Tico Wells

Tico Wells is an actor who appeared on Sesame Street Episode 2546 in 1989, as Tico.

After graduating from NYU, Wells began his performing career on stage, working with the Negro Ensemble Company in the plays The War Party and West Memphis Mojo. He did commercials and appearances in New York-shot TV shows (The Cosby Show, Room 227) and movies (The Dream Team with Michael Keaton and The Return of Superfly with Samuel L. Jackson). He made his Hollywood film debut in The Five Heartbeats (written, directed by, and co-starring Robert Townsend), as one of the five leads.

Subsequent films include Mississippi Masala (with Denzel Washington), Universal Soldier, The Relic, Trespass (with Ice-T), and All About You (with Renée Elise Goldsberry) as well as the TV movie Tyson (with George C. Scott. He made guest appearances on Law & Order, Beverly Hills, 90210, Martin, 24, ER, Boy Meets World, The Drew Carey Show, and Bones. As a voice actor, he was a regular on the animated series Waynehead (Marvin) and heard on Family Guy and installments of HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.