Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell

Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Perfect Love Storm

The Perfect Love Storm

Movie

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Detour 95 poster

Detour 95

Movie · as Mr. Ervin

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The In-Law Gang!

The In-Law Gang!

Movie · as John Sr.

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Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt

Movie · as Officer Gant

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Baby, You're a Star

Baby, You're a Star

Movie

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Diggin’ Up "Bones" poster

Diggin’ Up "Bones"

Movie · as Self

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Wrong Number

Wrong Number

Movie

2026
Return of The Mack poster

Return of The Mack

Movie · as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN

2026
God with Us poster

God with Us

Movie

2026
Deb is Boss poster

Deb is Boss

Movie · as James

2025
TKO poster

TKO

Movie · as Hank

2025
Car Show Kings poster

Car Show Kings

Movie · as Puncho's Boss/Frank

2024
The Legend of Johnny Jones poster

The Legend of Johnny Jones

Movie · as Mr.Ervin

2024
Skeletons in the Closet poster

Skeletons in the Closet

Movie · as Father Francisco

2024
Once in a Valentine poster

Once in a Valentine

Movie

2024
Trap City poster

Trap City

Movie · as Goose

2024
Negligence poster

Negligence

Movie · as Judge

2024
Fuxk D3m Kidz

Fuxk D3m Kidz

Movie · as Judge

2024
The Probe poster

The Probe

Movie · as Commissioner Davis

2024
On Ten poster

On Ten

TV · 6 eps

2024
High Potential poster

High Potential

TV · as Mac Epps · 1 ep

2023
Moonlight Soul poster

Moonlight Soul

Movie · as Greg Monaghan

2023
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

Movie · as Captain Harris

2023
Steppin Into Love poster

Steppin Into Love

Movie · as Mr. Jones

2023
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation poster

The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation

Movie · as Sugar Slim

2023
Player poster

Player

Movie · as Donti Player

2023
Gangster's Daughter 2 poster

Gangster's Daughter 2

Movie

2023
Gangster's Daughter poster

Gangster's Daughter

Movie

2023
Boxed In 2 poster

Boxed In 2

Movie · as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick

2023
Recession Proof poster

Recession Proof

Movie · as Jackson Holloway

2023
Legacy poster

Legacy

TV · as Willy · 3 eps

2022
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour poster

Chocolate City 3: Live Tour

Movie

2022
Boxed In poster

Boxed In

Movie · as Pa

2022
The Next 24 Hours poster

The Next 24 Hours

Movie · as Max

2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day poster

Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day

Movie · as Rex

2021
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story poster

Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story

Movie

2021
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story poster

Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story

Movie

2021
Fruits of the Heart poster

Fruits of the Heart

Movie

2020
The Lick poster

The Lick

Movie · as Richard Jacobson

2020
The Available Wife poster

The Available Wife

Movie · as Mitchell

2019
I Got the Hook Up 2 poster

I Got the Hook Up 2

Movie · as Tony Smooth

2019
Juug Gone Wrong poster

Juug Gone Wrong

Movie · as Mr. Johnson

2019
Sins of the Father poster

Sins of the Father

Movie · as Kevin

2019
Let Go and Let God poster

Let Go and Let God

Movie · as Donald

2019
Diamond in the Rough poster

Diamond in the Rough

Movie · as Pastor Davis

2019
American Soul poster

American Soul

TV · as Herschel · 3 eps

2019
The Urbans poster

The Urbans

TV · as DJ Frankie Snow · 1 ep

2018
Gangland: The Musical poster

Gangland: The Musical

Movie · as Pastor Earl

2018
Misguided Behavior poster

Misguided Behavior

Movie · as Captain Rogers

2018
The Choir Director poster

The Choir Director

Movie · as Bishop T.K. Wilson

2018
Easy Money poster

Easy Money

Movie · as Mr. Milton Miller

2018
A Talent For Trouble poster

A Talent For Trouble

Movie · as Mr. Wellington

2018
5K1 poster

5K1

Movie · as Barry

2018
Worth poster

Worth

Movie · as Tony

2018
Everything That Glitters poster

Everything That Glitters

Movie

2018
Sinners Wanted poster

Sinners Wanted

Movie · as One Eye

2018
The Hills poster

The Hills

Movie · as Captain Pearson

2018
Couples' Night poster

Couples' Night

Movie · as Rich

2018
Black Lightning poster

Black Lightning

TV · as Reverend Jeremiah Holt · 15 eps

2018
Carl Weber's The Family Business poster

Carl Weber's The Family Business

TV · as Uncle Lou Duncan · 6 eps

2018
The Last O.G. poster

The Last O.G.

