Tommie Earl Jenkins

Tommie Earl Jenkins (born November 13, 1965), also known as Tee Jaye,^[1] is an American actor, musician and stage performer most noted for the voice of Ubercorn in the TV series Go Jetters, acting as Die-Hardman in Death Stranding and its sequel, and the origination of the role Barry Belson in the musical Jersey Boys.^[2]

Tommie Earl Jenkins
Born	(1965-11-13) November 13, 1965 (age 59) Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Other names	Tee Jaye
Occupations	Actor musician stage performer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Jye Frasca ​ (m. 2000)​

Personal life

A native of Canton, Ohio, Jenkins has spent more than twenty years in the United Kingdom. He returned to the United States in 2014.^[3]

In 2000, Jenkins married Jye Frasca.^[4]

Career

Jenkins originally trained as a classical ballet dancer. He studied ballet at Canton Ballet under the Artistic Direction of Cassandra Crowley in Canton, Ohio where he was a scholarship student. He danced professionally with the Duluth Ballet of Minnesota and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.^[1][2] He has worked in numerous theatrical performances as both a dancer and actor as well as a film and voice actor.^[2][5]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Fascination	Voice	German release film
2005	Tideland	Performer	Song: "Wash Me in the Blood of Jesus"[6]
2012	Gambit	Couple husband
2013	The Callback Queen	Chuck Rydell[7]
2014	The Trip[8]	Jeremy	Short film, London Sci-Fi Festival[9]
2015	Tulips		Short film to launch feature film The White King[10]
2018	Papi Chulo	Tom
2019	Dolemite Is My Name		Uncredited
2022	Paradise Highway	Bob
2025	Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning	Colonel Burdick
2026	Greenland: Migration †	General Sharpe	Post-production
TBA	The Son †	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Goodnight Sweetheart	Niles	Episode: "The Yanks Are Coming" (as Tee Jaye)[11]
2008	Loose Women	Himself	Guest S12E 137
2011	Moby Dick	Sailor	Uncredited, two episodes
2015	Galavant	Pirate	Episode: "Comedy Gold"; uncredited[12]
	Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...	O. J. Simpson	Episode: "Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman"
	American Odyssey	Osela Soldier #1	Episode: "Gone Elvis"
2015–2020	Go Jetters	Ubercorn	Voice, 148 episodes
2016	Roots	Narrator	Television special documentary,[13] 2 episodes
2017	Shooter	Navy Commander	Episode: "The Hunting Party"[14]
	Law & Order True Crime	Reporter #2	3 episodes
	How to Get Away with Murder	Donald	Episode: "Wes"
	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)
	For the People	FBI Agent Steven Tate	Episode: "First Inning"
2019	The Politician	Teacher	S1E5
	Pandora	Ellison Pevney	Main role, 9 episodes
2020	The Last Word	René	English version, episode 6
	The Minions of Midas	Alfonso, Diego Rocal	English version, two episodes
2021	Dead Pixels	Dr. Larry	S2E4
	Lupin	Babakar	English version, three episodes
2022	King of Stonks	Rick	E4, voice
	Wednesday	Mayor Walker	Recurring Role, three episodes
	Teenage Euthanasia	Darius	Voice, episode #2.7
2022-2024	Star Trek: Prodigy	Commander Adreek-Hu	2 episodes
2023	Death in Paradise	Kenton Sealy	S12E8[15]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Purlie the Musical[2]
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.[16]
1994–1995	Five Guys Named Moe	Swing, Big Moe, Nomax, Four-eyed Moe[2]	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[17][18]	Victoria Palace Theatre and Cambridge Theatre[19]
2004	Purlie	Purlie Victorious[20]	Bridewell Theatre
2004–2005	Aladdin	Genie[2]	Old Vic Theatre[19][2]
2005	Tick, Tick...Boom!	Michael	Menier Chocolate Factory[21]
2006	Whistle Down the Wind	Ed	Palace Theatre[19]
2006–2008	Dirty Dancing[22]	Tito Suarez (stand by)	Aldwych Theatre[23]
2008–2012	Jersey Boys	Barry Belson[24] and others	Prince Edward Theatre and August Wilson Theatre[19][2]
2011	Cinderella	Dandini	Hackney Empire pantomime[25]

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)
	Earthfall	Roy
	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
	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
2021	The Last Worker	S.P.E.A.R. Leader	[26]
2022	Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons	Additional voices
	Diablo Immortal	Torr
	Saints Row	Santo Ileso Pedestrians
	Gotham Knights	Jacob Kane
	Bayonetta 3	Phantasmaraneae, Baseball commentator	English version
2023	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor	Gulu, additional voices	[27]
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom	Azandar Al-Cybiades	Character Companion [28]
Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure	Lyhr
Starfield	Aaron Scott	[29]
2024	The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds
2025	Avowed
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered	Orc Male
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach	Charlie / Die-Hardman	Also performance capture

Audio books

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Twelve Years a Slave	Narrator	W.F. Howes Ltd[30]
2014	The Autobiography of Malcolm X		RNIB[31]
	The Racketeer		RNIB[32]
	Brother Ray–Ray Charles' Own Story		RNIB[33]
Unknown	Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom		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]
	"Cut That Zero"

Music^[34]

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1992	"Never Too Late"	Polydor Records	Pop
	"Baby, Come Back"	Polydor Records	Funk/soul
1994	"Who's That Girl?"	BMG	Electronic/Euro house
	"Don't Call It Destiny"	RCA/BMG	Electronic/Euro house
1995	"Let Me Be Your Love"[35]	One Way Records	Electronic/house/Euro House
1997	"Oh Oh My Girl"	One Way Records	Electronic/Euro house
2012	Magic of Disney Concert[36]	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[37]
	68th Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series	Roots: A New Vision	Nominated[38][39]
2019	Shacknews	Best Voice Actor	Death Stranding	Won[40]