Carl Anthony Payne II

Carl Anthony Payne II
Born	(1969-05-24) May 24, 1969 New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Carl Payne
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1985–present

Carl Anthony Payne II (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom Martin and Walter "Cockroach" Bradley on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, Carl on Rock Me Baby (TV series) and as Curtis on the sitcom George Lopez (2002-2003). and his film roles as Chris in The Breaks (1999), and as Slasher Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds (2008).

Early life

Payne studied acting at the First All Children's Theater, an off-Broadway repertory theatre company. He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York and Howard University.

Acting career

Carl Payne is best known for his role as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom Martin and his recurring role as Theo Huxtable's best friend Cockroach on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.

Payne played Reynaldo St. James on the BET series The Game. He directed and produced music videos, web series and short films, all while continuing to tour the country as a stand up comic. He even starred in the series For Richer or For Poorer, whose stars were LeToya Luckett and Rockmond Dunbar.

Payne also played an FBI agent, turned FCC field agent, on The Rickey Smiley Show.

Selected filmography

Year	Credit	Role	Notes
1986–1987	The Cosby Show	Walter "Cockroach" Bradley	Recurring role, 12 episodes
1990	Hull High	Hull High Devil Rapper	Recurring role, 9 episodes
1991	Quantum Leap	Clinton Leveret	Episode: "A Single Drop of Rain"
1992–1997	Martin	Cole Brown	Main role, 132 episodes
1999	The Breaks	Chris	Feature film
2000	The Hughleys	Earnest	1 episode
2002–2003	George Lopez	Curtis	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2003	Swirl	Beethoven	Feature film
2003–2004	Rock Me Baby	Carl	Main role, 22 episodes
2006	The Evidence	Anthony Bishop	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2008	Feast II: Sloppy Seconds	Slasher	Horror film
	Girlfriends	Ray	Episode: "Time to Man Up"
2009	There's A Stranger in My House	Bailey	Horror film
	Feast III: The Happy Finish	Slasher
2010	Love Me or Leave Me	Joseph Wyatt	TV movie
2011	He's Mine Not Yours	Doug	Film, Credited as Carl Payne
2012	The Game	Reynaldo St. James	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2012–2013	For Richer or Poorer	Deshaun	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013	The Dark Sorcerer	The troll goblin	Short film
	Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story	Antonio "L.A." Reid	TV movie
2014	Marry Us for Christmas	Preston
2016	For the Love of Christmas	Johnathan	Feature film
	A Heart That Forgives	Levar
2017	Boxing Day: A Day After Christmas	Daymond Brown
	Conflict of Interest	Mark
2018	One Crazy Christmas	Vincent
2019	Last Call	Todd Wool	Main role
	Misguided Behavior	Benjamin Fields
	Zulu Wedding	Nate	South African film
2020	Tyler Perry's Young Dylan	Myles Wilson	Main role

Music video appearances

• Whodini - "Growing Up" (1986)
• Bobby Brown - "Girl Next Door" (1987)
• Mint Condition - "Walk On" (2011)

External links

• "New Additions Made to Cast in TLC Biopic - JetMag.com". jetmag.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• "Casting Complete: Rochelle Aytes & Carl Payne Join TLC Movie | AlwaysAList.com". alwaysalist.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• "Carl Anthony Payne To Play L.A. Reid In Forthcoming TLC Biopic « MadameNoire MadameNoire". madamenoire.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• "Men get suited up for the 2013 Trumpet Award". rollingout.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• "Martin Star Carl Anthony Payne Speaks On The 11 Eleven 11 Project | USL Magazine | Music, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Art & Culture". uslmag.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• "KARLTON SAYS: Real Talk with Carl Anthony Payne 2 - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
• Carl Anthony Payne II at IMDb