Clifton Powell
Acting
Born: March 16, 1956 (age 70) · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Highest Rated
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
House
2004
Rush Hour
1998
The Mentalist
2008
Norbit
2007
Ray
2004
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Street Kings
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
All Eyez on Me
2017
Black Lightning
2018
Menace II Society
1993
Deep Rising
1998
Photos (3)
Movies (159)
Rush Hour
Luke
Norbit
Earl Latimore
Street Kings
Sergeant Green
Ray
Jeff Brown
All Eyez on Me
Floyd
House Party
Sharane's Brother
Menace II Society
Chauncy
Deep Rising
Mason
Never Die Alone
Moon
Next Friday
Pinky
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Lawrence Roberts
The Pentagon Wars
Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
Deep Cover
Leland
3 Ninjas
FBI Agent Kurl
Friday After Next
Pinky
Bones
Jeremiah Peet
Da Block Party 2
2007
Mountain Top
Larry Fletcher
First Sunday
Officer Eddie King
Caught Up
Herbert / Frank Lowden
Caught Up
Herbert
Alphabet City
Ramon
The Brothers
Fred Smith
Preacher's Kid
Ike
He's Mine Not Yours
Walter
Hot Boyz
Saint
The Breaks
Cosmo
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Smoke (voice)
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Mr. Jenkins
Dead Presidents
Cutty
A Baby for Christmas
Gavin
TKO
Hank
Phantoms
Gen. Leland Copperfield
Deb is Boss
James
Street Kings 2: Motor City
Det. Tyrone Fowler
Show Stoppers
Coach
Diamond in the Rough
Pastor Davis
They Die by Dawn
Deputy Sheriff
Note to Self
Coach Gerald Woodson
Lockdown
Malachi Young
The Gospel
Bishop Fred Taylor
35 and Ticking
Zane
Sebastian
Captain Harris
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021
Love Me or Leave Me
Cecil
Young Cesar
Ali Dean
Steppin: The Movie
Det. Lewis
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
Mo Fro
Where Hearts Lie
Carl
Coffin Baby
Detective S. Jackson
Before I Self Destruct
Sean
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Reggie
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021
Civil Brand
Capt. Alan Deese
Let Go and Let God
Donald
C'mon Man
Rooselvelt Steele
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Mike
5K1
Barry
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
Satin Jones
Somebody's Child
Dr. Sperry
Fear Files
Detective Owen Marsh
Man of Her Dreams
Senator Marcus Gordon
She's Not Our Sister
Rev. Beckley
The Probe
Commissioner Davis
The Undershepherd
Deacon Roberts
Boxed In
Pa
Selma, Lord, Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
99 North
Uncle P
Just Another Day
Bowman
A Talent For Trouble
Mr. Wellington
Crime Partners
Kenyatta
Sinners Wanted
One Eye
There's a Stranger in My House
Mr. John Moore
I Got the Hook Up 2
Tony Smooth
The Available Wife
Mitchell
Divas
Bobby
No Tomorrow
Styles
Everything That Glitters
2018
Brothers in Arms
Doc
First Time Felon
King (uncredited)
Conflict of Interest
Detective Oakes
Confessions
Chauncey
Ticker
FBI Agent
The Preacher's Son
Bishop T.K. Wilson
The Choir Director
Bishop T.K. Wilson
The Fabric of a Man
Blair
Something Like A Business
Sexy Silk
Knights of the South Bronx
Cokey
The North Star
Mr. Lee
Moonlight Soul
Greg Monaghan
Banged Out
2002
Easy Money
Mr. Milton Miller
Trap City
Goose
Fruits of the Heart
2021
Sins of the Father
Kevin
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
2022
Love for Sale
Cinque
Once in a Valentine
2024
Contradictions of the Heart
Damien
Gangster's Daughter
2023
Couples' Night
Rich
Blood Ransom
Detective Hobbs
Skeletons in the Closet
Father Francisco
Safe House
1999
Choices II: The Setup
2005
The Legend of Johnny Jones
Mr.Ervin
Green Dolphin Beat
Armstrong
The Rimshop
Joe Joe's Father
Foolish
Everette Washington
