Actor
Clifton Powell
Born March 16, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
173 films
Clifton Powell (born 16 March 1956 in Washington, D.C., USA) – American actor and comedian, who grew up in the Mayfair Mansions housing project in Northeast D.C. and graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts before studying at Emerson College in Boston. He is married with two children and two grandchildren.
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His most notable film roles include Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Rush Hour (1998) as Luke, Next Friday (2000) and Friday After Next (2002) as Pinky, Ray (2004) as Jeff Brown (NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor), Norbit (2007), Street Kings (2008), and All Eyez on Me (2017). He also provided the voice of Big Smoke in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). On television he is best known for Rex Fisher in Saints & Sinners (2016–2022, 48 episodes), Uncle Lou in The Family Business (2018–2022), Reverend Jeremiah Holt in Black Lightning (2018–2019), and for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the TV movie Selma, Lord Selma (1999).
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First watchRay20047.5as Jeff BrownA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
173 films as actor- TBAThe Perfect Love Storm
- TBADetour 95Mr. Ervin
- TBAThe In-Law Gang!John Sr.
- TBAScavenger HuntOfficer Gant
- TBABaby, You're a Star
- TBAWrong Number
- 2026God with Us
- 2026Return of The MackDETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
- 2026Deb is BossJames
- 2025Car Show KingsPuncho's Boss/Frank
- 2025TKOHank
- 2024Trap CityGoose
- 2024NegligenceJudge
- 2024The Legend of Johnny JonesMr.Ervin
- 2024Once in a Valentine
- 2024The ProbeCommissioner Davis
- 2024Skeletons in the ClosetFather Francisco
- 2024Fuxk D3m KidzJudge
- 2023Recession ProofJackson Holloway
- 2023Gangster's Daughter 2
- 2023Steppin Into LoveMr. Jones
- 2023Boxed In 2Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
- 2023Gangster's Daughter
- 2023SebastianCaptain Harris
- 2023PlayerDonti Player
- 2023Moonlight SoulGreg Monaghan
- 2023The Dirty 3rd: Next GenerationSugar Slim
- 2022Boxed InPa
- 2022Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
- 2022The Next 24 HoursMax
- 2021Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
- 2021Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
- 2021Fruits of the Heart
- 2021Saints & Sinners: Judgment DayRex
- 2020The Available WifeMitchell
- 2020The LickRichard Jacobson
- 2019Let Go and Let GodDonald
- 2019Diamond in the RoughPastor Davis
- 2019I Got the Hook Up 2Tony Smooth
- 2019Sins of the FatherKevin
- 2019Juug Gone WrongMr. Johnson
- 2018Everything That Glitters
- 2018Misguided BehaviorCaptain Rogers
- 2018Gangland: The MusicalPastor Earl
- 2018WorthTony
- 2018The Choir DirectorBishop T.K. Wilson
- 2018Couples' NightRich
- 20185K1Barry
- 2018The HillsCaptain Pearson
- 2018A Talent For TroubleMr. Wellington
- 2018Sinners WantedOne Eye
- 2018Easy MoneyMr. Milton Miller
- 2017Chasing Titles Vol. 1T Parker
- 2017King of NewarkJuice
- 2017All Eyez on MeFloyd
- 2017Mountain TopLarry Fletcher
- 2017The Preacher's SonBishop T.K. Wilson
- 2016Merry Ex-MasPastor Jordan
- 2016Flowers
- 2016Hunting SeasonThomas Curry
- 2016Where Hearts LieCarl
- 2016Love Won't Let Me WaitBishop Buckworth
- 2016A Weekend with the FamilyDingo Stankersheet
- 2016The North StarMr. Lee
- 2016Fade AwayEazy
- 2015A Baby for ChristmasGavin
- 2015Fear FilesDetective Owen Marsh
- 2014The Cheaters ClubMarvin
- 2014Blood RansomDetective Hobbs
- 201499 NorthUncle P
- 2013They Die by DawnDeputy Sheriff
- 2013Criminal BehaviorCedric
- 201323rd Psalm: RedemptionLester Wayne
- 2013Coffin BabyDetective S. Jackson
- 2013Forbidden WomanRandall
- 2013God's Precious Jewels
- 2012Somebody's ChildDr. Sperry
- 2012InterludesBlake
- 2012C'mon ManRooselvelt Steele
- 2012Note to SelfCoach Gerald Woodson
- 2012WomackGilly Smalls
- 2012Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
- 2012The UndershepherdDeacon Roberts
- 2012The Marriage ChroniclesRobert McDaniel
- 2011He's Mine Not YoursWalter
- 2011The Perfect Gift
- 2011ShakeRed
- 2011She's Not Our SisterRev. Beckley
- 201135 and TickingZane
- 2011Street Kings 2: Motor CityDet. Tyrone Fowler
- 2011The Ideal HusbandDaniel
- 2011Trapped: Haitian NightsMike
- 2010Love Me or Leave MeCecil
- 2010Something Like A BusinessSexy Silk
- 2010Heaven Ain't Hard to FindBig Bill Herod
- 2010When the Lights Go OutFreddy
- 2010Preacher's KidIke
- 2009Before I Self DestructSean
- 2009Just Another DayBowman
- 2009God Send Me A ManBishop
- 2009Contradictions of the HeartDamien
- 2009Steppin: The MovieDet. Lewis
- 2009There's a Stranger in My HouseMr. John Moore
- 2009Man of Her DreamsSenator Marcus Gordon
- 2008Internet DatingLeroy 'The Pimp'
- 2008The RimshopJoe Joe's Father
- 2008JadaTerrance
- 2008Block Party MadnessAction Jackson
- 2008Street KingsSergeant Green
- 2008Love for SaleCinque
- 2008Show StoppersCoach
- 2008First SundayOfficer Eddie King
- 2008American DreamOld Skool
- 2007Father of LiesBishop Calvin Jacobs
- 2007Young CesarAli Dean
- 2007Gangsta Rap: The GlockumentaryTommy Guns
- 2007Da Block Party 2
- 2007NorbitEarl Latimore
- 2006Who Made the Potatoe Salad?Mr. Jenkins
- 2006ConfessionsChauncey