Alimi ("Ali - Me") is a New York City native. His tenure in Hollywood began as a series regular on the ABC sitcom Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, where he portrayed The Quizmaster, and since his début he has continued to dazzle audiences in a wide-range of dramatic roles: as the enigmatic and debonair Marcel Dumas on Netflix’s hit Queen of The South, as Dr. Robert Dubois on the acclaimed original drama series Queen Sugar, as Reginald Lennox III on ABC’s The Catch, in his three-season run as Detective Kevin Crawford on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and as a six-season regular on NUMB3RS as Special Agent David Sinclair. Other series regular roles include Herbal Thought in James Cameron's cult favorite Dark Angel, Matthew on ABC’s sitcom Arsenio, and his recurring role as Agent Gayne Levin on CBS's NCIS. Ballard has graced the big screen with such talent as Cuba Gooding Jr. in Men of Honor, and Morgan Freeman in DreamWorks' Deep Impact. Alimi has recently joined the cast of the Peacock ‘s new drama One of us is Lying as the impassioned Kevin Clay. But of all the roles Alimi portrays, his most rewarding are as husband and father. He resides happily in Los Angeles with his wife and two wonderful children.