Clifton Powell
Birthday: 1956-03-16 | Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USAClifton 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
Acting
Role
as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
as James
as Hank
as Puncho's Boss/Frank
as Commissioner Davis
as Father Francisco
as Goose
as Judge
as Judge
as Mr.Ervin
as Captain Harris
as Donti Player
as Greg Monaghan
as Jackson Holloway
as Mr. Jones
as Sugar Slim
as Willy
as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
as Max
as Pa
