Biography
While he had demonstrated his dramatic capabilities previously in supporting roles in films (e.g., "A Rage in Harlem" 1991) and TV (i.e., "Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid" CBS 1977), the performer hadn't had a meaty lead before. Ken Tucker in Entertainment Weekly was so impressed that in his April 14, 2000 review, he wrote "Carter's performance here -- the way he conveys hopelessness, guile, and outrage just by shifting his gaze -- is as good …
Career Milestones
2004 | Portrayed Bill Cosby in Mario Van Peebles' "Baadasssss!" | |
2000 | Offered a tour de force performance as a heroin addict in the acclaimed HBO miniseries "The Corner" | |
1998 | Served as dialogue coach for Chris Tucker on "Rush Hour" | |
| Played recurring role on "The Steve Harvey Show" (The WB) | ||
1993 | Had regular role as the ex-roommate of a man who takes in two foster kids on the short-lived Fox sitcom "The Sinbad Show" | |
1991 | Appeared in "A Rage in Harlem" | |
1990 | Reprised role in the NBC sequel "Polly Comin' Home" | |
1989 | Appeared in "Polly", the NBC musical remake of "Pollyanna" directed by Debbie Allen | |
1988 | Cast as Mylo Williams in The Disney Channel series "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", starring Hayley Mills | |
1987 | Played a man who poses as a woman to accept a trip to Hollywood in the genial if pedestrian comedy "He's My Girl" | |
| Played Mr. Fulton, a schoolteacher, on the NBC sitcom "Punky Brewster" | ||
| Provided character voices for such syndicated animated series as "Super Sunday" and "JEM" | ||
1983 | Played the genie Shabu on the ABC sitcom "Just Our Luck" | |
1983 | Co-starred as a woker at a community center in Chicago in the unsold CBS pilot "Adams House" | |
1982 | Was cast as one of the researchers in the horror remake "The Thing" | |
1982 | Portrayed the assistant to Dan Aykroyd's "Doctor Detroit" | |
1980 | Played the chaffeur working for Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn in "Seems Like Old Times" | |
1979 | Acted in the busted NBC pilot "Car Wash" | |
1978 | Feature film debut in bit part of a car wash employee in the comedy "Corvette Summer" | |
1977 | Had featured role in the CBS TV-movie "Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid" | |
| Made acting debut on an episode of "Police Woman" in the late 1970s | ||
| Began making appearances as a stand-up comic in local clubs, eventually appearing at the Comedy Store | ||
| Worked at Disneyland for one-year | ||
| Was a high school track champion | ||
| Raised in the San Gabriel Valley | ||