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LaMarcus Rayshawn Tinker, born October 24, 1990, is a 27-year-old American actor. He is known for his roles in Friday Night Lights and Cougar Town.

On Glee, he guest starred as Shane Tinsley.

Personal life

Tinker attended the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, where he also continued his activities in theater, and graduated as a salutatorian.^[1]^[2] He attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he received a full academic scholarship, and studied English.^[1]

Career

He joined the cast of Friday Night Lights in September 2009, playing Dallas Tinker, a small town football player trying to make it on the wrong side of the tracks. He revisited his role as Dallas Tinker in 2010 while filming Season 5 of Friday Night Lights.

In August 2010, Tinker signed on to ABC's hit comedy Cougar Town, as a recurring character by the name of "Kevin." Kevin (Tinker) is the college roommate of Courtney Cox's son Travis, who is portrayed by actor Dan Byrd. Travis (Dan Byrd) is on a mission to reinvent himself in college but to his surprise his roommate, is not as welcoming to him as, he may have wanted. Kevin (Tinker) gives Travis a hard time at first but the two warm up to each other eventually.

Film Production

Tinker is currently executive producing two independent feature films through his company LRT Productions, LLC. LRT Productions teamed up with Greater Works & Sagemont Studios to the film Down By The River, and with Wisdom Productions to produce the film Consequences. Tinker's company, in collaboration with the companies mentioned above, is set to film eight more feature films over the course of six years.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Friday Night Lights	Dallas Tinker	2009 - 2011 (24 episodes)
2010	Cougar Town	Kevin	2010 - 2012 (11 episodes)
2011	Glee	Shane Tinsley	2011 - 2012 (7 episodes)
2012	The First Time	Big Corporation
2012	Sketchy	Chris	("Beets by Dre")
2013	Arrested Development	Earle Monroe	("Flight of the Phoenix")

References

[LT-1] 1.0 ^1.1 LaMarcus Tinker’s hail mary pays off with role on Friday Night Lights

[2] 5 Things You Don't Know About Glee's New Star LaMarcus Tinker

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+|Occupation = Actor
+|Age = 27
+|Born = October 24, 1990
+|Character = [[Shane Tinsley]]
+|Years Active = 2009-present}}
+'''LaMarcus Rayshawn Tinker''', born October 24, 1990, is a 27-year-old American actor. He is known for his roles in ''Friday Night Lights'' and ''Cougar Town.''
+On ''[[Glee (TV Series)|Glee]]'', he guest starred as Shane Tinsley.
-'''LaMarcus Tinker '''born as LaMarcus Rayshawn Tinker, in Houston, Texas. He is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as teenage football star Dallas Tinker on the NBC and Direct TV hit drama television show Friday Night Lights and as Kevin on the hit ABC comedy, Cougar Town. LaMarcus, just recently signed on to Fox, hit television show "GLEE", where he will play "Marcus" the new linebacker for McKinley High but more importantly, he will be the boyfriend of Glee feisty diva Mercedes played by Amber Riley.
+==Personal life==
+Tinker attended the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, where he also continued his activities in theater, and graduated as a salutatorian.<ref name="LT">[http://blog.chron.com/tubular/2010/10/lamarcus-tinkers-hail-mary-pays-off-with-role-on-friday-night-lights/ LaMarcus Tinker’s hail mary pays off with role on Friday Night Lights]</ref><ref>[http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/5-things-you-dont-know-about-glees-new-star-lamarcus-tinker-2011118 5 Things You Don't Know About Glee's New Star LaMarcus Tinker]</ref> He attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he received a full academic scholarship, and studied English.<ref name="LT"/>
+==Career==
+He joined the cast of ''Friday Night Lights'' in September 2009, playing Dallas Tinker, a small town football player trying to make it on the wrong side of the tracks. He revisited his role as Dallas Tinker in 2010 while filming Season 5 of ''Friday Night Lights''.
+In August 2010, Tinker signed on to ABC's hit comedy ''Cougar Town'', as a recurring character by the name of "Kevin." Kevin (Tinker) is the college roommate of Courtney Cox's son Travis, who is portrayed by actor Dan Byrd. Travis (Dan Byrd) is on a mission to reinvent himself in college but to his surprise his roommate, is not as welcoming to him as, he may have wanted. Kevin (Tinker) gives Travis a hard time at first but the two warm up to each other eventually.
-He joined the cast of Friday Night Lights in September 2009 playing Dallas Tinker, a small town football player trying to make it, on the wrong side of the tracks. Even though, Tinker was from the wrong side of the tracks, he never let it consume him and he was just the opposite of his environment. Tinker, revisited his role as Dallas Tinker in 2010, while filming Season 5 of Friday Night Lights in Austin,Texas. Season 5, is set to air on Direct TV Channel 101 on Wednesday, October 27, 2010.[dated info] It will later air on NBC, in the spring/summer of 2011.
+===Film Production===
+Tinker is currently executive producing two independent feature films through his company LRT Productions, LLC. LRT Productions teamed up with Greater Works & Sagemont Studios to the film ''Down By The River'', and with Wisdom Productions to produce the film ''Consequences''. Tinker's company, in collaboration with the companies mentioned above, is set to film eight more feature films over the course of six years.
+==Filmography==
-In August 2010, Tinker signed on to ABC's hit comedy Cougar Town, as a recurring character by the name of "Kevin". Kevin (Tinker) is the college roommate of Courtney Cox's son Travis, who is portrayed by actor Dan Byrd. Travis (Dan Byrd) is on a mission to reinvent himself in college but to his surprise his roommate, is not as welcoming to him as, he may have wanted. Kevin (Tinker) gives Travis a hard time at first but the two warm up to each other eventually.
+{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9;
+|- align="center"
-=='''Movies'''==
+! Year
-*The First Time (2012)
+! Title
+! Role
-=='''Early Career'''==
+! class="unsortable" | Notes
+|-
-Tinker is currently Executive Producing two Independent Feature Films through his company LRT Productions, LLC, which teamed up with Greater Works & Sagemont Studios, to produce one of the films called "Down By The River" (Set for release 2012) & the other is called "Consequences" (Set for release 2011),in which Tinker teamed up with Wisdom Productions. Tinker's company in collaboration with the companies mentioned above are set to film (8 more feature films, over the course of 6 more years),.
+|2009
+|''Friday Night Lights''
-=='''Television'''==
+|Dallas Tinker
-*Friday Night Lights (2009–2010)
+|2009 - 2011 (24 episodes)
-*Cougar Town (2010–Present)
+|-
-*Glee (2011-Present)
+|2010
+|''Cougar Town''
+|Kevin
+|2010 - 2012 (11 episodes)
+|-
+|2011
+|''Glee''
+|[[Shane Tinsley]]
+|2011 - 2012 (7 episodes)
+|-
+|rowspan="2"|2012
+|''The First Time''
+|Big Corporation
+|
+|-
+|''Sketchy''
+|Chris
+|("Beets by Dre")
+|-
+|2013
+|''Arrested Development''
+|Earle Monroe
+|("Flight of the Phoenix")
+|}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Actors]]
-[[Category:Glee Actors]]
+[[Category:Guest Stars]]