Clifton Powell

Biography

Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

Known For

House

Ken Hall

The Mentalist

Correctional Officer Earl

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Terrance Crowley

Hawaii Five-0

Percy Grover Jr.

High Potential

Mac Epps

Murder, She Wrote

Det. Eddie Flowers

Murder, She Wrote

Ralph Danton

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Dempsey Powers

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	TKO	Hank
2024	The Legend of Johnny Jones	Mr.Ervin
2024	Skeletons in the Closet	Father Francisco
2024	Once in a Valentine
2024	Trap City	Goose
2024	Negligence	Judge
2024	Fuxk D3m Kidz	Judge
2023	Moonlight Soul	Greg Monaghan
2023	Sebastian	Captain Harris
2023	Steppin Into Love	Mr. Jones
2023	The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation	Sugar Slim
2023	Player	Donti Player
2023	Gangster's Daughter
2023	Gangster's Daughter 2
2023	Boxed In 2	Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
2023	Recession Proof	Jackson Holloway
2022	Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
2022	Boxed In	Pa
2022	The Next 24 Hours	Max
2021	Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day	Rex
2021	Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021	Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021	Fruits of the Heart
2020	The Lick	Richard Jacobson
2020	The Available Wife	Mitchell
2019	I Got the Hook Up 2	Tony Smooth
2019	Juug Gone Wrong	Mr. Johnson
2019	Sins of the Father	Kevin
2019	Let Go and Let God	Donald
2019	Diamond in the Rough	Pastor Davis
2018	Gangland: The Musical	Pastor Earl
2018	Misguided Behavior	Captain Rogers
2018	The Choir Director	Bishop T.K. Wilson
2018	Easy Money	Mr. Milton Miller
2018	A Talent For Trouble	Mr. Wellington
2018	5K1	Barry
2018	Worth	Tony
2018	Everything That Glitters
2018	Sinners Wanted	One Eye
2018	The Hills
2018	Couples' Night	Rich
2017	The Preacher's Son	Bishop T.K. Wilson
2017	Chasing Titles Vol. 1	T Parker
2017	Mountain Top	Larry Fletcher
2017	King of Newark	Juice
2017	All Eyez on Me	Floyd
2016	A Weekend with the Family	Dingo Stankersheet
2016	Love Won't Let Me Wait	Bishop Buckworth
2016	Hunting Season	Thomas Curry
2016	The North Star	Mr. Lee
2016	Fade Away	Eazy
2016	Merry Ex-Mas	Pastor Jordan
2016	Flowers
2016	Where Hearts Lie	Carl
2015	A Baby for Christmas	Gavin
2014	Blood Ransom	Detective Hobbs
2014	The Cheaters Club	Marvin
2014	99 North	Uncle P
2013	God's Precious Jewels
2013	They Die by Dawn	Deputy Sheriff
2013	Criminal Behavior	Cedric
2013	Forbidden Woman	Randall
2013	Coffin Baby	Detective S. Jackson
2013	23rd Psalm: Redemption	Lester Wayne
2012	The Marriage Chronicles	Robert McDaniel
2012	C'mon Man	Rooselvelt Steele
2012	Note to Self	Coach Gerald Woodson
2012	Somebody's Child	Dr. Sperry
2012	Interludes	Blake
2012	Womack	Gilly Smalls
2012	Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
2012	The Undershepherd	Deacon Roberts
2011	35 and Ticking	Zane
2011	Shake	Red
2011	The Ideal Husband	Daniel
2011	Street Kings 2: Motor City	Det. Tyrone Fowler
2011	She's Not Our Sister	Rev. Beckley
2011	The Perfect Gift
2011	Trapped: Haitian Nights	Mike
2011	He's Mine Not Yours	Walter
2010	Something Like A Business	Sexy Silk
2010	When the Lights Go Out	Freddy
2010	Heaven Ain't Hard to Find	Big Bill Herod
2010	Love Me or Leave Me	Cecil
2010	Preacher's Kid	Ike
2009	Before I Self Destruct	Sean
2009	There's a Stranger in My House	Mr. John Moore
2009	Man of Her Dreams	Senator Marcus Gordon
2009	Contradictions of the Heart	Damien
2009	God Send Me A Man	Bishop
2009	Just Another Day	Bowman
2009	Steppin: The Movie	Det. Lewis
2008	First Sunday	Officer Eddie King
2008	Internet Dating	Leroy 'The Pimp'
2008	Love for Sale	Cinque
2008	American Dream	Old Skool
2008	Street Kings	Sergeant Green
2008	The Rimshop	Joe Joe's Father
2008	Block Party Madness	Action Jackson
2008	Jada	Terrance
2008	Show Stoppers	Coach
2007	Norbit	Earl Latimore
2007	Young Cesar	Ali Dean
2007	Father of Lies	Bishop Calvin Jacobs
2007	Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary	Tommy Guns
2007	Da Block Party 2
2006	It Ain't Easy	Fish
2006	Who Made the Potatoe Salad?	Mr. Jenkins
2006	Confessions	Chauncey
2005	The Gospel	Bishop Fred Taylor
2005	Knights of the South Bronx	Cokey
2005	Choices II: The Setup
2005	Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up	Big Man
2005	The Fabric of a Man	Blair
2005	Brothers in Arms	Doc
2004	Ray	Jeff Brown
2004	Never Die Alone	Moon
2004	Da Block Party	Action Jackson
2004	He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?	Satin Jones
2004	Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles	Mo Fro
2004	Sugar Valentine	Joshua Valentine
2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Reggie
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction	Smoke (voice)
2003	Civil Brand	Capt. Alan Deese
2003	Crime Partners	Kenyatta
2003	Love Chronicles	Thomas
2003	Tapped Out	Detective Blackman
2002	Banged Out
2002	Friday After Next	Pinky
2002	Ticker	FBI Agent
2001	Bones	Jeremiah Peet
2001	The Brothers	Fred Smith
2000	Next Friday	Pinky
2000	Lockdown	Malachi Young
2000	Hot Boyz	Saint
2000	A Private Affair	Isaiah
1999	Foolish	Everette Washington
1999	No Tomorrow	Styles
1999	The Breaks	Cosmo
1999	Selma, Lord, Selma	Martin Luther King Jr
1999	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years	Frazier Johnson
1998	Deep Rising	Mason
1998	Phantoms	Gen. Leland Copperfield
1998	The Pentagon Wars	Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
1998	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Lawrence Roberts
1998	Caught Up	Herbert / Frank Lowden
1998	Rush Hour	Luke
1998	Caught Up	Herbert
1997	Buffalo Soldiers
1997	First Time Felon	King (uncredited)
1995	Divas	Bobby
1995	Dead Presidents	Cutty
1994	Nowhere to Hide	Braddock
1994	Green Dolphin Beat	Armstrong
1993	Conflict of Interest	Detective Oakes
1993	Menace II Society	Chauncy
1992	3 Ninjas	FBI Agent Kurl
1992	Deep Cover	Leland
1990	House Party	Sharane's Brother
1984	Alphabet City	Ramon
	The Perfect Love Storm
	Detour 95	Mr. Ervin
	The In-Law Gang!	John Sr.
	Scavenger Hunt	Officer Gant
	Return of The Mack	DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
	God with Us

