Clifton Powell
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-03-16
- Place of birth:
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
God with Us
Return of The Mack
Deb is Boss
Car Show Kings
TKO
Trap City
Negligence
The Legend of Johnny Jones
High Potential
Once in a Valentine
The Probe
On Ten
Skeletons in the Closet
Fuxk D3m Kidz
Recession Proof
Gangster's Daughter 2
Steppin Into Love
Boxed In 2
Gangster's Daughter
Sebastian
Player
Moonlight Soul
Legacy
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
Boxed In
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
The Next 24 Hours
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
Fruits of the Heart
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
The Available Wife
The Lick
The Urbans
Let Go and Let God
Diamond in the Rough
I Got the Hook Up 2
Sins of the Father
American Soul
Juug Gone Wrong
Everything That Glitters
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Misguided Behavior
Gangland: The Musical
Worth
The Choir Director
Couples' Night
5K1
The Hills
A Talent For Trouble
The Last O.G.
Sinners Wanted
Easy Money
Black Lightning
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
King of Newark
Tales
All Eyez on Me
Brockmire
Mountain Top
The Preacher's Son
Merry Ex-Mas
Flowers
Hunting Season
Where Hearts Lie
Love Won't Let Me Wait
A Weekend with the Family
Saints & Sinners
The North Star
Fade Away
A Baby for Christmas
Fear Files
The Cheaters Club
Blood Ransom
99 North
They Die by Dawn
Criminal Behavior
23rd Psalm: Redemption
Coffin Baby
JD Lawrence's Community Service
Forbidden Woman
God's Precious Jewels
Somebody's Child
Interludes
C'mon Man
Note to Self
Womack
The Soul Man
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
The Undershepherd
The Marriage Chronicles
Unsupervised
He's Mine Not Yours
The Perfect Gift
Shake
She's Not Our Sister
35 and Ticking
Street Kings 2: Motor City
The Ideal Husband
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Love Me or Leave Me
Hawaii Five-0
Something Like A Business
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
When the Lights Go Out
Preacher's Kid
Before I Self Destruct
Just Another Day
God Send Me A Man
Contradictions of the Heart
Steppin: The Movie
There's a Stranger in My House
Man of Her Dreams
Internet Dating
The Rimshop
Jada
The Mentalist
Block Party Madness
Street Kings
Love for Sale
Show Stoppers
First Sunday
American Dream
Father of Lies
Young Cesar
Army Wives
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
Da Block Party 2
Norbit
Day Break
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Shark
Confessions
It Ain't Easy
Faceless
Knights of the South Bronx
The Boondocks
The Gospel
The Fabric of a Man
Choices II: The Setup
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
Numb3rs
Brothers in Arms
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
House
Da Block Party
Ray
Sugar Valentine
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
Never Die Alone
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
Cold Case
Eve
Love Chronicles
Crime Partners
Tapped Out
Friday After Next
Ticker
Civil Brand
Banged Out
Bones
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
One on One
The Hire
The Brothers
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lockdown
A Private Affair
Hot Boyz
Next Friday
No Tomorrow
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
Third Watch
The Parkers
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Foolish
The Breaks
Safe House
Selma, Lord, Selma
Rush Hour
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Pentagon Wars
Caught Up
Deep Rising
Phantoms
Buffalo Soldiers
First Time Felon
Riot
The Practice
The Jamie Foxx Show
Pacific Blue
Moesha
Dead Presidents
Divas
Simon
In the House
Nowhere to Hide
Touched by an Angel
Green Dolphin Beat
South Central
NYPD Blue
The Sinbad Show
Menace II Society
Conflict of Interest
Walker, Texas Ranger
Renegade
Martin
3 Ninjas
Deep Cover
Roc
Cop Rock
House Party
Jake and the Fatman
Tour of Duty
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Alphabet City
The Perfect Love Storm
Detour 95
The In-Law Gang!
Scavenger Hunt
Baby, You're a Star
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Wrong Number