Carl Gilliard

Carl Gilliard Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Educator, Entertainment Consultant

Carl Rousseau Gilliard is the President/CEO of the Gilliard Media Group, LLC (GMG), based in Atlanta, Georgia. GMG provides consulting, casting, media content creation, publishing, coaching and entertainment production services. His wife, Latonya Gilliard, serves as Vice President of Operations.

Carl is also the Co-Creator of the Bill Duke Media Foundation's Youth Media Camp, a non-profit organization with a distinct emphasis on offering new media arts and financial literacy to inner-city youth, ages 15 thru 18, in South Los Angeles, California.

Carl is a graduate of Michigan State University, and a native of Detroit, Michigan, by way of Chicago, Illinois. Moving to California, he dove into acting and landed many television and film roles, which facilitated his masterful skills in networking and forming relationships that catapulted him into becoming extremely well-respected in the industry.

Carl has numerous film credits, including Inception (Warner Bros), Red Eye (DreamWorks), Coach Carter (Paramount), the upcoming Naked Gun remake, "The Law Of Toughness" (Paramount) and the independent drama "Keyz". His many television credits, include: "Shameless", "Greys Anatomy", Amazon's "The Last Tycoon", "Bigger" "FBI: Most Wanted". Mr Gilliard is presently recurring on the hit action/drama, "The Family Business", now streaming on Neflix & BET+.

Carl is the Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and Star of the HIT digital series, "Two Degrees" NOW streaming on The BrickTV.

In addition to starring on the large and small screens, Carl has appeared in dozens of stage & theater.

Lastly, Carl is an accomplished NAACP Theater Award nominated Producer and Director. He produced and directed, "Section 8", "Power Couple Struggle", "Peace Be Still" & Ain't No Family Like The One I Got" in Los Angeles. Carl co-produced and developed the highly successful, Things That Make Men Cry and "STEEL MAGNOLIAS; the latter with the FCBC Repertory Company, the drama & media ministry he founded (2006) and led at Faithful Central Bible Church for 10 years.

Carl resides in Atlanta, with his wife and business partner, Latonya Gilliard. His children include Corinne Gilliard, an Executive at HIGHER GROUND, Colin Gilliard, Musician/Director, and three Bonus children, Raven, Joshua & Jordan.