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RECENT CREDITS

Touched By an Angel (TV) Apr. 26, 2003

Sounder (TV) Jan. 19, 2003

Crossing Jordan (TV) Jan. 28, 2002

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the ... (TV) Feb. 28, 2000

Knockout (FILM) Feb. 4, 2000

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HIGHLIGHTS

1999 Played the adoptive father of two Vietnamese children in "Catfish and Black Bean Sauce"

1997 Returned to series TV as regular on the short-lived NBC sitcom "Built to Last"

1995 Portrayed boxing promoter Don King in the HBO biopic "Tyson"

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Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)

Role

Category

Sounder 2003 -Teacher

Actor

Crossing Jordan 2001 -Dr Phillip Sanders

Actor

Four Fathers (2002) -Dr Phillip Sanders

Actor

TV Episode

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 2000 -Narration

Narrator

Knockout 2000 -Ron Regent

Actor

Film

Strange Justice 1999 -Thurgood Marshall

Actor

Assignment Berlin 1999 -Al Spector

Actor

Relax...It's Just Sex 1999 -Auntie Miriam

Actor

Film

Batman Beyond 1999 -of Sam Young

Voice

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce 1999 -Harold Williams

Actor

Film

City Confidential 1998 -Host, Narration

Actor, Narrator

An African American Salute to the Academy Awards 1998 -Interviewee

Actor

The Pet Shop 1997

Actor

Built to Last 1997 -Russell Watkins

Actor

The Magic School Bus Family Holiday Special 1996

Actor

Mars Attacks! 1996 -General Casey

Actor

Film

The Assassination File 1996 -Senator Alan Laskey

Actor

Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles 1996 -of Jeffrey Robbins

