Jocko Sims

Personal context

Summary

Jocko Sims is an actor, writer, and director known for Crash, The Last Ship, and New Amsterdam. His screen work includes military and medical dramas, often in roles involving leadership and public service. He has criticized The Last Ship for killing off Black, Latino, and female characters while its white male characters survived, and has discussed the underrepresentation of Black crew members and women surgeons in interviews about New Amsterdam. In 2024, he served as honorary chair of the Association of Black Cardiologists’ Spirit of the Heart Awards Dinner and Fundraiser, an event focused on health equity and diversity in medicine. No public party affiliation or broader pattern of political activism is on record.