Alimi Ballard (born October 17, 1972 or 1977) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on the CBS police procedural thriller Numb3rs (2005–2010), as well as the Quizmaster from Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Early life Ballard was born and grew up in a working-class area of the Bronx with his mother and older sisters. He knew he wanted to become an actor.

Ballard began acting in high school. He attended Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in Northeast Bronx and participated in their Positive Youth Troupe Theater (PYT) program.

Career Film Ballard was in Deep Impact (1998), Men of Honor (2000), Three Days of Rain (2002), Black Cloud (2005), and Fast Five (2011).

Television From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of All My Children supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving and its successor series The City. In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom Arsenio, which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on the ABC/WB series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1997–99) and Herbal on the Fox series Dark Angel (2000–01).

From 2005 to 2010, Ballard co-starred in the CBS police procedural thriller, Numb3rs, as David Sinclair. From 2009 to 2011, Ballard portrayed the voice of Falcon in the animated series, The Super Hero Squad Show. In 2011, Ballard played Fusco in Fast Five. He also guest-starred as Special Agent Gayne Levin on another CBS procedural, NCIS. This guest role reunited him with Michael Weatherly, who previously co-starred with Ballard on three series: Loving, The City, and Dark Angel. From 2012 to 2015, he played a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Officer Crawford, a newly promoted detective, after appearing in season 3 as a music producer. He also guest starred on NYPD Blue, American Dreams, Rizzoli & Isles, Drop Dead Diva, Castle, and Bones.

In 2015, Ballard was cast opposite Mireille Enos in the ABC legal thriller, The Catch, leaving after the first season. In 2026, Ballard was cast as William Baines on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Scenes concerning his debut aired on September 3 of the same year.

Personal life Ballard and his wife Dahn Ballard have two children.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Director(s) Notes 1998 Deep Impact Bobby Rhue Mimi Leder Science fiction disaster film 2000 Before Now Jay Chrys Yvette Short film Men of Honor Coke George Tillman Jr. Drama film 2001 Automatic David Blake William 'Jamaal' Fort Thriller film 2002 Three Days of Rain Derrick Michael Meredith Drama film 2003 Studio City Leonard Alworth Tom Verica Short film 2004 Black Cloud Dusty Rick Schroder Drama film 2011 Fast Five Fusco Justin Lin Action film Interception Joe Jason Neudecker Short filmAlso executive producer 2013 Present Trauma Tom Mark Manalo Short film The Insomniac Officer Flores Monty Miranda Whodunit psychological thriller film 2014 Lost Angels Nathaniel Stan Harrington Musical drama film 2015 Touched B.R. Terrance Tykeem Drama film 2017 Call Me King Dwight R.L. Scott Crime drama film Smokd Juror #5 Tamika Miller Short film 2019 Kill Chain The Curious Assassin Ken Sanzel Neo-noir crime thriller film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993–95 Loving Frankie Hubbard Main cast 1995 New York Undercover Kalim Episode: "Private Enemy No. 1" 1995–96 The City Frankie Hubbard Main cast 1997 Arsenio Matthew Deveaux Main cast 1997–98 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Albert the Quizmaster Main cast (season 2) 1999 Malcolm & Eddie Duke Gibson Episode: "Daddio" 2000 Nash Bridges Shane West Episode: "Liar's Poker" Little Richard Made for-TV movie directed by Robert Townsend NYPD Blue Marcus Potter Episode: "Lucky Luciano" 2000–01 Dark Angel Herbal Thought Main cast (season 1) 2002 Philly Dwight Thomas Episode: "Ripley, Believe It or Not" The Division Ethan Pasterfield Episode: "Unfamiliar Territory" 2003 She Spies Kelly Sawyer Episode: "We'll Be Right Back" Boomtown Young Marvin Lloyd Episode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Music Producer Episode: "Lady Heather's Box" 2004 American Dreams Jamal Recurring cast: Season 2 2005–10 Numb3rs David Sinclair Main cast 2009–11 The Super Hero Squad Show Falcon (voice) Main cast 2011 NCIS Special Agent Gayne Levin Recurring cast (season 8) 2012 In Plain Sight Eddie Fredericks/Eddie Williams Episode: "Reservations, I've Got a Few" Rizzoli & Isles Cliff Episode: "What Doesn't Kill You" Drop Dead Diva Jack Dillingham Episode: "Winning Ugly" Hollywood Heights Det. Ferrantino Recurring cast (season 2) 2012–15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Detective Kevin Crawford Recurring cast (seasons 13–15) 2013 Bones FBI Agent James Episode: "The Secret in the Siege" Melissa & Joey Paul Wagner Episode: "Inside Job" Hello Ladies Armand Episode: "The Dinner" 2014 Scorpion Co-Pilot Episode: "Pilot" Santa Con Steve Repperton Made for-TV movie directed by Melissa Joan Hart 2015 Castle Frank Jackson Episode: "Castle, P.I." 2016 The Catch Reginald Lennox III Main cast (season 1) Criminal Minds Desmond Holt Episode: "Mirror Image" 2017 Lucifer Dr. Liam Garrity Episode: "God Johnson" Queen Sugar Dr. Robert Dubois Recurring cast (season 2) 2018 Do It Better Darren Episode: "Day One" Elementary Don Kohler Episode: "Once You've Ruled Out God" The Good Doctor Mara's Father Episode: "Middle Ground" Mom Professor Gannon Episode: "Pork Loin and a Beat Up Monte Carlo" 2019 S.W.A.T. Officer Thompson Episode: "Fallen" Doom Patrol Joshua Clay 2 episodes The Resident Detective Raines Episode: "Saints & Sinners" 2019–21 Queen of the South Marcel Dumas Recurring cast (seasons 4–5) 2020 All Rise Niles Allen Episode: "What The Constitution Greens to Me" NCIS: Los Angeles AUSA Allan Williams Episode: "Missing Time" 2021 Animal Kingdom Phoenix Episode: "Family Business" & "Home Sweet Home" 2021–22 One of Us Is Lying Kevin Clay Recurring cast (season 1); Main cast (season 2) 2022 The Rookie Langston Bryant Episode: "Fight or Flight" 2024–25 Law & Order Defense Attorney Ron Delahunt 3 episodes 2026 General Hospital William Baines Recurring role

Video games Year Title Role Note 2009 Marvel Super Hero SquadFalcon (voice) 2010 Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet 2011 Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Falcon, Miles Morales / Spider-Man (voice)

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