Lamman Rucker

Acting

Lamman Rucker

Born 1971-10-06

Lamman Rucker (born October 6, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Tyler Perry's films Why Did I Get Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too?, and Meet the Browns, and its television adaptation. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children before his film career. In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. As of 2022, he stars in BET+ drama The Black Hamptons.

Acting credits

Brown Sugar poster
6.6

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.

Brown Sugar

2002

Why Did I Get Married Too? poster
6.5

Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010

Why Did I Get Married? poster
6.5

Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins to question their own relationship.

Why Did I Get Married?

2007

Meet the Browns poster
6.7

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

Meet the Browns

2008

Why Did I Get Married Again? poster
NR

The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"

Why Did I Get Married Again?

2026

Christmas Everyday poster
6.8

When a water pipe bursts and disrupts her sister's wedding plans, Fancy finds herself drawn to the rugged yet charming contractor. Through all the chaos, she learns valuable lessons about faith, family, and the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas Everyday

2025

The Undershepherd poster
6.0

Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.

The Undershepherd

2012

Sinners Wanted poster
NR

An unconventional pastor is ridiculed by his hypocritical church congregation after he rescues an unforgiven prostitute.

Sinners Wanted

2018

Sugar Mommas poster
NR

Sisters Sheila and Lynn have little in common except their love for sweets. In need of a change, they partner with their close friend Tommi to open a bakery.

Sugar Mommas

2012

N-Secure poster
5.4

N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His insecurities lead him into a series of troubled romantic relationships and eventually a web of events that include betrayal and murder.

N-Secure

2010

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NR

When a family celebration brings relatives and friends together for a weekend, old secrets, unexpected relationships, and long-standing grudges quickly turn the gathering upside down. As tensions rise and drama unfolds, Madea steps in to set everyone straight before the family's biggest secret tears them apart.

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair

Where's the Love? poster
6.5

Married couple Ryan and Sebastian are professional love and relationship therapists, and the stars of the hit television series 'Where Is The Love.' Unfortunately, their love didn't last and they have separated. However, in fear of losing their clients and damaging their reputations, they decide to keep their split a secret and operate as though they are a happily married couple.

Where's the Love?

2014

Let's Talk poster
NR

Beautiful, intelligent, soulful Essence (Jillian Reeves) is a teacher and spoken word poet. Her open communication and passion for life is shared by Maurice (Lamman Rucker), a handsome and socially conscious teacher at a school for the deaf. Although their relationship is fairly new, they can feel their sexual chemistry growing. The two decide to move to the "next level" when the issue of HIV testing raises a new level of discussion. Will Essence and Maurice be able to sustain their relationship or are they simply on two different pages? Will this fire fizzle or continue to burn? "Let's Talk" explores issues concerning sex, safety and loving ourselves.

Let's Talk

2006

The Man in 3B poster
6.1

Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can't stop talking about him. From his extreme attractiveness to his undeniable swag, Daryl is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. Connie (Brely Evans), an unhappy wife, turns to Daryl for help losing weight, hoping to fix her marriage. But when Daryl starts making Connie feel beautiful again, she questions whether her marriage is worth saving. Benny (Robert Ri'chard), a spoiled teenager raised by a single father, looks up to Daryl. When an unexpected event occurs, Benny is left questioning everything he's ever known to be true. Krystal (Nafessa Williams), Daryl's first love, wants to make things work with her current boyfriend. Yet having Daryl back in her life sends her happy home spiraling out of control.

The Man in 3B

2015

I'm Through with White Girls poster
6.5

Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "Operation Brown Sugar". But because Jay doesn't fit the "brotha" stereotype, he fails miserably with the "sistahs." Then he meets the dynamic Catherine, a misunderstood "Half-rican Canadian", who's as righteously quirky as he is. To win her heart, Jay must confront his fears as he realizes commitment is a bigger issue than race.

I'm Through with White Girls

2007

Black Coffee poster
5.8

Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out - until Morgan enters into his life.

Black Coffee

2014

Under His Influence poster
5.1

A social media influencer falls for an inmate and starts a crusade to prove his innocence, but after they win his appeal, she uncovers a dark secret that changes her life.

Under His Influence

2023

Service to Man poster
8.0

In 1968, a white student from Brooklyn finds himself an outsider at Nashville’s legendary black medical school, where he and his peers attempt to battle the mysteries of medicine, demanding professors, and each other in their quest to become healers in the Service To Man.

Service to Man

2016

Falling in Love Again poster
5.5

Ricky and Tara are a recently divorced couple navigating the challenges of co-parenting their young son while recovering from the wounds of their failed relationship. But after moving on to new partners, they soon find the grass isn't quite greener and they might just want that old thing back. Will they take a second shot at love?

Falling in Love Again

2018

The Bachelor Party poster
5.0

30-year-old Lance is marrying Michelle, the girl of his dreams, and his closest buddies, Trey, Reny and Akeem are throwing him a bachelor party. What starts out as an innocent evening of fun and frolic quickly turns bitter when tempers flare, vendettas are revealed, painful memories surface, friendships are tested and love is measured by lies.

The Bachelor Party

2011

Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session poster
NR

Four men from Jersey City, N.J., try to get their act together and become better fathers.

Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session

2021

Cooking Up Christmas poster
5.1

An Atlanta-based chef gets fired just weeks before Christmas and reluctantly takes a job with a pro baseball player who is a single dad of three and needs a live-in-chef to get him through the holidays with the kids.

Cooking Up Christmas

2020

The Greatest Song poster
8.0

A successful music producer who thinks he has it all meets a church girl who knows nothing about life outside the church walls. When their worlds collide, they both learn that life isn't as black and white as they thought it to be.

The Greatest Song

2009

Love Won't Let Me Wait poster
0.5

Roger (Lamman Rucker) is an undeniably charismatic playboy with ill intentions. He manages to date three sisters, Ashley, Michelle and Eadie, all while convincing their unsuspecting mother (Vivica A. Fox) that he is a good guy.

Love Won't Let Me Wait

2016