TV · as Big Mike · 3 eps

2017
The Preacher's Son poster

The Preacher's Son

Movie · as Bishop T.K. Wilson

2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1 poster

Chasing Titles Vol. 1

Movie · as T Parker

2017
Mountain Top poster

Mountain Top

Movie · as Larry Fletcher

2017
King of Newark poster

King of Newark

Movie · as Juice

2017
All Eyez on Me poster

All Eyez on Me

Movie · as Floyd

2017
Brockmire poster

Brockmire

TV · as Charles Sr. · 1 ep

2017
Tales poster

Tales

TV · as Bob Davis · 1 ep

2016
A Weekend with the Family poster

A Weekend with the Family

Movie · as Dingo Stankersheet

2016
Love Won't Let Me Wait poster

Love Won't Let Me Wait

Movie · as Bishop Buckworth

2016
Hunting Season poster

Hunting Season

Movie · as Thomas Curry

2016
The North Star poster

The North Star

Movie · as Mr. Lee

2016
Fade Away poster

Fade Away

Movie · as Eazy

2016
Merry Ex-Mas poster

Merry Ex-Mas

Movie · as Pastor Jordan

2016
Flowers poster

Flowers

Movie

2016
Where Hearts Lie poster

Where Hearts Lie

Movie · as Carl

2016
Saints & Sinners poster

Saints & Sinners

TV · as Rex Fisher · 48 eps

2015
A Baby for Christmas poster

A Baby for Christmas

Movie · as Gavin

2015
Fear Files poster

Fear Files

Movie · as Detective Owen Marsh

2014
Blood Ransom poster

Blood Ransom

Movie · as Detective Hobbs

2014
The Cheaters Club

The Cheaters Club

Movie · as Marvin

2014
99 North poster

99 North

Movie · as Uncle P

2013
God's Precious Jewels poster

God's Precious Jewels

Movie

2013
They Die by Dawn poster

They Die by Dawn

Movie · as Deputy Sheriff

2013
Criminal Behavior

Criminal Behavior

Movie · as Cedric

2013
Forbidden Woman

Forbidden Woman

Movie · as Randall

2013
Coffin Baby poster

Coffin Baby

Movie · as Detective S. Jackson

2013
23rd Psalm: Redemption poster

23rd Psalm: Redemption

Movie · as Lester Wayne

2013
JD Lawrence's Community Service poster

JD Lawrence's Community Service

TV · as Bishop Nixon · 4 eps

2012
The Marriage Chronicles poster

The Marriage Chronicles

Movie · as Robert McDaniel

2012
C'mon Man poster

C'mon Man

Movie · as Rooselvelt Steele

2012
Note to Self poster

Note to Self

Movie · as Coach Gerald Woodson

2012
Somebody's Child poster

Somebody's Child

Movie · as Dr. Sperry

2012
Interludes

Interludes

Movie · as Blake

2012
Womack

Womack

Movie · as Gilly Smalls

2012
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter poster

Supernatural Swamp Slaughter

Movie

2012
The Undershepherd poster

The Undershepherd

Movie · as Deacon Roberts

2012
Unsupervised poster

Unsupervised

TV · as Coach Durham (voice) · 4 eps

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Gooch · 1 ep

2011
35 and Ticking poster

35 and Ticking

Movie · as Zane

2011
Shake poster

Shake

Movie · as Red

2011
The Ideal Husband poster

The Ideal Husband

Movie · as Daniel

2011
Street Kings 2: Motor City poster

Street Kings 2: Motor City

Movie · as Det. Tyrone Fowler

2011
She's Not Our Sister poster

She's Not Our Sister

Movie · as Rev. Beckley

2011
The Perfect Gift

The Perfect Gift

Movie

2011
Trapped: Haitian Nights poster

Trapped: Haitian Nights

Movie · as Mike

2011
He's Mine Not Yours poster

He's Mine Not Yours

Movie · as Walter

2010
Something Like A Business poster

Something Like A Business

Movie · as Sexy Silk

2010
When the Lights Go Out poster

When the Lights Go Out

Movie · as Freddy

2010
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find

Heaven Ain't Hard to Find

Movie · as Big Bill Herod

2010
Love Me or Leave Me poster

Love Me or Leave Me

Movie · as Cecil

2010
Preacher's Kid poster

Preacher's Kid

Movie · as Ike

2010
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid' poster

The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'

