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Clifton Powell

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.

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2004 · 2h 32m · Drama · Music

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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).

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God with Us
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2026
Return of The Mack
DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
2026
Deb is Boss
James
2025
Car Show Kings
Puncho's Boss/Frank
2025
TKO
Hank
2024
Trap City
Goose
2024
Negligence
Judge
2024
The Legend of Johnny Jones
Mr.Ervin
2024
Once in a Valentine
Actor
2024
The Probe
Commissioner Davis
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
Father Francisco
2024
Fuxk D3m Kidz
Judge
2023
Recession Proof
Jackson Holloway
2023
Gangster's Daughter 2
Actor
2023
Steppin Into Love
Mr. Jones
2023
Boxed In 2
Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
2023
Gangster's Daughter
Actor
2023
Sebastian
Captain Harris
2023
Player
Donti Player
2023
Moonlight Soul
Greg Monaghan
2023
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
Sugar Slim
2022
Boxed In
Pa
2022
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
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2022
The Next 24 Hours
Max
2021
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
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2021
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
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2021
Fruits of the Heart
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2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
Rex
2020
The Available Wife
Mitchell
2020
The Lick
Richard Jacobson
2019
Let Go and Let God
Donald
2019
Diamond in the Rough
Pastor Davis
2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
Tony Smooth
2019
Sins of the Father
Kevin
2019
Juug Gone Wrong
Mr. Johnson
2018
Everything That Glitters
Actor
2018
Misguided Behavior
Captain Rogers
2018
Gangland: The Musical
Pastor Earl
2018
Worth
Tony
2018
The Choir Director
Bishop T.K. Wilson
2018
Couples' Night
Rich
2018
5K1
Barry
2018
The Hills
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2018
A Talent For Trouble
Mr. Wellington
2018
Sinners Wanted
One Eye
2018
Easy Money
Mr. Milton Miller
2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
Producer · T Parker
2017
King of Newark
Juice
2017
All Eyez on Me
Floyd
2017
Mountain Top
Larry Fletcher
2017
The Preacher's Son
Bishop T.K. Wilson
2016
Merry Ex-Mas
Pastor Jordan
2016
Flowers
Actor
2016
Hunting Season
Thomas Curry
2016
Where Hearts Lie
Carl
2016
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Bishop Buckworth
2016
A Weekend with the Family
Dingo Stankersheet
2016
The North Star
Mr. Lee
2016
Fade Away
Eazy
2015
A Baby for Christmas
Gavin
2015
Fear Files
Detective Owen Marsh
2014
The Cheaters Club
Marvin
2014
Blood Ransom
Detective Hobbs
2014
99 North
Uncle P
2013
They Die by Dawn
Deputy Sheriff
2013
Criminal Behavior
Cedric
2013
23rd Psalm: Redemption
Lester Wayne
2013
Coffin Baby
Detective S. Jackson
2013
Forbidden Woman
Randall
2013
God's Precious Jewels
Actor
2012
Somebody's Child
Dr. Sperry
2012
Interludes
Blake
2012
C'mon Man
Rooselvelt Steele
2012
Note to Self
Coach Gerald Woodson
2012
Womack
Gilly Smalls
2012
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
Actor
2012
The Undershepherd
Deacon Roberts
2012
The Marriage Chronicles
Robert McDaniel
2011
He's Mine Not Yours
Walter
2011
The Perfect Gift
Actor
2011
Shake
Red
2011
She's Not Our Sister
Rev. Beckley
2011
35 and Ticking
Zane
2011
Street Kings 2: Motor City
Det. Tyrone Fowler
2011
The Ideal Husband
Daniel
2011
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Mike
2010
Love Me or Leave Me
Cecil
2010
Something Like A Business
Sexy Silk
2010
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
Self
2010
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
Self
2010
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
Self
2010
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
Big Bill Herod
2010
When the Lights Go Out
Freddy
2010
Preacher's Kid
Ike
2009
Before I Self Destruct
Sean
2009
Just Another Day
Bowman
2009
God Send Me A Man
Bishop
2009
Contradictions of the Heart
Damien
2009
Steppin: The Movie
Det. Lewis
2009
There's a Stranger in My House
Director · Mr. John Moore

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Clifton Powell

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.

Born March 16, 1956 Washington, District of Columbia, USA1 movie on MoviHero

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