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A tall, handsome rising young star often cast as street-tough black youths, Bokeem Woodbine offered a number of startling performances in a succession of feature films and TV longforms since the early 1990s. Encouraged by his mother to apply for work as an extra in Ernest Dickerson's 1991 directorial debut, "Juice". he was hired as a stand-in and caught the notice of casting director Jaki Brown-Karman who later suggested Woodbine to Forest Whitaker for the latter's directorial effort, "Strapped" (HBO, 1994)....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

The Fifth Commandment - ( Miles Templeton / 2008 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Caught on Tape - ( Tyrone / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Champagne Gang - ( As Himself / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low Budget Movie - ( / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
The Poker House - ( Duval / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Edmond - ( Prisoner / 2005 / Released / Metro Tartan )
Ray - ( Fathead Newman / 2004 / Released / Universal Music and Video Distribution )
The Circle - ( - Cast / 2004 / Released / )
3,000 Miles to Graceland - ( Benjamin Franklin / 2001 / Released / )
Black Male - ( Jimmy Best / 1999 / Released / Devin International )
Life - ( Can't Get Right / 1999 / Released / )
The Runner - ( 477 / 1999 / Released / )
Almost Heroes - ( Jonah / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Caught Up - ( Daryl Allen / 1998 / Released / )
The Big Hit - ( Crunch / 1998 / Released / )
Freeway - ( Chopper / 1996 / Released / )
The Rock - ( Sergeant Crisp / 1996 / Released / )
Dead Presidents - ( Cleon / 1995 / Released / )
Panther - ( Tyrone / 1995 / Released / REP )
Crooklyn - ( Richard / 1994 / Released / )
Jason's Lyric - ( Joshua / 1994 / Released / Independent Productions )
18 Fingers of Death - ( / / Released / )
TV Credits
Saving Grace ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
A Survivor Lives Here ( 2008 )
TV Episode Leon Cooley

Have a Seat, Earl ( 2008 )
TV Episode Leon Cooley

Taco, Tulips, Duck and Spices ( 2007 )
TV Episode Leon Cooley

Is There A Scarlet Letter On My Breast? ( 2007 )
TV Episode Leon Cooley

This Is Way Too Normal For You ( 2007 )
TV Episode Leon Cooley

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The Last Sentinel ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
Blade: The Series ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Shark ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
The Evidence ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Bones ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Jasper, Texas ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
CSI: Miami ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Run For the Money ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Breed ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Battery Park ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
It's The Rage ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Sacrifice ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The Elevator ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The Sopranos ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The X-Files ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
BET's Voices Against Violence Special ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Love Off Limits ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Strapped ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
City of Angels ( Released ): Actor
Fastlane ( Released ): Actor
New York Undercover ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

A tall, handsome rising young star often cast as street-tough black youths, Bokeem Woodbine offered a number of startling performances in a succession of feature films and TV longforms since the early 1990s. Encouraged by his mother to apply for work as an extra in Ernest Dickerson's 1991 directorial debut, "Juice". he was hired as a stand-in and caught the notice of casting director Jaki Brown-Karman who later suggested Woodbine to Forest Whitaker for the latter's directorial effort, "Strapped" (HBO, 1994). In that film, Woodbine portrayed an inner city youth selling drugs on the street and information to the cops to help his girlfriend get out of jail. Hollywood and other filmmakers soon took notice and the actor landed a small part in Spike Lee's "Crooklyn" (1994) before Doug McHenry cast him the key role of the bad-seed brother in "Jason's Lyric," (also 1994). The following year, Woodbine appeared as an Oakland youth who becomes a cohort of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in "Panther" and lent his magnetic screen presence to the role of a preacher who becomes enmeshed in a heist in the Hughes Brothers' "Dead Presidents". He went on to headline the critically-derided "Caught Up", supported the late Chris Farley in his final film "Almost Heroes" and was involved in a kidnapping that goes awry in "The Big Hit" (all 1998).

Profession(s):
Actor, singer, musician
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
The Dalton School New York, New York
Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts New York, New York music
Milestones (Back to top)
2007 Cast as a convict in the TNT drama, "Saving Grace"
2004 Portrayed Fathead Newman in the Ray Charles biopic "Ray" starring Jamie Foxx
2001 Co-starred in the feature, "3000 Miles to Graceland"
2001 Portrayed a detective who teams with a vampire cop in "The Breed"; aired on Starz! in lieu of a theatrical release
2000 Featured as a regular on the NBC midseason sitcom "Battery Park"
1999 Played a deaf mute named Can't Get Right in "Life", appearing alongside Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence
1998 Starred with Cynda Williams in "Caught Up"
1996 Co-starred in "Freeway", a modern riff on the Little Red Riding Hood story
1995 Breakthrough screen roles in "Panther" and "Dead Presidents"
1994 Had featured role in "Jason's Lyric"
1993 TV acting debut in the "CBS Schoolbreak Special" entitled "Love Off Limits"
1991 Was a stand-in and extra in the feature "Juice"
Born and raised in NYC

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