Alimi Ballard

• Name — Alimi Ballard • Born — October 17, 1972 or 1977 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, US • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1992–present • Spouse — Dahn Elle Dior Ballard • Children — 2

Ballard was born and grew up in a working-class area of the Bronx with his mother and older sisters. He knew he wanted to become an actor. Ballard began acting in high school. He attended Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in Northeast Bronx and participated in their Positive Youth Troupe Theater (PYT) program.

From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of All My Children supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving and its successor series The City. In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Arsenio, which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on the ABC/WB series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1997–99) and Herbal on the Fox series Dark Angel (2000–01). From 2005 to 2010, Ballard co-starred in the CBS police procedural thriller, Numb3rs, as David Sinclair. From 2009 to 2011, Ballard portrayed the voice of Falcon in the animated series, The Super Hero Squad Show. In 2011, Ballard played Fusco in Fast Five. He also guest-starred as Special Agent Gayne Levin on another CBS procedural, NCIS. This guest role reunited him with Michael Weatherly, who previously co-starred with Ballard on three series: Loving, The City, and Dark Angel. From 2012 to 2015, he played a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Officer Crawford, a newly promoted detective, after appearing in season 3 as a music producer. He also guest starred on NYPD Blue, American Dreams, Rizzoli & Isles, Drop Dead Diva, Castle, and Bones. In 2015, Ballard was cast opposite Mireille Enos in the ABC legal thriller, The Catch, leaving after the first season. In 2026, Ballard was cast as William Baines on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Scenes concerning his debut aired on September 3 of the same year.

Ballard and his wife Dahn Ballard have two children.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1993–95 — Loving — Frankie Hubbard — Main cast • 1995 — New York Undercover — Kalim — Episode: "Private Enemy No. 1" • 1995–96 — The City — Frankie Hubbard — Main cast • 1997 — Arsenio — Matthew Deveaux — Main cast • 1997–98 — Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Albert the Quizmaster — Main cast (season 2) • 1999 — Malcolm & Eddie — Duke Gibson — Episode: "Daddio" • 2000 — Nash Bridges — Shane West — Episode: "Liar's Poker" • Little Richard — Made for-TV movie directed by Robert Townsend • NYPD Blue — Marcus Potter — Episode: "Lucky Luciano" • 2000–01 — Dark Angel — Herbal Thought — Main cast (season 1) • 2002 — Philly — Dwight Thomas — Episode: "Ripley, Believe It or Not" • The Division — Ethan Pasterfield — Episode: "Unfamiliar Territory" • 2003 — She Spies — Kelly Sawyer — Episode: "We'll Be Right Back" • Boomtown — Young Marvin Lloyd — Episode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Music Producer — Episode: "Lady Heather's Box" • 2004 — American Dreams — Jamal — Recurring cast: Season 2 • 2005–10 — Numb3rs — David Sinclair — Main cast • 2009–11 — The Super Hero Squad Show — Falcon (voice) — Main cast • 2011 — NCIS — Special Agent Gayne Levin — Recurring cast (season 8) • 2012 — In Plain Sight — Eddie Fredericks/Eddie Williams — Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few" • Rizzoli & Isles — Cliff — Episode: "What Doesn't Kill You" • Drop Dead Diva — Jack Dillingham — Episode: "Winning Ugly" • Hollywood Heights — Det. Ferrantino — Recurring cast (season 2) • 2012–15 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Detective Kevin Crawford — Recurring cast (seasons 13–15) • 2013 — Bones — FBI Agent James — Episode: "The Secret in the Siege" • Melissa & Joey — Paul Wagner — Episode: "Inside Job" • Hello Ladies — Armand — Episode: "The Dinner" • 2014 — Scorpion — Co-Pilot — Episode: "Pilot" • Santa Con — Steve Repperton — Made for-TV movie directed by Melissa Joan Hart • 2015 — Castle — Frank Jackson — Episode: "Castle, P.I." • 2016 — The Catch — Reginald Lennox III — Main cast (season 1) • Criminal Minds — Desmond Holt — Episode: "Mirror Image" • 2017 — Lucifer — Dr. Liam Garrity — Episode: "God Johnson" • Queen Sugar — Dr. Robert Dubois — Recurring cast (season 2) • 2018 — Do It Better — Darren — Episode: "Day One" • Elementary — Don Kohler — Episode: "Once You've Ruled Out God" • The Good Doctor — Mara's Father — Episode: "Middle Ground" • Mom — Professor Gannon — Episode: "Pork Loin and a Beat Up Monte Carlo" • 2019 — S.W.A.T. — Officer Thompson — Episode: "Fallen" • Doom Patrol — Joshua Clay — 2 episodes • The Resident — Detective Raines — Episode: "Saints & Sinners" • 2019–21 — Queen of the South — Marcel Dumas — Recurring cast (seasons 4–5) • 2020 — All Rise — Niles Allen — Episode: "What The Constitution Greens to Me" • NCIS: Los Angeles — AUSA Allan Williams — Episode: "Missing Time" • 2021 — Animal Kingdom — Phoenix — Episode: "Family Business" & "Home Sweet Home" • 2021–22 — One of Us Is Lying — Kevin Clay — Recurring cast (season 1); Main cast (season 2) • 2022 — The Rookie — Langston Bryant — Episode: "Fight or Flight" • 2024–25 — Law & Order — Defense Attorney Ron Delahunt — 3 episodes • 2026 — General Hospital — William Baines — Recurring role

• Year — Title — Role — Note • 2009 — Marvel Super Hero Squad — Falcon (voice) • 2010 — Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet • 2011 — Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat • Marvel Super Hero Squad Online — Falcon, Miles Morales / Spider-Man (voice)

Ballard was in Deep Impact (1998), Men of Honor (2000), Three Days of Rain (2002), Black Cloud (2005), and Fast Five (2011).

• Year — Title — Role — Director(s) — Notes • 1998 — Deep Impact — Bobby Rhue — Mimi Leder — Science fiction disaster film • 2000 — Before Now — Jay — Chrys Yvette — Short film • Men of Honor — Coke — George Tillman Jr. — Drama film • 2001 — Automatic — David Blake — William 'Jamaal' Fort — Thriller film • 2002 — Three Days of Rain — Derrick — Michael Meredith — Drama film • 2003 — Studio City — Leonard Alworth — Tom Verica — Short film • 2004 — Black Cloud — Dusty — Rick Schroder — Drama film • 2011 — Fast Five — Fusco — Justin Lin — Action film • Interception — Joe — Jason Neudecker — Short film Also executive producer • 2013 — Present Trauma — Tom — Mark Manalo — Short film • The Insomniac — Officer Flores — Monty Miranda — Whodunit psychological thriller film • 2014 — Lost Angels — Nathaniel — Stan Harrington — Musical drama film • 2015 — Touched — B.R. — Terrance Tykeem — Drama film • 2017 — Call Me King — Dwight — R.L. Scott — Crime drama film • Smokd — Juror #5 — Tamika Miller — Short film • 2019 — Kill Chain — The Curious Assassin — Ken Sanzel — Neo-noir crime thriller film