RECENT CREDITS
Larry King Live (TV)  Nov. 24, 2006
Bobby (FILM)  Nov. 17, 2006
Real Time With Bill Maher (TV)  Oct. 27, 2006
That's What I'm Talking About (TV)  Feb. 22, 2006
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HIGHLIGHTS
Spent a good deal of his childhood in Jamaica. 
Enlisted in the Navy after a learning disability caused him to discontinue his high school education.
Was encouraged by his mentor and fellow entertainer Paul Robeson to urge an audience to join in singing songs with him.  
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Bobby  2006 -Nelson
Actor
Film


The Player  1992 -Himself
Actor
Film


Beetlejuice  1988
Featured Music
Film


Beat Street  1984
Producer, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Swing Vote   -Will Dunn
Actor
TV


The Affair  
Executive Producer
TV


Life + Debt  2001
Featured Music
Film


Kansas City  1996 -Seldom Seen
Actor
Film


White Man's Burden  1995 -Thaddeus Thomas
Actor
Film


Prêt-à-Porter  1994 -Himself
Actor
Film


Uptown Saturday Night  1974 -Geechie Dan Beauford
Actor
Film


The Angel Levine  1970 -Alexander Levine, the Angel
Actor
Film


Odds Against Tomorrow  1959 -Johnny Ingram
Actor
Film


Island in the Sun  1957 -David Boyeur
Songwriter, Actor
Film


Carmen Jones  1954 -Joe
Actor
Film


Bright Road  1953 -School Principal
Actor
Film


Buck and the Preacher   -The Preacher
Producer, Actor
Film


Call for Peace  
Actor
Film


@Festivbercine.ron  
Actor
Film


A Veces Miro Mi Vida  
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


First Look   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Frontline Music Festival  
Actor
Film


Grambling's White Tiger  
Actor
Film


The Muppet Revue  
Actor
Film


Quincy Jones: In the Pocket   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 1: Across the Ocean   -Host, Narrator
Actor, Actor
Film


Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 3: To the Top of the Charts   -Host, Narrator
Actor, Actor
Film


Sag Nein!  
Actor
Film


Swing Vote   -Justice Will Dunn
Actor
Film


The Affair  
Executive Producer
Film


We Shall Overcome  
Actor
Film


The World, the Flesh, and the Devil   -Ralph Burton
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Spent a good deal of his childhood in Jamaica. 
Enlisted in the Navy after a learning disability caused him to discontinue his high school education.
Was encouraged by his mentor and fellow entertainer Paul Robeson to urge an audience to join in singing songs with him.  
Cinematic debut was in the 1953 drama Bright Road.
Made recording history in 1956 when his third album Calypso sold more than one million copies. It was the first 33 1/3 rpm LP by a solo artist to sell one million
Was the first African-American to produce and win an Emmy (Tonight With Harry Belafonte). The program aired in 1960. 
Appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF in March 1987, a position he has held for over two decades.   


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