Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
Unknown
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jim Codrington
Biography
Born in Toronto, Jim Codrington began his acting career at the age of 13 in a Black Theatre Canada production of The Malfini. He went on to get a Bachelor’s degree from Ryerson’s Radio and Television Arts program after receiving vocal, instrumental and theoretical training at St. Michael’s Choir School. His first major foray into television was as co-host of the multiple-award-winning Canadian children’s series The Polka Dot Door. He is probably best known for his role as Acting Inspector Darnell Williams in the television drama series The Border from 2008 to 2010. In addition to his film and television career, Codrington has had a long career on stage, notably playing Mufasa in the Toronto production of The Lion King, and playing the title role in a Saskatchewan regional theatre production of Othello. Other performances including playing “O” in Harlem Duet at the Neptune Theatre, and Adam in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at the Magnus Theatre.
Filmography (33)
What Would You Kill For?
2025
Taken in Plain Sight
2024
Nightalk
2022
Luba
2018
Romeo and Juliet
2018
Gridlocked
2016Burning, Burning
2016
Prisoner X
2016
A Wish Come True
2015
Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy
2014
Rewind
2013
The Entitled
2011
Continuity Problems
2009
The Note
2007
