Clifton Powell

Biography

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. 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).

Filmografi

Rush Hour1998 · LukeNorbit2007 · Earl LatimoreHouse Party1990 · Sharane's BrotherStreet Kings2008 · Sergeant GreenDeep Rising1998 · Mason3 Ninjas1992 · FBI Agent KurlMenace II Society1993 · ChauncyDeep Cover1992 · LelandRay2004 · Jeff BrownAlphabet City1984 · RamonDetour 95 · Mr. ErvinCivil Brand2002 · Capt. Alan DeeseFear Files2015 · Detective Owen MarshThe Hills2018 · Captain PearsonAll Eyez on Me2017 · FloydForbidden Woman2013 · RandallEasy Money2018 · Mr. Milton MillerThe Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story2010 · SelfBanged Out2002 · Next Friday2000 · PinkyFriday After Next2002 · PinkySebastian2023 · Captain HarrisDead Presidents1995 · CuttySugar Valentine2004 · Joshua Valentine