Lamman Rucker (born October 6, 1971) is an American actor. Rucker
began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All
My Children, before roles in Tyler Perry's films Why Did I Get
Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too?, and Meet the Browns, and its
television adaptation. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf
in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. Rucker is
married to his wife, Kelly Davis Rucker, a graduate of Hampton
University.Rucker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of
Malaya (née Ray) and Eric Rucker. He has partial ancestry from
Barbados. Rucker spent his formative years in the greater Washington,
DC, Maryland area. He hails from a very dedicated and supportive
immediate and extended family. He first had an interest in acting
after he was placed in many child pageants. His first acting role was
as Martin Luther King in the 4th grade. He was in the drama club in
7th grade and then attended high school at the Duke Ellington School
of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Rucker studied at Carnegie-Mellon
University and Duquesne University.On August 29, 2019, he shared
personal life experiences that he credits for his success with the
Hampton University football team.His major role came in 2002 when he
assumed the role of attorney T. Marshall Travers on the CBS daytime
soap opera As the World Turns opposite Tamara Tunie. He left the
series the following year and portrayed Garret Williams on ABC soap
opera All My Children in 2005. He also had the recurring roles on the
UPN sitcoms All of Us and Half & Half.
began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All
My Children, before roles in Tyler Perry's films Why Did I Get
Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too?, and Meet the Browns, and its
television adaptation. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf
in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. Rucker is
married to his wife, Kelly Davis Rucker, a graduate of Hampton
University.Rucker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of
Malaya (née Ray) and Eric Rucker. He has partial ancestry from
Barbados. Rucker spent his formative years in the greater Washington,
DC, Maryland area. He hails from a very dedicated and supportive
immediate and extended family. He first had an interest in acting
after he was placed in many child pageants. His first acting role was
as Martin Luther King in the 4th grade. He was in the drama club in
7th grade and then attended high school at the Duke Ellington School
of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Rucker studied at Carnegie-Mellon
University and Duquesne University.On August 29, 2019, he shared
personal life experiences that he credits for his success with the
Hampton University football team.His major role came in 2002 when he
assumed the role of attorney T. Marshall Travers on the CBS daytime
soap opera As the World Turns opposite Tamara Tunie. He left the
series the following year and portrayed Garret Williams on ABC soap
opera All My Children in 2005. He also had the recurring roles on the
UPN sitcoms All of Us and Half & Half.
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