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Tommie Earl Jenkins, also credited in some productions as Tee Jaye[1] or Tommie Jenkins, is an American actor, voice actor, musician and stage performer most noted for his work as Ubercorn from the television show Go Jetters. Go Jetters was nominated for a 2016 BAFTA in the Preschool - Animation section.[2] Other notable work includes the origination of the role Barry Belson in Jersey Boys,[3] and the narration of the audiobook Twelve Years a Slave[4] and the narration of two documentaries released concurrently with Roots.[5][6] Tommie Jenkins also provided motion capture and voice acting for the character Die-Hardman in Hideo Kojima's award-winning video game, Death Stranding (2019).

Tommie Earl Jenkins
Publicity headshot of Tommie Earl Jenkins
Born	Tommie Earl Jenkins Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Other names	Tee Jaye, Tommie Jenkins
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, musician stage performer
Years active	1979–present
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Jye Frasca

Personal life

A native of Canton, Ohio, he has spent more than twenty years in the United Kingdom. He returned to the United States in 2014.[7]

In 2000, Jenkins married Jye Frasca.[8]

Career

Tommie Earl Jenkins originally trained as a classical ballet dancer. He has worked with the Canton Ballet in Ohio, the Duluth Ballet of Minnesota and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.[1][3] He has worked in numerous theatrical performances as both a dancer and actor as well as a film and voice actor.[3][9]

Filmography

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Purlie the Musical[3]
1990–1998	Cats	Various (Alonzo, Macavity, Munkustrap, Plato, Rum Tug Tugger)	Hamburg (1990–1991) London (1996–1998)
1993–1996	A Chorus Line	Richie	Carr Performing Arts Centre A non-commercial BBC Radio broadcast was made with the 1996 cast.[10]
1994–1995	Five Guys Named Moe	Swing, Big Moe, Nomax, Four-eyed Moe[3]	Albery Theater Also appeared as Four-eyed Moe in the 1995 live video recording
1999–2000	Oh What a Night!	Brutus T. Firefly	Apollo Hammersmith Theatre
2000–2002	Fame	Tyrone Jackson[11][12]	Victoria Palace Theatre and Cambridge Theatre[13]
2004	Purlie	Purlie Victorious[14]	Bridewell Theatre
2004–2005	Aladdin	Genie[3]	Old Vic Theatre[13] with Ian McKellen[3]
2005–2008	Tick, Tick...Boom!	Michael	Menier Chocolate Factory[15]
2006	Whistle Down the Wind	Ed	Palace Theatre[13]
2006–2008	Dirty Dancing[16]	Tito Suarez (stand by)	Aldwych Theatre[17]
2008–2012	Jersey Boys	Barry Belson[18] and others	Prince Edward Theatre and August Wilson Theatre[13]
2011	Cinderella	Dandini	Hackney Empire pantomime[19]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Patriot Games	Voice-over[1]	Possibly dubbing and/or revoicing
1997	The Peacemaker
2002	The Bourne Identity
2002	Reign of Fire
2003	Agent Cody Banks
2004	Fascination	Voice	German release film
2005	Tideland	Performer	Song: "Wash Me in the Blood of Jesus"[20]
2012	Gambit	Couple husband	with Lorna Brown
2013	The Callback Queen	Chuck Rydell[21]
2014	The Trip[22]	Jeremy	London Sci-Fi Festival[23]
2015	Tulips		Short film to launch upcoming feature film The White King[24]
2018	Papi Chulo	Tom
2019	Dolemite Is My Name		Uncredited

Television

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Goodnight Sweetheart	Niles	Guest role Episode: "The Yanks Are Coming" (as Tee Jaye)[25]
2008	Loose Women	Himself	Guest Season 12, Episode 137 (21 March 2008)
2011	Moby Dick	Sailor	Uncredited[20]
2015	Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...	O. J. Simpson	Episode: "Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman"
2015	American Odyssey	Osela Soldier #1	Episode: "Gone Elvis"
2015	Galavant	Pirate	Episode: "Comedy Gold" Uncredited[26]
2015–2018	Go Jetters	Ubercorn (voice)
2016	Roots: A New Vision	Narrator	Television special documentary[6]
2016	Roots: A History Revealed	Narrator	Television special documentary[5]
2017	Shooter	Navy Commander	Episode: "The Hunting Party"[27]
2017	Law & Order True Crime	Reporter #2	3 episodes
2017	How to Get Away with Murder	Donald	Episode: "Wes"
2017	General Hospital	Dean Paulson	2 episodes
2018	Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.	Wayne Higgins	Episode: "Half the Job" (as Tommie Jenkins)
2018	For the People	FBI Agent Steven Tate	Episode: "First Inning"
2019	Pandora	Ellison Pevney	Main role
2022	Wednesday	Mayor Walker	Upcoming series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire	Blish, Human, Noble Human, Utumishi
2018	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire	Director Castol, Player Voice - Male Stoic
2018	Fallout 76	Scott Shepherd, Squire Schultz, Lottery Phone Representative, Additional Voices
2019	Death Stranding	Die-Hardman	Also performance capture
2020	Fallout 76: Wastelanders	Aldridge, Sargento
2022	Gotham Knights	Jacob Kane
2022	Bayonetta 3	Phantasmaraneae

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Twelve Years a Slave	Narrator	W.F. Howes Ltd[28]
2014	The Autobiography of Malcolm X	Narrator	RNIB[29]
2014	The Racketeer	Narrator	RNIB[30]
2014	Brother Ray–Ray Charles' Own Story	Narrator	RNIB[31]
Unknown	Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom	Narrator	RNIB[1]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes
1988	"D.E.F. = Doug E. Fresh"	Doug E. Fresh	Staging and choreographing	Music video[1]
1988	"Cut That Zero"	Doug E. Fresh	Staging and choreographing	Music video[1]

Music[32]

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1992	"Never Too Late"	Polydor Records	Pop
1992	"Baby, Come Back"	Polydor Records	Funk/soul
1994	"Who's That Girl?"	BMG	Electronic/Euro house
1994	"Don't Call It Destiny"	RCA/BMG	Electronic/Euro house
1995	"Let Me Be Your Love"[33]	One Way Records	Electronic/house/Euro House
1997	"Oh Oh My Girl"	One Way Records	Electronic/Euro house
2012	Magic of Disney Concert[34]	n/a	As part of Queen's Diamond Jubillee

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film/TV show	Results
2016	69th British Academy Film Awards	Best Pre-School Animation	Go Jetters	Nominated[35]
2016	68th Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series	Roots: A New Vision	Nominated[36][37]
2019	Shacknews	Best Voice Actor	Death Stranding	Won[38]

References

External links

• Tommie Earl Jenkins on Twitter
• Tommie Earl Jenkins at Behind The Voice Actors
• Tommie Earl Jenkins at IMDb

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