Jessie Barnes Jr.
Acting
Biography
Jessie Barnes Jr is a retired Law Enforcement Officer for the Federal Government. Jessie produced a public access video show in Queens NY for 16 years. The show was called “Underground Ruff House”. URH was a venue for unsigned and unknown musical artist who could highlight their talent. Throughout the 16 years Jessie and the URH film crew interviewed and highlighted artist like; Jay-Z, Faith Evans, The Notorious Biggie, 50 Cent, and many other artist that world now know. In the summer of 2012 Jessie enrolled into Penny Templeton’s acting studio and studied in her Beginning acting class and the Advance acting class. Then Jessie began getting casted in background work on television show as; Gotham, Madame Secretary, Luke Cage, Blue Bloods, and Jessica Jones. It was not long after that Jessie would get casted in numerous speaking roles like; Homicide City, Street Justice: The Bronx, and Shattered. To add to Jessie’s credit he has quite a few national commercials under his belt; Bookings.com, Ancestry.com, Inspire, Budweiser, and Toyota. But the highlight of Jess’s career is that he was featured in a television movie entitled “Sinners Wanted” in role of Deacon Frank, which premiered April of 2020 on TvOne network. Starring Clifton Powell, Lemman Rucker, and Traci Braxton. Also you can find it on streaming networks Tubi and Apple TV. Jessie is not only an actor but also a writer, producer, director. Jessi continue to pursue his dream to get better in his craft and always to be thankful to do what he love. Jessie’s motto is “Make Things Happen”.
Known For
Follows three combative sisters who visit their mother for the first time in an Assisted Living Facility, which they forced her to move into. The film opens in a non-linear fashion, with a fateful phone call made by one of the sisters, Maude, outside the Assisted Living Facility. This call is intercut with the flashback of the sisters' arrival, their reminiscing upon the childhood they shared with their brother, Bryan, and their mother's repeated denial of her daughter’s visit through an unsuspecting Nurse Jackson.
Blame
An unconventional pastor is ridiculed by his hypocritical church congregation after he rescues an unforgiven prostitute.
Sinners Wanted
New York City imposes a curfew to deal with the rise in crime. No trains, No buses and no cabs. Now, Joshua has to fight his way back home on foot. Passed the criminals, beyond the police and through the armies of hell.
Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
When their small charter school is shut down in the middle of the academic year, a group of at-risk inner city students comes face-to-face with America's broken education system and a world that's full of contradicting lessons.
Urban Ed
Anthony, a war veteran, struggles to adapt to his new life as a waiter. Living his tedious daily routine, he has to convince his distant wife to reunite with him, while also reconciling with his military past.
Greylock
Ringo and Freddie, two 16 year teenagers from upstate New York, hitchhike to Florida in 1966, the summer before the "Summer of Love," to see an old girlfriend. They don't make it but they battle with segregation, discrimination, injustice, almost get killed by rednecks, and learn about an underground community in Baltimore where Ringo falls for someone else.