Voice

Original Gangstas 1996 -Reverend Marshall Dorsey

Actor

Film

Stolen Memories: Secrets From the Rose Garden 1996 -Horace

Actor

47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1995 -Presenter

Actor

White Dwarf 1995 -Dr Akada

Actor

Tyson 1995 -Don King

Actor

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child 1995

Voice

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 1995 -of the Old Man

Voice

Scarlett 1994 -Big Sam

Actor

Gargoyles 1994 -of Jeffrey Robbins

Voice

Baseball 1994

Voice

The Magic School Bus 1994 -of Mr Ruhle

Voice

The Legend of Gator Face 1994 -Bob

Actor

Storytime 1994

Actor

Breathing Lessons 1994 -Mr Otis

Actor

Babylon 5 1994 -General Richard Franklin

Actor

Dennis the Menace 1993 -Chief of Police

Actor

Film

Cliffhanger 1993 -Walter Wright

Actor

Film

At the River I Stand 1993 -Narration

Narrator

Queen 1993 -Cap'n Jack

Actor

Mastergate 1992

Actor

The Wish That Changed Christmas 1991 -of Mr Smith--the Narrator

Voice

The Streets 1991 -Host

Actor

The Movie Awards 1991 -Presenter

Actor

83 Hours 'Til Dawn 1990 -Dr Dantley

Actor

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 1990 -Jim Watson

Actor

Presumed Innocent 1990 -Judge Larren Lyttle

Actor

Film

The Simpsons 1996-1998 -Lucius Sweet

Voice

The Trouble With Trillions (1998) -Lucius Sweet

Voice

TV Episode

The Homer They Fall (1996) -Lucius Sweet

Voice

TV Episode

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 1989 -Gabriel Grimes

Actor

The Women of Brewster Place 1989 -Sam Michael

Actor

The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 -Lucien Celine

Actor

Film

Drug Free Kids: A Parent's Guide 1988

Actor

Big Shots 1987 -Johnnie Red

Actor

Film

The Charmings 1987

Actor

Death Before Dishonor 1987 -Ambassador

Actor

Film

Mighty Pawns 1987 -Ned Wright

Actor

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 1987 -George Hairston

Actor

Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory 1986

Actor

Blue City 1986 -Luther Reynolds

Actor

Film

Under Siege 1986 -Secretary of Defense Andrew Simon

Actor

The War Between the Classes 1985 -Mr Bateman

Actor

The Terminator 1984 -Traxler

Actor

Film

Mike's Murder 1984 -Phillip

Actor

Film

Hotel 1983 -Bill Griffin

Actor

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983 -Sampson

Actor

The Blue and the Gray 1982 -Jonathan Henry

Actor

Sister, Sister 1982 -Eddie Craven

Actor

Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan 1982 -Terrell

Actor

Film

Dreams Don't Die 1982 -Charlie Banks

Actor

White Dog 1982 -Keys

Actor

Film

The Sophisticated Gents 1981 -Richard Bubbles Wiggins

Actor

Carbon Copy 1981 -Bob Garvey

Actor

Film

Key Tortuga 1981 -Cyclone Williams; his friend

Actor

Angel City 1980 -Cy

Actor

Roots: The Next Generations 1979 -Dr Horace Huguley

Actor

Backstairs at the White House 1979 -Emmett Rogers Sr

Actor

King 1978 -Martin Luther King Jr

Actor

Damnation Alley 1977 -Keegan

Actor

Film

Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 -Willis Powell

Actor

Film

Green Eyes 1977 -Lloyd Dubeck

Actor

The Greatest 1977 -Lawyer

Actor

Film

High Velocity 1977 -Watson

Actor

Film

With All Deliberate Speed 1976 -Reverend J A Delain

Actor

Hustle 1975 -Sergeant Louis Belgrave

Actor

Film

It's Good to Be Alive 1974 -Roy Campanella

Actor

Conrack 1974 -Mad Billy

Actor

Film

The Horror at 37,000 Feet 1973 -Dr Enkalla

Actor

Gordon's War 1973 -Gordon

Actor

Film

Sounder 1972 -Nathan Lee Morgan

Actor

Film

Brother John 1971 -Henry Birkahrdt

Actor

Film

The Lost Man 1969 -Orville

Actor

Film

Julia 1968 -Paul Carter--Julia's Boyfriend

Actor

L.A. Law -Derron Holloway

Actor

Family Matters -Jimmy Baines

Actor

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich -Butler

Actor

Film

Walker, Texas Ranger -Roscoe Jones

Actor

Touched By an Angel 2002-2003 -Sam, Special Agent Angel Sam

Actor, Actor

I Will Walk With You, Part 1 (2003) -Sam

Actor

TV Episode

Remembering Me (1) (2002) -Sam

Actor

TV Episode

Second Noah -Ramses

Actor

Murder, She Wrote -Lieutenant Starkey

Actor

Picket Fences -Judge Harold Nance

Actor

Second to Die

Actor

Film

In the Kingdom of the Blind

Actor

Film

Irresistible Force -Commander Tooley

Actor

Film

R.P.M. -Dempsey

Actor

Film

Vegas City of Dreams

Actor

Film

Trapped

Actor

Film

Trouble Man -Chalky

Actor

Film

Huckleberry Finn -Jim

Actor

Film

On the Run -Harry

Actor

Film

Deadly Measures

Actor

Film

Go Tell It on the Mountain -Gabriel Grimes

Actor

Film

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Highlights

1999 Played the adoptive father of two Vietnamese children in "Catfish and Black Bean Sauce"

1997 Returned to series TV as regular on the short-lived NBC sitcom "Built to Last"

1995 Portrayed boxing promoter Don King in the HBO biopic "Tyson"

1990 Had pivotal role in the feature "Presumed Innocent"

1989 Appeared as a record executive in a story arc of the CBS crime drama "Wiseguy"

1979 Had supporting role in "Roots: The Next Generation" (ABC); won second Emmy nomination

1978 Played title role in the NBC miniseries "King"; won first Emmy nomination

1973 Made TV-movie debut in "Horror at 37,000 Feet" (CBS)

1972 Breakthrough feature role, "Sounder"; earned Best Actor Oscar nomination

1969 Film acting debut in "The Lost Man"

1965 Worked as artist in residence at University of Hawaii

1965 Made TV debut in episode of "Perry Mason" (CBS)

Was artist in residence at Stanford University

Played romantic interest of Diahann Carroll's "Julia" on the NBC sitcom

Played a talking mirror on TV sitcom "The Charmings" (ABC)

Appeared in the Broadway play "Checkmates", co-starring Denzel Washington

Had regular role of building landlord on the NBC sitcom "227"

Voiced Mr Ruhle in "The Magic School Bus" (PBS)

Recently Worked With...

Roma Downey

Touched By an Angel

Aired: Apr. 26, 2003

Jill Hennessy

Crossing Jordan

Aired: Jan. 28, 2002

Mary Alice

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Released: Aug. 25, 2000

Sophia Adella Hernandez

Knockout

Released: Feb. 4, 2000

Mitchell Anderson

Relax...It's Just Sex

Released: Mar. 5, 1999

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