Tico Wells


Tico Wells is an American actor, known for his role as Choir Boy in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He has also appeared on The Cosby Show, 227, Hallmark movies and Beverly Hills, 90210. He was Tim in the movie The Wish List, and played Dexter Williams, the younger brother of Denzel Washington's character Demetrius Williams, in Mississippi Masala. He starred as Kirkland J. Ellis, III, in the independent film Big Ain't Bad, a romantic drama that won Auds honors at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. He made a cameo in the Martin Lawrence show, Martin as "Sweet Reggie."

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1985The PassingYoung Rose WWII
1988Heart of MidnightHenry
1989The Dream TeamStation Attendant
1989MisplacedClayton
1990The Return of SuperflyWilly Green
1991The Five HeartbeatsAnthony "Choir Boy" Stone
1991Mississippi MasalaDexter Williams
1992Universal SoldierGarth
1992TrespassDavis
1994Drop SquadFat Money
1997The RelicBailey
1998Legend of the MummyYoung Corbeck
2001Final PaybackDealer
2001All About YouWalter
2002Big Ain't BadKirkland J. Ellis III
2007Love & Other Four Letter WordsSlaughter
2007Sister's KeeperRoot
2011ForgivenessPastor Thomas McKenzie

Television