Background
Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Senior, an Internal Revenue Service agent.
Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Senior, an Internal Revenue Service agent.
He is known for portraying New York City Police Department Detective Baldwin Jones on the American Broadcasting Company police drama, New York City Police Department Blue, from 2000-2005, and as on Agent Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie on American Broadcasting Company"s Agents of South.H.I.E.L.D. Simmons earned a basketball scholarship to Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, where he earned a business degree. While attending Franklin Pierce College, he experimented in theater.
After graduating from college, he briefly worked at a Fortune 500 company in Stamford. Unhappy with his job, Simmons began to study acting and after a few bit roles, he landed a recurring role on the soap opera, Another World.
Simmons is best known for playing Detective Baldwin Jones on the American Broadcasting Company drama, New York City Police Department Blue.
He also played Queen Latifah"s boyfriend in the 2004 action/comedy film Taxi. He had a leading role in the new Columbia Broadcasting System legal drama Shark, starring James Woods, and played a leading role in World"s Greatest Dad. He recently starred in the American Broadcasting Company-television comedy series Manitoba Up!.
His 2014 projects included feature films From the Rough, starring Taraji P. Henson, and Number Good Deed, starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson.
Since 2014, Simmons can be seen as recurring character on American Broadcasting Company"s Marvel"s Agents of South.H.I.E.L.D., portraying Agent Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie. After being a recurring character on season 2, he was promoted as a regular character for season 3.
Simmons can be seen on a 2015 Lexus commercial, answering the question "What makes us, us."
Personal life.