Terrell Carter

Terrell Daimon Carter (born August 13, 1975) is a singer, songwriter, actor. Carter spent his first five years in the entertainment industry touring with Fred Hammond as part of his musical group, Radical for Christ. At the end of the tour, he reconnected with childhood friend Stevie J. and worked with him under P.Diddy and the Bad Boy umbrella as a songwriter and vocalist in Manhattan. Within a year, Carter was signed by Quincy Jones to work in music publishing as a singer-songwriter and made his move to Los Angeles. He went on to work with a number of recording artists, including Patti LaBelle, Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera.

On the big screen, Carter made his film debut in Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman and performed the song '"Father Can You Hear Me." He also appeared in Screen Gems' Think Like a Man Too opposite Kevin Hart and has racked up many additional film credits. Both films debuted at number one in the country. He spent several years touring as a lead in the Perry-produced plays Madea's Class Reunion, Meet the Browns and What's Done in the Dark.

Discography

Studio albums
  • The Story (2004)
  • Terrell (2004)
  • Carela's Reign (2005)
  • Finally (2009)
  • Crazy Lunatic Psycho Fool (2011)
  • Something In The Water: Life Lessons and Redemption, Vol 1. (2014)
  • The Answers (2015)
  • The Answers, Vol. 2 (2015)
  • Mr. Carter (2025)

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2000

The Playaz Court

Police Officer #3

Video

2005

Diary Of A Mad Black Woman

Reverend Carter

2008

Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2

Montell

2011

Perfect Combination

Damon

TV movie

2011

The Soul Kittens Cabaret

Mike Dupree

2014

Think Like A Man Too

Strip Club MC

2015

Curse Of Mesopotamia

Tony (Karmael)

2018

DaGram

Security

Short

2018

Falling In Love Again

Henry

2018

Everything That Glitters

Eric Lasez

TV movie

2020

Kiss Me For Christmas

Trevor

2021

Untold : The Back & Forth Story

R. Kelly

TV movie

2022

The Millenial

Erik

TV movie

2022

Alone In The Dark

Xavier Johnson

TV movie

2023

The Micropchip That Ruined Halloween

Barry Bryant

TV movie

2023

My Brother's Wife

Detective Benjamin

TV movie

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2008

Zane's Sex Chronicles

Jamaal/Jamal

4 episodes

2010

Friends & Lovers

Montell

4 episodes

2011

The Cynical Life of Harper Hall

Jason

Episode: "Pilot"

2012

The Newsroom

Karaoke Singer #1

Episode: "The Blackout, Part 2: Mock Debate"

2015

The Mindy Project

Basketball Player #2

Episode: "The Departed"

2017

Shooter

Kevin Campbell

3 episodes

2017

Somewhere Between

Prison Guard

Episode: "Ghost"

2017-2019

Empire

Warren Hall

20 episodes

2020-2023

A House Divided

Dante

18 episodes

2023

Lace

Mark Ercsson/Eric

11 episodes

2024-2026

Beauty In Black

Varney

Main Cast