Tico Wells is an African-American actor, best known for his role as Choirboy in the 1991 film, The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenan Ivory Wayans. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas...

.. He has also appeared on The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...

, 227

227 (TV series)

227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins...

, Hallmark movies and Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

. He was Tim in the movie, The Wishlist, and played Dexter Williams, the younger brother of Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...

's character Demetrius Williams in Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala is a romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans...

. He starred as Kirkland J. Ellis, III, in the independent film Big Ain't Bad

Big Ain't Bad

Big Ain't Bad is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ray Culpepper and written by Brian Poe . It stars Jade Jenise Dixon, Sean Blakemore, Reginald Ballard, Tico Wells, and Troy Medley. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2003 Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, California...

, a romantic drama that won Auds honors at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. He is currently filming "Forgiveness" which he will play Pastor Thomas McKenzie. He currently lives in California.

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