Richard Timothy Jones is an accomplished American actor, with a diverse and extensive career spanning over three decades, starting from the early 1990s. His impressive television credits include a wide range of roles in popular shows such as Ally McBeal, which aired in 1997, Judging Amy, where he appeared from 1998 to 2005, and CSI: Miami in 2006. He also had notable roles in Girlfriends in 2007, Grey's Anatomy in 2010, Hawaii Five-0, in which he appeared from 2011 to 2014, Narcos in 2015, and Criminal Minds in 2017.
Since 2018, Jones has taken on the recurring role of Sergeant Wade Grey in the ABC police drama series The Rookie. His filmography boasts a variety of roles, including portrayals of Lamont Carr in Disney's 2003 film Full Court Miracle, Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood, which premiered in 1999. He also appeared in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I Get Married? in 2007 and Why Did I Get Married Too? in 2010, as well as in the Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla in 2014, where he played the role of Captain Russell Hampton.