Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood

Known for
Acting
Born
August 6, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Dayton, Ohio, USA

Biography

Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an African American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. He is also known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and The Jesse Owens Story, and for his co-starring role in the ABC Television series Strike Force. In 1994, he was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, for his recurring role as jazz/blues saxophonist Clarence "Cool Papa" Charleston on the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorian Harewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket poster

Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket

Movie · as Self - Eightball, Full Metal Jacket

2022
Bel-Air poster

Bel-Air

TV · as Judge Robertson · 2 eps

2021
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as General Franklin Knight · 1 ep

2020
Big Sky poster

Big Sky

TV · as Roman Cobb · 1 ep

2018
9-1-1 poster

9-1-1

TV · as Rupert · 1 ep

2015
The Making of the Wiz Live! poster

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2015
The Right Girl poster

The Right Girl

Movie · as James Cline

2011
Mayor Cupcake poster

Mayor Cupcake

Movie · as Albert Peach

2010
Outlaw poster

Outlaw

TV · as Actor · 1 ep

2008
Grave Misconduct poster

Grave Misconduct

Movie · as Baxter Kyle

2008
Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem poster

Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles poster

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

TV · as Dr. Boyd Sherman · 3 eps

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man poster

The Spectacular Spider-Man

TV · as Doc Bromwell (voice) · 4 eps

2007
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure poster

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

Movie · as Older Irwin (voice)

2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil poster

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

Movie · as Self

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Duncan Stinson · 1 ep

2007
The Land Before Time poster

The Land Before Time

TV · as Mr. Thicknose (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall poster

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

Movie · as Jim Monroe

2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit poster

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Movie · as Mister Man (voice)

2006
Kyle XY poster

Kyle XY

TV · 1 ep

2006
Legion of Super Heroes poster

Legion of Super Heroes

TV · as Dr. Mar Londo (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Handy Manny poster

Handy Manny

TV · as Coach Johnson (voice) · 1 ep

2005
A History of God poster

A History of God

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2005
Assault on Precinct 13 poster

Assault on Precinct 13

Movie · as Gil

2005
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Dr. Tan · 6 eps

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Fred Kirkman · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Charles Webber · 1 ep

2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! poster

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!

Movie · as Lead Agent (voice)

2004
Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound poster

Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound

Movie · as Jim Tate (voice)

2004
The Batman poster

The Batman

TV · as Martian Manhunter (voice) · 4 eps

2004
Kevin Hill poster

Kevin Hill

TV · as Professor Lincoln Mathis · 1 ep

2003
Levity poster

Levity

Movie · as Mackie Whittaker

2003
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation poster

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

Movie · as Claude St. Claire

2003
Gothika poster

Gothika

Movie · as Teddy Howard

2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man poster

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

Movie · as Lonnie / Tombstone (voice)

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as CIA Contact · 3 eps

2002
The Christmas Shoes poster

The Christmas Shoes

Movie · as Dalton Gregory

2002
Framed poster

Framed

Movie · as George Adams

2002
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin poster

Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin

Movie · as Tombstone (voice)

2002
Boomtown poster

Boomtown

TV · as Captain Ronald Hicks · 6 eps

2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years poster

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2001
Glitter poster

Glitter

Movie · as Guy Richardson

2001
The Triangle poster

The Triangle

Movie · as Captain Louis Morgan

2001
Walter and Henry poster

Walter and Henry

Movie · as Pete Horton

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Burrito/News Reporter (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Hendrix poster

Hendrix

Movie · as Al Hendrix

2000
The Last Debate poster

The Last Debate

Movie · as Brad Lily

2000
Static Shock poster

Static Shock

TV · as Warden (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Christianity: The Second Millennium

Christianity: The Second Millennium

TV · as Himself - Narrator · 2 eps

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Jim Tate (voice), Big Jim Tate / Armory (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The Hoop Life

The Hoop Life

TV · 22 eps

1998
Evasive Action poster

Evasive Action

Movie · as Luke Sinclair

1998
Change of Heart poster

Change of Heart

Movie · as Dr. Lewis Franklin

1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter poster

Archibald the Rainbow Painter

Movie · as Archibald Wright

1998
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste

Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste

Movie

1997
12 Angry Men poster

12 Angry Men

Movie · as Juror 5

1997
When The Cradle Falls poster

When The Cradle Falls

Movie · as Lt. Harlan Dugger

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Jerry Cochran / Dr. Cochran · 1 ep

1997
Stargate SG-1 poster

Stargate SG-1

TV · as Thoran · 2 eps

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as Judge (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The Legend of Calamity Jane poster

The Legend of Calamity Jane

TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Earth: Final Conflict poster

Earth: Final Conflict

TV · as Herman Forrester · 1 ep

1996
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton poster

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

Movie · as Ron Troupe (voice)

1996
Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible poster

Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible

Movie

1996
Space Jam poster

Space Jam

Movie · as Monstar BUPKUS (voice)

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest poster

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

TV · as Tigari (voice), Officer (voice) · 1 ep

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Morgan Hamilton · 10 eps

1996
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm poster

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

TV · as Jax (voice) · 13 eps

1996
The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk

TV · 1 ep

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as Ron Troupe (voice) · 2 eps

1996
Bruno the Kid poster

Bruno the Kid

TV · 1 ep

1996
Wing Commander Academy poster

Wing Commander Academy

TV · 1 ep

1996
Quack Pack poster

Quack Pack

TV · as Doctor (voice), Captain Jack (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Sudden Death poster

Sudden Death

Movie · as Hallmark

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Watcher

The Watcher

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Savage Dragon poster

The Savage Dragon

TV · as Frank Darling (voice) · 26 eps

1995
Freakazoid! poster

Freakazoid!

