Vicellous Reon Shannon

• Name — Vicellous Reon Shannon • Born — 11 April 1971 • Birthplace — Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. • Other Names — Vicellous Shannon • Occupation — Actor, producer • Years Active — 1991–present

Shannon was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Orange County, California. He was a promising high school baseball player until he was sidelined by a severely injured hamstring. As a result, he took an interest in acting and began taking the two-hour bus ride to Laguna Beach where he studied drama, performing chores at the facility in lieu of tuition. His breakthrough role came a few years later in the television series Dangerous Minds.

He has two daughters, Sierra (b. 2000) and Serena (b. 2003).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — MacGyver — Tookie — Episode: "Gunz 'n Boyz" • 1992 — L.A. Law — Gilbert Russell — Episode: "Zo Long" • 1993 — Roc — Young Roc — Episode: "Up in the Attic • Crime & Punishment — Mario Wilson — Episode: "Right to Bear Arms" • Dream On — Manny — Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape" • Banner Times — Monty — Television film • 1994 — M.A.N.T.I.S. — Ski • Sister, Sister — Anthony — Episode: "The Pimple" • Picket Fences — Black Kid #1 — Episode: "Elective Conduct" • M.A.N.T.I.S. — Trey — Episode: "Revelation" • 1995 — Chicago Hope — Lannie Sutton — Episode: "Great White Hope" • Zooman — Russell — Television film • Beverly Hills, 90210 — Juwan — Episode: "Squash It" • Party of Five — Andy Hughes — Episode: "Have No Fear" • 1995 & 1997 — The Parent 'Hood — Sleep / The Mad Gatter — 2 episodes • 1996 — Moesha — Darnell — Episode: "Pilot" • The Client — Anthony Gibson — Episode: "The High Ground" • L.A. Firefighters — Bobby Grimes — 3 episodes • Don't Look Back — Drug Dealer #2 — Television film • 1996–1997 — Dangerous Minds — Cornelius Hawkins — Main role • 1997 — Touched by an Angel — Jason DeLee — Episode: "At Risk" • NYPD Blue — Jamal — Episode: "A Draining Experience" • Early Edition — Marcus — Episode: "Angels and Devils" • 1998 — David and Lisa — Tyrone — Television film • Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Chris Johnson — Episode: "Vertigo" • 2000 — Freedom Song — Owen Walker — Television film • City of Angels — Marvell Preston — Episode: "Deliver the Male" • Judging Amy — Joseph Dutton — Episode: "Gray vs. Gray" • 2001 — Semper Fi — Keith Maddox — Television film • 2001–2002 — 24 — Keith Palmer — Recurring role • 2003 — Without a Trace — Probationary Fireman — Episode: "Trip Box" • 2003–2004 — The Guardian — Taliek Allen — 4 episodes • JAG — Midshipman Kevin Dupree — 3 episodes • 2004 — The Shield — Trick — Episode: "Strays" • Cold Case — Joel — Episode: "The Badlands" • 2005 — House — Carnell Hall — Episode: "Daddy's Boy" • 2006–2007 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Aaron James / Marshall James — 3 episodes • 2009 — CSI: Miami — Todd Harris — Episode: "Seeing Red" • 2010 — Sons of Anarchy — Fester — Episode: "So" • Pleading Guilty — Det. Dewey Phelan — Unaired pilot • 2012 — The Mentalist — Jeron 'Shade' Slaughter — Episode: "Black Cherry" • 2013 — Bones — Curtis Martin — Episode: "El Carnicero en el Coche"

• Shannon recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign, encouraging the reading of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's autobiography.