Movie · as Self

2010
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta poster

The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta

Movie · as Self

2010
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story poster

The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story

Movie · as Self

2010
Chain Letter poster

Chain Letter

Movie · as Coach

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Percy Grover Jr. · 2 eps

2009
Before I Self Destruct poster

Before I Self Destruct

Movie · as Sean

2009
There's a Stranger in My House poster

There's a Stranger in My House

Movie · as Mr. John Moore

2009
Man of Her Dreams poster

Man of Her Dreams

Movie · as Senator Marcus Gordon

2009
Contradictions of the Heart poster

Contradictions of the Heart

Movie · as Damien

2009
God Send Me A Man poster

God Send Me A Man

Movie · as Bishop

2009
Just Another Day poster

Just Another Day

Movie · as Bowman

2009
Steppin: The Movie poster

Steppin: The Movie

Movie · as Det. Lewis

2008
Internet Dating poster

Internet Dating

Movie · as Leroy 'The Pimp'

2008
First Sunday poster

First Sunday

Movie · as Officer Eddie King

2008
Love for Sale poster

Love for Sale

Movie · as Cinque

2008
American Dream poster

American Dream

Movie · as Old Skool

2008
Street Kings poster

Street Kings

Movie · as Sergeant Green

2008
The Rimshop poster

The Rimshop

Movie · as Joe Joe's Father

2008
Block Party Madness poster

Block Party Madness

Movie · as Action Jackson

2008
Jada poster

Jada

Movie · as Terrance

2008
Show Stoppers poster

Show Stoppers

Movie · as Coach

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Correctional Officer Earl · 1 ep

2007
Norbit poster

Norbit

Movie · as Earl Latimore

2007
Young Cesar poster

Young Cesar

Movie · as Ali Dean

2007
Father of Lies poster

Father of Lies

Movie · as Bishop Calvin Jacobs

2007
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary poster

Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary

Movie · as Tommy Guns

2007
Da Block Party 2 poster

Da Block Party 2

Movie

2007
Army Wives poster

Army Wives

TV · as Terrence Price · 6 eps

2006
It Ain't Easy poster

It Ain't Easy

Movie · as Fish

2006
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? poster

Who Made the Potatoe Salad?

Movie · as Mr. Jenkins

2006
Confessions poster

Confessions

Movie · as Chauncey

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Ray Tillman · 1 ep

2006
Faceless

Faceless

TV · 1 ep

2006
Day Break poster

Day Break

TV · as Lt. Romero · 1 ep

2005
The Gospel poster

The Gospel

Movie · as Bishop Fred Taylor

2005
Knights of the South Bronx poster

Knights of the South Bronx

Movie · as Cokey

2005
Choices II: The Setup poster

Choices II: The Setup

Movie

2005
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up poster

Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up

Movie · as Big Man

2005
The Fabric of a Man poster

The Fabric of a Man

Movie · as Blair

2005
Brothers in Arms poster

Brothers in Arms

Movie · as Doc

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Max Devane · 1 ep

2005
The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks

TV · as 1st Prisoner (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Ray poster

Ray

Movie · as Jeff Brown

2004
Never Die Alone poster

Never Die Alone

Movie · as Moon

2004
Da Block Party poster

Da Block Party

Movie · as Action Jackson

2004
He Say... She Say... But What Does God Say? poster

He Say... She Say... But What Does God Say?