TV · as Deep Voiced Singer (voice), Singer #4 (voice), Singer #1 (voice), Lt. Artie King (voice) · 1 ep

1994
The Pagemaster poster

The Pagemaster

Movie · as Jamaican Pirates (voice)

1994
Shattered Image poster

Shattered Image

Movie · as Hardy

1994
Viper

Viper

Movie · as Julian Wilkes

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Booming Voice in Auditorium (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles

TV · as Boreas/Talos (voice), Little Anton (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Viper poster

Viper

TV · as Julian Wilkes · 16 eps

1994
Iron Man poster

Iron Man

TV · as War Machine (voice) · 26 eps

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Tombstone (voice) · 4 eps

1994
The Tick poster

The Tick

TV · as Pineapple Pokopo (voice), George Washington Carver (voice), Taft (voice), Golfer (voice) · 2 eps

1994
Aladdin poster

Aladdin

TV · as Captain Mirk (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Sonic the Hedgehog poster

Sonic the Hedgehog

TV · as Ari (voice) · 3 eps

1993
Biker Mice from Mars poster

Biker Mice from Mars

TV · as Modo (voice) · 65 eps

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV · as Sgt. Zachary Carver · 1 ep

1993
Animaniacs poster

Animaniacs

TV · as Spike / Danny G. (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Getting Up and Going Home poster

Getting Up and Going Home

Movie · as Ted Owens

1992
Solar Crisis poster

Solar Crisis

Movie · as Borg

1992
Capitol Critters poster

Capitol Critters

TV · as Moze (voice) · 13 eps

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Dan Riley (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Goof Troop poster

Goof Troop

TV · as Buster (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Darkwing Duck poster

Darkwing Duck

TV · as Official Guy (voice)

1991
I'll Fly Away poster

I'll Fly Away

TV · 1 ep

1991
ProStars poster

ProStars

TV · as Michael Jordan (voice) · 13 eps

1990
Pacific Heights poster

Pacific Heights

Movie · as Dennis

1990
The Easter Story poster

The Easter Story

Movie · as (voice)

1990
Polly: Comin' Home! poster

Polly: Comin' Home!

Movie · as Doctor Shannon

1990
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II poster

Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II

Movie · as Stretch

1990
The Knife and Gun Club

The Knife and Gun Club

Movie · as Dr. Jack Ducette

1990
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill poster

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

TV · as Hank Mitchell · 34 eps

1990
New Kids on the Block poster

New Kids on the Block

TV · as Maurice Starr (voice) · 14 eps

1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers poster

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

TV · as Timberwolf / Elephant (voice), Chike (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Kiss Shot poster

Kiss Shot

Movie · as Kevin Merrick

1989
Polly poster

Polly

Movie · as Doctor Shannon

1989
The California Raisin Show poster

The California Raisin Show

TV · 15 eps

1988
God Bless the Child poster

God Bless the Child

Movie · as Calvin Reed

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · as Major Melvin P. Otis · 3 eps

1988
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo poster

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

TV · as Police Chief (voice) · 1 ep

1987
Full Metal Jacket poster

Full Metal Jacket

Movie · as Eightball

1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story poster

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Movie · as Lenell Geter

1987
Amerika poster

Amerika

TV · as Jeffrey Wyman · 7 eps

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Jason Walker · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Edward Kramer · 2 eps

1985
The Falcon and the Snowman poster

The Falcon and the Snowman

Movie · as Gene

1985
Dirty Work poster

Dirty Work

Movie · as Lt. Jack Hill

1984
Tank poster

Tank

Movie · as Sergeant Tippet

1984
Against All Odds poster

Against All Odds

Movie · as Tommy

1984
The Jesse Owens Story poster

The Jesse Owens Story

Movie · as Jesse Owens

1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Movie · as Black Soldier

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Sheriff Claudell Cox · 1 ep

1984
Glitter poster

Glitter

TV · as Earl Tobin · 14 eps

1983
Trauma Center poster

Trauma Center

TV · as Skate Baylor · 13 eps

1982
I, Desire poster

I, Desire

Movie · as Detective Jerry Van Ness

1982
The Ambush Murders poster

The Ambush Murders

Movie · as Ray Ellsworth

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · as Jerry 'The Rock' Lennox · 1 ep

1981
Looker poster

Looker

Movie · as Lt. Masters

1981
God's Trombones poster

God's Trombones

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1981
Strike Force poster

Strike Force

TV · as Sergeant Paul Strobber · 20 eps

1980
High Ice poster

High Ice

Movie · as Lt. Zack Hawkins

1980
Beulah Land poster

Beulah Land

TV · as Floyd · 3 eps

1979
An American Christmas Carol poster

An American Christmas Carol

Movie · as Matt Reeves

1979
Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations

TV · as Simon Haley · 5 eps

1978
Gray Lady Down poster

Gray Lady Down

Movie · as Fowler

1978
Siege poster

Siege

Movie · as Simon

1977
Panic in Echo Park poster

Panic in Echo Park

Movie · as Michael Stoner

1977
Eight Is Enough poster

Eight Is Enough

TV · 1 ep

1976
Sparkle poster

Sparkle

Movie · as Levi

1975
Foster & Laurie poster

Foster & Laurie

Movie · as Gregory Foster

1975
The Swiss Family Robinson poster

The Swiss Family Robinson

TV · 1 ep

1974
Miss Moffat poster

Miss Moffat

Movie · as Morgan Evans

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Jake Riley · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Dr. Shannon · 1 ep