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John Canada Terrell

Actor

John Canada Terrell

15 films

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The Five Heartbeats posterFirst watchThe Five Heartbeats19917.3as Michael 'Flash' TurnerIn the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
She's Gotta Have It poster6.6She's Gotta Have It1986Boomerang poster5.7Boomerang1992Mo' Better Blues poster6.5Mo' Better Blues1990The Brother from Another Planet poster6.7The Brother from Another Planet1984Def by Temptation poster4.8Def by Temptation1990

Filmography

15 films as actor
  1. 2014Murder City AngelsMr. Washington
  2. 2003Crooked LinesSupervisor
  3. 2003The Black NinjaDetective Howell
  4. 1992BoomerangTodd
  5. 1991The Five HeartbeatsMichael 'Flash' Turner
  6. 1990The Return of SuperflyDet. Loomey
  7. 1990Mo' Better BluesClub Patron
  8. 1990Elliot Fauman, Ph.D.Gene
  9. 1990Def by TemptationBartender #1
  10. 1989RooftopsJunkie Cop
  11. 1986RecruitsWinston Richcliff III
  12. 1986She's Gotta Have ItGreer Childs
  13. 1986Tickled PinkHector
  14. 1984Hot Lips
  15. 1984The Brother from Another PlanetBaby Grand Patron (uncredited)