A Private Affair
Isaiah
Nowhere to Hide
Braddock
Sugar Valentine
Joshua Valentine
Merry Ex-Mas
Pastor Jordan
Block Party Madness
Action Jackson
It Ain't Easy
Fish
Riot
Steve
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
Sugar Slim
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Bishop Buckworth
Da Block Party
Action Jackson
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
Rex
Gangland: The Musical
Pastor Earl
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
Big Man
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Frazier Johnson
The Lick
Richard Jacobson
Worth
Tony
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
T Parker
Internet Dating
Leroy 'The Pimp'
King of Newark
Juice
23rd Psalm: Redemption
Lester Wayne
Misguided Behavior
Captain Rogers
Gangster's Daughter 2
2023
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
Tommy Guns
Return of The Mack
DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
Hunting Season
Thomas Curry
When the Lights Go Out
Freddy
The Next 24 Hours
Max
The Ideal Husband
Daniel
God Send Me A Man
Bishop
God's Precious Jewels
2013
A Weekend with the Family
Dingo Stankersheet
Fade Away
Eazy
Tapped Out
Detective Blackman
The Marriage Chronicles
Robert McDaniel
Love Chronicles
Thomas
Shake
Red
Car Show Kings
Puncho's Boss/Frank
Flowers
2016
Jada
Terrance
Father of Lies
Bishop Calvin Jacobs
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
2012
American Dream
Old Skool
Juug Gone Wrong
Mr. Johnson
Negligence
Judge
The Hills
2018
Steppin Into Love
Mr. Jones
Boxed In 2
Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
Player
Donti Player
Recession Proof
Jackson Holloway
TV Shows (53)
The Mentalist
Correctional Officer Earl · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Terrance Crowley · 1 eps
House
Ken Hall · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Percy Grover Jr. · 2 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Dempsey Powers · 1 eps
High Potential
Mac Epps · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Det. Eddie Flowers · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Ralph Danton · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Gerald / Frankie · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Lewis futrel · 1 eps
Cold Case
Tom Bernard (2008) · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Max Devane · 1 eps
The Practice
Earl Johnson · 1 eps
Third Watch
Joy's Father · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Mr. Burns · 1 eps
Army Wives
Terrence Price · 6 eps
Matlock
Security Guard · 1 eps
The Boondocks
1st Prisoner (voice) · 1 eps
Black Lightning
Reverend Jeremiah Holt · 15 eps
Renegade
1 eps
Martin
Younger Cop · 1 eps
Moesha
R.C. · 2 eps
Moesha
Harold Moss · 1 eps
Moesha
Ray Stokes · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
James Jackson · 1 eps
Pacific Blue
Brooks · 2 eps
The Jamie Foxx Show
Mazi · 1 eps
One on One
Coach Guillory · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1 eps
Tour of Duty
1 eps
The Parkers
1 eps
The Last O.G.
Big Mike · 3 eps
Shark
Ray Tillman · 1 eps
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Uncle Lou Duncan · 6 eps
Eve
Yusef · 2 eps
The Soul Man
Gooch · 1 eps
In the House
1 eps
Brockmire
Charles Sr. · 1 eps
Day Break
Lt. Romero · 1 eps
Tales
Bob Davis · 1 eps
Saints & Sinners
Rex Fisher · 48 eps
Unsupervised
Coach Durham (voice) · 4 eps
American Soul
Herschel · 3 eps
Cop Rock
1 eps
The Hire
FBI Agent · 1 eps
Roc
Andre Thompson · 7 eps
Simon
John Doe · 21 eps
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
8 eps
Legacy
Willy · 3 eps
South Central
5 eps
On Ten
6 eps
The Urbans
DJ Frankie Snow · 1 eps
JD Lawrence's Community Service
Bishop Nixon · 4 eps
