From all-American football player to professional wrestler to actor, Jamie Cardriche was perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as Tim on UPN's Malcolm and Eddie. Discovered by a casting director while working out in a local gym, Cardriche's credits include TV movies (The Garbage Picking, Field Goal Kicking, and Philadelphia Phenomenon), a recurring role on TV's A Different World, and the film House Party.
His varied and colorful career was cut short in July of 2000, when he died at the age of 32 of complications from gall bladder surgery . ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide. 