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Black American character player who first gained national prominence as Andrew Emerson, the irascible, self-styled black Nationalist father of Charles S. Dutton, on the Fox sitcom "Roc" (1991-94). Gordon has appeared on stage in more than 30 productions of the Negro Ensemble Company, including "Zooman and the Sign" and "The River Niger", as well as "Ain't Suposed to Die a Natural Death", "Do Lord Remember Me", and the August Wilson dramas, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Piano Lesson"....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

Cul-de-sac - ( / 1995 / Released / )
No Mercy - ( Lawrence / 1986 / Released / )
The Brother From Another Planet - ( Mr Price / 1984 / Released / )
Violated - ( / 1984 / Released / Vestron Home Video )
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings - ( Mack / 1976 / Released / )
Gordon's War - ( Luther / 1973 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
TV Credits
Whoopi ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Love Songs ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The Wedding ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
The Practice ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Can't Hurry Love ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
JAG ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
New York News ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
The Piano Lesson ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Crossroads ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
The Murder of Mary Phagan ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Disaster on the Coastliner ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Burke's Law ( Released ): Actor
Due South ( Released ): Actor
Felicity ( Released ): Actor
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper ( Released ): Actor
Malcolm and Eddie ( Released ): Actor
Nash Bridges ( Released ): Actor
Roc ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Black American character player who first gained national prominence as Andrew Emerson, the irascible, self-styled black Nationalist father of Charles S. Dutton, on the Fox sitcom "Roc" (1991-94). Gordon has appeared on stage in more than 30 productions of the Negro Ensemble Company, including "Zooman and the Sign" and "The River Niger", as well as "Ain't Suposed to Die a Natural Death", "Do Lord Remember Me", and the August Wilson dramas, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Piano Lesson". (He was one of three "Roc" regulars--alongside Charles S. Dutton and Rocky Carroll--who came from "The Piano Lesson".) Gordon's feature credits include Ossie Davis' "Gordon's War" (1973), John Badham's "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" (1976) and John Sayles' "The Brother From Another Planet" (1984).

Profession(s):
Actor, department store worker, part-time postal worker
Sometimes Credited As:
Carl Rufus Gordon
Milestones (Back to top)
1991 Cast as Andrew Emerson, the father of Charles S. Dutton on the Fox sitcom "Roc"
1973 First major film role in Ossie Davis's action thriller, "Gordon's War"
1969 Made Broadway debut in "The Great White North"
1967 Professional stage debut in Douglas Turner Ward's "Days of Absence/Happy Ending"
Appeared in more than 30 productions of the Negro Ensemble Company
Appeared in August Wilson's play "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" where he first met Charles S. Dutton
Appeared in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Piano Lesson"

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