bent in 2014
Born (1979-01-03) January 3, 1979 (age 43)
Kingston, Jamaica
OccupationActor, producer, writer
Years active2000–present
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Early life


Bent was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, when he was six years old.[1] He grew up in Toronto and later attended Seneca College in North York.[2]


Career


Bent has starred in various lead and supporting roles both in film and television since he began his acting career in the early 2000s. Prior to landing a co-starring role in the drama series Angela's Eyes, he guest starred on the UPN series Kevin Hill opposite Taye Diggs, and USA Network's Kojak opposite Ving Rhames. After appearing on several television shows, Playback Magazine listed him as one of Canada's top rising stars.[3]

Bent attracted further attention when he co-starred in the hit horror films Saw II and Saw III as Officer Daniel Rigg. He later starred as one of the central characters in Saw IV.[4]

From 2010 to 2014 he co-starred in the Canadian television series Rookie Blue, portraying Staff Sergeant Frank Best.

In 2015 Bent portrayed Chekura Tiano in the television miniseries The Book of Negroes, based on the best-selling novel by Lawrence Hill.[5] For this role, Bent won the award for Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 2016 4th Canadian Screen Awards.

He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for the web series For the Record.[6]


Filmography



Film


Film credits for Lyric Bent
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Caveman's Valentine Seraph Dancer
Jane Doe Rawlins TV Movie
2002 Pretend You Don't See Her Detective TV Movie
10,000 Black Men Named George Disgruntled Man TV Movie
Superbob Lepke
Damaged Goods Eddie Barrel
2003 Crime Spree Ellwood
Honey Barber
2005 The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico Mr. Stuff
Four Brothers Damian
Saw II Daniel Rigg
2006 Take the Lead Easy
Saw III Daniel Rigg
2007 Skinwalkers Doak
Saw IV Daniel Rigg
2009 Defendor Wayne
2010 Mother's Day Treshawn Jackson
Perception Father Short
2012 Home Again Dunston Williams
2013 Queen City Takiri
2014 A Day Late and a Dollar Short Randall TV Movie
The Good Sister Investigator TV Movie
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Barry Hankerson TV Movie
2015 Pay the Ghost Jordan Reynolds
2016 Ladies Book Club Carlyle TV Movie
Group Home Winnie TV Movie
The Choir Husband Short
2018 Love Jacked Tyrell
Acrimony Robert Gayle
Nappily Ever After Will Wright
2019 Benjamin Greg
Astronaut Jim
2021 An Ice Wine Christmas Declan TV Movie
Our Christmas Journey - TV Movie

Television


Television appearances by Lyric Bent
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Relic Hunter Quelch's Guard #2 Episode: "The Legend of the Lost"
2001 Tracker Bartender Episode: "The Plague"
Blue Murder Twist Ballard Episode "Remington Park"
2002 Street Time Sergeant Danny Blackstone Recurring Cast: Season 1
2003 Blue Murder Keith Rose Episode: "Respect"
Platinum Devon Recurring Cast
Playmakers - Recurring Cast
2003-04 Mutant X Harris/Randall Blake Episode: "Within These Walls" & "Art of Attraction"
2004 1-800-Missing Dante Episode: "Pop Star"
2004-05 Kevin Hill Jack Johnson Episode: "Full Metal Jessie" & "Sacrificial Lambs"
2005 Kojak Billy Harris Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Angela's Eyes Leo Jetson Main Cast
North/South Joss Colley Regular Cast
2007 The Dresden Files Jake Episode: "Bad Blood"
2008 CSI: Miami Colin Madison Episode: "Going Ballistic"
2008-09 Sophie Andre Recurring Cast
2009 Guns Ford Saunders Episode: "Episode #1.1 & #1.2"
2010 Haven Ray McBreen Episode: "Harmony"
2010-14 Rookie Blue Franklin Joseph "Frank" Best Main Cast: Season 1-4, Guest: Season 5
2013 Rookie Blue Webisodes Frank Best Episode: "In Session: Frank Best"
2015 12 Monkeys Henri Toussaint Episode; "Cassandra Complex"
The Book of Negroes Chekura Tiano Main Cast
2016 Coconut Hut Desmond Kilpatrick Episode: "No Wifi"
Shoot the Messenger Frank Lutz Main Cast
2017 Mary Kills People Detective Frank Gaines Main Cast: Season 1
2017-19 She's Gotta Have It Jamie Overstreet Main Cast
2018 The Man in the High Castle Mingus Jones Episode: "Sensô Kôi" & "Sabra"
2019 The Affair Paul Recurring Cast: Season 5
Carter Joyce Boyle Main Cast: Season 2
2020 For the Record Stefan Episode: "Climax"
2021 Delilah Gordon Leighton Recurring Cast
2022 Long Slow Exhale Garrett Carter Main Cast
Kid's Crew Principal Drayton Main Cast

Video Games


Video game work by Lyric Bent
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Mafia III Emmanuel Lazare (voice)

References


  1. "Strellson is classy one-stop shopping". Toronto Star. December 4, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. Lyriq Bent – Biography
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "The Horror Department: Lyriq Bent from Saw IV". AMC. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  5. "Cuba Gooding Jr., Lyriq Bent to Star in Book of Negroes". BET.
  6. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.




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