Clifton Powell
| Clifton Powell | |
|---|---|
 Powell in May 2007 | |
| Born |
March 16, 1956 Washington, D.C., U.S |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor, known for playing supporting roles in films, most significant Ray (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination.
Career
Powell has appeared in more than one hundred films, beginning in the 1980s. His credits include Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Rush Hour (1998), Next Friday (2000), and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next, Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), and Ray (2004). He played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1999 television film Selma, Lord, Selma. Powell also has had many supporting roles in smaller direct-to-video films in 2000s and 2010s.
On television, Powell had the recurring roles on Roc, South Central, and Army Wives, and well as guest-starred on In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD Blue, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2016, Powell was cast as main antagonist in the Bounce TV first prime time soap opera, Saints & Sinners opposite Vanessa Bell Calloway and Gloria Reuben.
Personal life
Powell was born in Washington, D.C. He grew up in Mayfair Mansions in Northeast D.C. He attended DeMatha Catholic High School then transferred to St. Anthony's High School.
In 2013 a judgment was entered against Powell for sexual assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress for $153,095.50.[1][2] According to the plaintiff's attorney, several attempts to collect the debt from the actor in Louisiana had been unsuccessful, so the judgment was recorded in California to garnish the actor's wages.[3]
Selected filmography
Film
- Colors (uncredited) (1988)
- House Party (1990)
- Deep Cover (1992)
- 3 Ninjas (1992)
- Menace II Society (1993)
- Dead Presidents (1995)
- First Time Felon (1997)
- Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
- Deep Rising (1998)
- Phantoms (1998)
- Caught Up (1998)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Foolish (1999)
- Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
- Hot Boyz (1999)
- The Breaks (1999)
- No Tomorrow (1999)
- Next Friday (2000)
- Lockdown (2000)
- Crime Partners (2000)
- The Brothers (2001)
- Bones (2001)
- Friday After Next (2002)
- Civil Brand (2002)
- Play'd: A Hip Hop Story (2002)
- Love Chronicles (2003)
- Never Die Alone (2004)
- Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
- Ray (2004)
- The Gospel (2005)
- Who Made the Potato Salad? (2006)
- Norbit (2007)
- First Sunday (2008)
- Street Kings (2008)
- Love for Sale (2008)
- Before I Self Destruct (2009)
- Preacher's Kid (2009)
- Just Another Day (2009)
- Something Like a Business (2010)
- Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011)
- 35 and Ticking (2011)
- All Eyez on Me (2016)
Television
- In the Heat of the Night (1993)
- Murder She Wrote (1993 and 1995)
- South Central(1994)
- Roc (1992–1994)
- The Parkers- (2000) Episode: "A Simple Plan-Mr. Alexander
- The Practice (2002)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003)
- House (2005)
- Eve (2006)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006)
- Numb3rs (2007)
- Cold Case (2008)
- Army Wives (2009–2010)
- The Boondocks (2010) Episode: "A Date with the Booty Warrior"
- The Mentalist (2011)
- Awake (2012) Episode: "Guilty "
- Unsupervised (2012)
- The Soul Man (2015) Episode: "Tell It Like It Isn't"
- Saints & Sinners (2016)
Video games
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas- Big Smoke (2004)
References
External links
Media related to Clifton Powell at Wikimedia Commons