The Biography

Devin Lockett is an American filmmaker, actor, artist, entrepreneur, and healthcare technology consultant. He presently resides in Beverly Hills, California. He is the founder and president of Lockett Productions, Lockett Pictures, and BiomedRx Inc. He is best known for his portrayal of criminalist Richard Maruoka on the Court TV series “L.A. Forensics.”

Biography

Lockett was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended St. Augustine High School, John F. Kennedy High School, and L. E. Rabouin High School. He graduated from the Fine and Commercial Art programs at L. E. Rabouin High School in 1983.

Military Career

From 1983 to 1988 he served in the United States Air Force as a Russian linguist and Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Technician. He served an extended tour in Spain at Torrejón Air Base, located near Madrid. While stationed in Spain he studied Fine Art at Bellas Artes del San Fernando of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in the Moncloa district of Madrid, Spain. He earned Top Secret SCI/SBI Security Clearance in the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1988.

Acting Career

Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1988, Lockett moved to Los Angeles, California. He began his theatrical acting career as one of the original members of The Hittite Empire, under the artistic direction of poet, author, playwright, and artistic director Keith Antar Mason. With The Hittite Empire, Lockett performed in theatrical and performance art works in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, and London, England. At this time he also studied Fine Art at the Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design.

Lockett soon began television and film acting through the traditional routes, by doing extra work and acting in independent films. He earned his eligibility to join the Screen Actors Guild in a featured appearance in “The Fast & Furious, 4.” He played criminalist Richard Maruoka on the Court TV series L.A. Forensics, produced by Morning Star Productions, for four seasons. He was also featured on the Spike TV series The Deadliest Warrior as a biomedical engineering consultant and on-air host.

Film Career

Lockett studied film directing and cinematography at the Los Angeles City College School of Cinema Studies and California State University, Los Angeles. He presently produces and directs independent films in Los Angeles.

Healthcare Technology Career

After serving a five-year enlistment in the United States Air Force as a Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Technician, Lockett worked for several healthcare facilities, medical device manufacturers, and independent service organizations. In 1997 he incorporated BiomedRx, Inc. in Miami, Florida. Through BiomedRx, Inc. he developed training programs and gave instruction in the maintenance of biomedical and medical imaging equipment in the United States and in 28 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America — in both English and Spanish. Lockett authored the technical training manual Electrical Safety Made Easy, which is still widely used today.

Serial Entrepreneur

Beyond any single company, Lockett describes his real trade as building businesses — and building them to sell. The BiomedRx network, the Job Site Route and Labor Dia apps, the Kaliano Romeo fashion label, and the ventures still in development like Black Dollar are less a scattered set of interests than a portfolio, each one built with a clear model, a path to standing on its own, and an eventual exit in mind. See the Full Business Portfolio for the complete list.

Family History

Devin Lockett descends from one of the last branches of a storied American bloodline known as the “Virginia Locketts” — a family whose legacy is woven into early American history. The Lockett lineage in Virginia begins with Sir Thomas Lockett, who was granted land by the Queen of England during the colonial period. This lineage continued through successive generations of Thomases, followed by Stephen Lockett and Osborne Lockett, leading to James Stephen “Link” Lockett, Devin’s third great-grandfather. Colonel James Stephen Lockett served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War; the Battle of Sailor’s Creek was fought on the front lawn of his estate, now marked as a Civil War historical site known as “Lockett House.”

After the war, Lockett House served as a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. In the postbellum years, the Locketts migrated to Mound Bayou, Mississippi, then to New Orleans, Louisiana, and later to San Francisco, California. James Stephen Lockett was succeeded by two more generations of Jameses, culminating in Aldine Wildon Lockett Jr., Devin’s father.

On his mother’s side, Devin is a descendant of the creole Barnes family of New Orleans, which traces its roots to Jacques Antoine LeBourgne, who arrived in New Orleans from Nord Vicennes, Pas-de-Calais, France, in 1731 — thirteen years after the city was founded.

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