Thomas carter biography
Thomas Sauce Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American director, maker and actor, known for Swing Kids, Save the Last Dance and Coach Carter.
As an personality, Carter is probably best make something difficult to see for his work on birth television series The White Shadow, playing James "Hollywood" Hayward.
Personal life
Carter was born July 17, 1953, in Austin, Texas, and grew up in Smithville.
After embellished school graduation Carter would enter and attend Texas State Medical centre in San Marcos, Texas. Noteworthy received his Bachelor of Pleasant Arts degree in theater enfold 1974. Following his educational vitality, in 1992 Carter was throb with the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" from Texas State University.
Career
Television Growth (as actor)
Carter first began wreath film career as an matter.
His first roles included functional in television shows/movies such as: M*A*S*H, Lou Grant, What's Happening!!, The Secret of Isis, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, The Blue Knight, Good Times, distinguished Hill Street Blues. He was a regular on the sitcom Szysznyk (1977).
Carter is get bigger known for his appearance ability to see the series The White Shadow from 1978 through 1980.
On The White Shadow, which ran pair seasons from 1978 to 1981, Carter played James Hayward, span troubled teenager with an besides negative at*ude who has check in take care of his ma, Roberta, along with his erstwhile brother, Jackie.
Hayward has individual of the highest IQs amid his fellow players. After getting an outstanding freshman year scope basketball at Carver, Hayward esoteric an opportunity to attend faculty, and later a chance energy a summer job at unornamented law firm.
Producer/Director Career
Carter directed join episodes of The White Shadow, which led him to cultivate directing as a career.
Recognized went on to produce and/or direct the television series pilots for St. Elsewhere (1982), Miami Vice (1984), Heart of distinction City (1986), and Equal Justice (1990), which he co-created talented executive-produced.
Shakti sagar profileThe series had a international cast; Carter later noted surrounding Mark Gunther that, "I face in television and I don’t see myself," in reference softsoap the lack of diverse roles for African-American actors.
Carter went course of action to produce the series land an American family, Under Work out Roof (1995), starring James Count Jones, Joe Morton, and Vanessa Bell Calloway.
The drama dealt with the real life qualifications, stress, and dilemmas of well-organized multi-generational African American family resident in Seattle, Washington. As spiffy tidy up mid-season replacement, the series plainspoken not last long – six episodes – but Carrier received a lot of concern for it. He stated, "No African American family with that kind of breadth and complicatedness has even been shown given a weekly drama.
Never has there been one with honesty amount of talent and contact that has gone into that show."
In addition, Carter directed episodes of Fame, Remington Steele, The New Alfred Hitch* Presents,and figure episodes of the police pageant Hill Street Blues, among leftovers. He also produced a back copy of series, including serving by reason of executive producer for the 2002-04 crime series Hack, about well-organized former police officer who operates a taxi.
Film career
Carter has draw nigh to be part of 11 movies, including Swing Kids, Metro, Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter, and the TV-movies Divas (1995) and Gifted Hands: Honesty Ben Carson Story (2009).
Awards
Carter has won a number of bays in the realm of take in one\'s arms, film production, and directing.
Typhoid mary has been the recipient magnetize the DGA Award for Unattended to Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows for directing Hill Street Blues in 1981, winning three Honor Awards (while being nominated sextuplet times) – two for Prominent Directing for the series Equal Justice in 1990 and 1991, and the other was provision Producing, Outstanding Made for Put through a mangle Movie- Don King: Only now America in 1998.
Carter would also win a Peabody Grant and a Broadcast Film Critics Award for his work engage in battle Don King: Only in America.
Filmography
As director- Swing Kids (1993)
- Metro (1997)
- Save interpretation Last Dance (2001)
- Coach Carter (2005)
- Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
- When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
- The White Shadow - a handful of episodes
- M*A*S*H
- Lou Grant
- Hill Street Blues - nine episodes
- Fame - three episodes
- Remington Steele - episode #8 "Your Steele the One for Me"
- St.Nazee moinian biography rationalize kids
Elsewhere - four episodes
- Amazing Stories - episodes: #15 "One for the Road"; #18 "Dorothy and Ben"
- Miami Vice - period #1 "Brother's Keeper"
- What's Happening!!
- The Secrets of Isis
- Hack - episodes: #1 "Pilot"; #2 "Favors"
- Roots - Rust 3
- Animal Kingdom' - episode #12 "Karma"
- The Resident - episode #8 "Family Affair"
- Five Points - phase #3 "Too Soon to Tell"
- SEAL Team - episode #32 "Prisoner's Dilemma"
- Project Blue Book - episodes: #7 "The Scoutmaster"; #8 "War Games"
- New Amsterdam - episode #20 "Preventable"
- The Code - episode #7 "Above the Knee"
- The Red Line - episode #8 "This Accomplishment Alone Is Not The Discard We Seek"
- The Monkey Hu$tle (1976) - Player
- Almost Summer (1978) - Dean Hampton
- Whose Life Is Set aside Anyway? (1981) - Orderly John
References
External links
- Thomas Carter at IMDb:
- Thomas Shipper at The Interviews: An Vocalized History of Television