Lamman Rucker

Lamman Rucker 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 Perrys films Why Did I Get Married, Why Did I Get Married Too, and Meet the Browns, and its television adaptation. In 2015, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the upcoming Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.

Rucker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Malaya 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 CarnegieMellon University and Duquesne University.

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