Movie · as Satin Jones

2004
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles poster

Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles

Movie · as Mo Fro

2004
Sugar Valentine poster

Sugar Valentine

Movie · as Joshua Valentine

2004
Woman Thou Art Loosed poster

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Movie · as Reggie

2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction poster

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

Movie · as Smoke (voice)

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Ken Hall · 1 ep

2003
Crime Partners poster

Crime Partners

Movie · as Kenyatta

2003
Love Chronicles poster

Love Chronicles

Movie · as Thomas

2003
Tapped Out poster

Tapped Out

Movie · as Detective Blackman

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Tom Bernard (2008) · 1 ep

2003
Eve poster

Eve

TV · as Yusef · 2 eps

2002
Civil Brand poster

Civil Brand

Movie · as Capt. Alan Deese

2002
Banged Out poster

Banged Out

Movie

2002
Friday After Next poster

Friday After Next

Movie · as Pinky

2002
Ticker poster

Ticker

Movie · as FBI Agent

2001
Bones poster

Bones

Movie · as Jeremiah Peet

2001
The Brothers poster

The Brothers

Movie · as Fred Smith

2001
One on One poster

One on One

TV · as Coach Guillory · 1 ep

2001
The Hire poster

The Hire

TV · as FBI Agent · 1 ep

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Dempsey Powers · 1 ep

2000
Next Friday poster

Next Friday

Movie · as Pinky

2000
Lockdown poster

Lockdown

Movie · as Malachi Young

2000
Hot Boyz poster

Hot Boyz

Movie · as Saint

2000
A Private Affair poster

A Private Affair

Movie · as Isaiah

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Terrance Crowley · 1 ep

1999
Foolish poster

Foolish

Movie · as Everette Washington

1999
No Tomorrow poster

No Tomorrow

Movie · as Styles

1999
The Breaks poster

The Breaks

Movie · as Cosmo

1999
Selma, Lord, Selma poster

Selma, Lord, Selma

Movie · as Martin Luther King Jr

1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years poster

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Movie · as Frazier Johnson

1999
Safe House poster

Safe House

Movie

1999
Third Watch poster

Third Watch

TV · as Joy's Father · 1 ep

1999
The Parkers poster

The Parkers

TV · 1 ep

1999
Ryan Caulfield: Year One poster

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

TV · 8 eps

1998
Deep Rising poster

Deep Rising

Movie · as Mason

1998
Phantoms poster

Phantoms

Movie · as Gen. Leland Copperfield

1998
The Pentagon Wars poster

The Pentagon Wars

Movie · as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton

1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love poster

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Movie · as Lawrence Roberts

1998
Caught Up poster

Caught Up

Movie · as Herbert / Frank Lowden

1998
Rush Hour poster

Rush Hour

Movie · as Luke

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie

1997
First Time Felon poster

First Time Felon

Movie · as King (uncredited)

1997
Riot poster

Riot

Movie · as Steve

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Earl Johnson · 1 ep

1996
The Jamie Foxx Show poster

The Jamie Foxx Show

TV · as Mazi · 1 ep

1996
Moesha poster

Moesha

TV · as R.C., Harold Moss, Ray Stokes · 2 eps

1996
Pacific Blue poster

Pacific Blue

TV · as Brooks · 2 eps

1995
Divas poster

Divas

Movie · as Bobby

1995
Dead Presidents poster

Dead Presidents

Movie · as Cutty

1995
In the House poster

In the House

TV · 1 ep

1995
Simon poster

Simon

TV · as John Doe · 21 eps

1994
Nowhere to Hide poster

Nowhere to Hide

Movie · as Braddock

1994
Green Dolphin Beat poster

Green Dolphin Beat

Movie · as Armstrong

1994
South Central poster

South Central

TV · 5 eps

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Mr. Burns · 1 ep

1993
Conflict of Interest poster

Conflict of Interest

Movie · as Detective Oakes

1993
Menace II Society poster

Menace II Society

Movie · as Chauncy

1993
The Sinbad Show

The Sinbad Show

TV · 2 eps

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as James Jackson · 1 ep

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Gerald / Frankie, Lewis futrel · 1 ep

1992
3 Ninjas poster

3 Ninjas

Movie · as FBI Agent Kurl

1992
Deep Cover poster

Deep Cover

Movie · as Leland

1992
Martin poster

Martin

TV · as Younger Cop · 1 ep

1992
Renegade poster

Renegade

TV · 1 ep

1991
Roc poster

Roc

TV · as Andre Thompson · 7 eps

1990
House Party poster

House Party

Movie · as Sharane's Brother

1990
Cop Rock poster

Cop Rock

TV · as Cop

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · 1 ep

1987
Tour of Duty poster

Tour of Duty

TV · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Security Guard · 1 ep

1984
Alphabet City poster

Alphabet City

Movie · as Ramon

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Det. Eddie Flowers, Ralph Danton · 1 ep