Career
He is best known for playing Jake Sisko on the successful 1993 to 1999 television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which was his first major role on a television series. In September 2003 he played Maynard, a preacher"s son that went to Harvard in 7th Heaven episode "PK". He also had a regular role as professional basketball player Curtis Thorpe on the Showtime drama series The Hoop Life, and a recurring role as law student Anthony Carter on the Showtime drama series Soul Food.
Various media reports in June 2005 indicated Lofton was finishing up production on a hip hop music Civil Defense, which was scheduled to be available in September 2005.
As of 2015 it had not been released. Lofton appeared as a character named "Tommy Boyer" on the "Darkroom" episode of the Columbia Broadcasting System television series Computer Society of India: Miami that aired on November 13, 2006.
He is the nephew of baseball player Kenny Lofton.