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	On Ten
2024	High Potential	Mac Epps
2023	Legacy	Willy
2019	American Soul	Herschel
2019	The Urbans	DJ Frankie Snow
2018	Black Lightning	Reverend Jeremiah Holt
2018	Carl Weber's The Family Business	Uncle Lou Duncan
2018	The Last O.G.	Big Mike
2017	Brockmire	Charles Sr.
2017	Tales	Bob Davis
2016	Saints & Sinners	Rex Fisher
2012	Unsupervised	Coach Durham (voice)
2012	The Soul Man	Gooch
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Percy Grover Jr.
2008	The Mentalist	Correctional Officer Earl
2007	Army Wives	Terrence Price
2006	Shark	Ray Tillman
2006	Faceless
2006	Day Break	Lt. Romero
2005	Numb3rs	Max Devane
2004	House	Ken Hall
2003	Cold Case	Tom Bernard (2008)
2003	Eve	Yusef
2001	One on One	Coach Guillory
2001	The Hire	FBI Agent
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dempsey Powers
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Terrance Crowley
1999	Third Watch	Joy's Father
1999	The Parkers
1999	Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1997	The Practice	Earl Johnson
1996	The Jamie Foxx Show	Mazi
1996	Moesha	R.C.
1996	Pacific Blue	Brooks
1996	Moesha	Harold Moss
1996	Moesha	Ray Stokes
1995	In the House
1995	Simon	John Doe
1994	South Central
1994	Touched by an Angel	Mr. Burns
1993	The Sinbad Show
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	James Jackson
1993	NYPD Blue	Gerald / Frankie
1993	NYPD Blue	Lewis futrel
1992	Martin	Younger Cop
1992	Renegade
1991	Roc	Andre Thompson
1990	Cop Rock
1987	Jake and the Fatman
1987	Tour of Duty
1986	Matlock	Security Guard
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Det. Eddie Flowers
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ralph Danton