Reginald Garner

Reginald Lopez Garner is an actor whose work spans film, television, theater, and digital media. You may recognize him from the independent film feature The Shop (2014), the Bay Area television series The Dirty (2013), and as Deacon Bernard Howard in Commodore Independent Filmworks’ Mercy Road (2023). You will also see him explode onscreen as character Chief Davis in Dexter Brains’ film Night Haul: Baltimore Siege (2025). Born and raised in Philadelphia, he found the arts early while attending parochial school. A nun recognized his raw ability and cast him as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. That performance sparked a lifelong commitment to acting. During his school years, he balanced theater with basketball and track. In college, he appeared in multiple stage productions, including The Rose Tattoo and Ten Little Indians. While attending Texas A&M University, he chose to serve and enlisted in the United States Navy. In 2009, he returned to acting and auditioned for the independent film Ghetto Magnolia. He landed the lead role of Jonathan Donaldson. The project later expanded into a stage production, where he took on the darker role of Caine in 2012. A successful run at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in Oakland, California brought wider attention. Since then, his work has included feature films, scripted television, reenactment series, web projects, music videos, and federal training productions. They are as follows: Filmography 2023 We the People (Full Feature Film) Character: William Carter 2023 The Dirty (re-edited for film) Character: Mason Cage 2021 Pro Se Litigator (TV Pilot)- Character: Convict 2019 Roads to Zion - Character: Kumi 2018 For My Man (TV Series)- Character: Curtis Kyles/Chickawanda Forbes 2016 For My Man (TV Series) Character: Dwight Jordan/Forsythe Pulliam 2016 Deadly Demands (TV Series) Character: Swat team member 2015 An Argument (TV Series) Character: Robert Ferguson 2015 Family First the Marshawn Lynch Story (full feature film) Character: Lawyer 2015 On the Court (TV Series) Coach 2015 The Bishop (full feature film) - Character: Billy Sr. 2014 On the Court - Web Series- Character: Coach Uncia Films 2014 The Shop (full feature film) Character: Jae 2013 The Dirty (TV Series) Character: Mason Cage 2013 Hopes Identity (full feature film) Character: Principal Turner 2012 Cover (Video short film) Character: Pastor Hill Theater 2020 - Sweat - Glasshouse Theater - Oakton VA 2017 - Fabulation or the Re-education of Undine - Port City Playhouse / Dominion Stage Alexandria Virginia 2012 -Ghetto Magnolia - Soul Searching Productions - Oakland CA Web Series 2014 On the Court - Web Series- Character: Coach Uncia Films Music Video 2013 - Cadi Lean Music Video - Featuring Rappers O2 & Erk the Jerk - Oakland, CA. Reginald Lopez Garner’s career reflects persistence, growth, and a clear return to his purpose as an actor.