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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 6, 1950
Place of Birth:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Dorian Harewood
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Self - Narrator |
| 2015 | The Right Girl | James Cline |
| 2011 | Mayor Cupcake | Albert Peach |
| 2008 | Grave Misconduct | Baxter Kyle |
| 2008 | Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem | Narrator |
| 2007 | Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Older Irwin (voice) |
| 2007 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Jim Monroe |
| 2006 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Mister Man (voice) |
| 2005 | A History of God | Self - Narrator |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Gil |
| 2004 | Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! | Lead Agent (voice) |
| 2003 | Levity | Mackie Whittaker |
| 2003 | Hollywood Wives: The New Generation | Claude St. Claire |
| 2003 | Gothika | Teddy Howard |
| 2003 | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | Tombstone (voice) |
| 2002 | The Christmas Shoes | Dalton Gregory |
| 2002 | Framed | George Adams |
| 2001 | Glitter | Guy Richardson |
| 2001 | The Triangle | Captain Louis Morgan |
| 2001 | Walter and Henry | Pete Horton |
| 2000 | Hendrix | Al Hendrix |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | Brad Lily |
| 1998 | Evasive Action | Luke Sinclair |
| 1998 | Change of Heart | Dr. Lewis Franklin |
| 1998 | Archibald the Rainbow Painter | Archibald Wright |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 5 |
| 1997 | When The Cradle Falls | Lt. Harlan Dugger |
| 1996 | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Ron Troupe (voice) |
| 1996 | Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Monstar BUPKUS (voice) |
| 1995 | Sudden Death | Matthew Hallmark |
| 1994 | The Pagemaster | Jamaican Pirates (voice) |
| 1994 | Shattered Image | Hardy |
| 1992 | Getting Up and Going Home | Ted Owens |
| 1992 | Solar Crisis | Borg |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Dennis |
| 1990 | The Easter Story | (voice) |
| 1990 | Polly: Comin' Home! | Doctor Shannon |
| 1990 | Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II | Stretch |
| 1990 | The Knife and Gun Club | Dr. Jack Ducette |
| 1989 | Kiss Shot | Kevin Merrick |
| 1989 | Polly | Doctor Shannon |
| 1988 | God Bless the Child | Calvin Reed |
| 1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Eightball |
| 1987 | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Lenell Geter |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Gene |
| 1985 | Dirty Work | Lt. Jack Hill |
| 1984 | Tank | Sergeant Tippet |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Tommy |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story | Jesse Owens |
| 1984 | Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Black Soldier |
| 1982 | I, Desire | Detective Jerry Van Ness |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Ray Ellsworth |
| 1981 | Looker | Lt. Masters |
| 1981 | God's Trombones | Himself - Narrator (segment "The Prodigal Son") (segment "Go Down Death") |
| 1980 | High Ice | Lt. Zack Hawkins |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Matt Reeves |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down | Fowler |
| 1978 | Siege | Simon |
| 1977 | Panic in Echo Park | Michael Stoner |
| 1976 | Sparkle | Levi |
| 1975 | Foster & Laurie | Gregory Foster |
| Miss Moffat | Morgan Evans |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bel-Air | Judge Robertson |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Roman Cobb |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Dr. Boyd Sherman |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Duncan Stinson |
| 2006 | Kyle XY | |
| 2006 | Legion of Super Heroes | Dr. Mar Londo (voice) |
| 2005 | Little House on the Prairie | Dr. Tan |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Fred Kirkman |
| 2004 | The Batman | Martian Manhunter (voice) |
| 2004 | Kevin Hill | Professor Lincoln Mathis |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Captain Ronald Hicks |
| 2002 | Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years | Narrator |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Warden (voice) |
| 2000 | Christianity: The Second Millennium | Himself - Narrator |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Jim Tate (voice) |
| 1999 | The Hoop Life | |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Big Jim Tate / Armory (voice) |
| 1997 | The Practice | |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Thoran |
| 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | Judge (voice) |
| 1997 | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict | Herman Forrester |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Tigari (voice) |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Morgan Hamilton |
| 1996 | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Jax (voice) |
| 1996 | The Incredible Hulk | |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Ron Troupe (voice) |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Officer (voice) |
| 1995 | Pinky and the Brain | |
| 1995 | The Watcher | |
| 1995 | The Savage Dragon | Frank Darling (voice) |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Deep Voiced Singer (voice) |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Singer #4 (voice) |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Singer #1 (voice) |
| 1994 | Duckman | |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Boreas/Talos (voice) |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Little Anton (voice) |
| 1994 | Viper | Julian Wilkes |
| 1994 | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Tombstone (voice) |
| 1993 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Ari (voice) |
| 1993 | Biker Mice from Mars | Modo (voice) |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Sgt. Zachary Carver |
| 1993 | Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| 1992 | Capitol Critters | Moze (voice) |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Dan Riley (voice) |
| 1991 | Darkwing Duck | |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away | |
| 1991 | ProStars | Michael Jordan (voice) |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Hank Mitchell |
| 1989 | The California Raisin Show | |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1988 | China Beach | Major Melvin P. Otis |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Jason Walker |
| 1987 | Amerika | Jeffrey Wyman |
| 1986 | Matlock | Edward Kramer |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Claudell Cox |
| 1984 | Glitter | Earl Tobin |
| 1983 | Trauma Center | Skate Baylor |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Jerry 'The Rock' Lennox |
| 1981 | Strike Force | Sergeant Paul Strobber |
| 1980 | Beulah Land | Floyd |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Simon Haley |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | |
| 1975 | The Swiss Family Robinson | |
| 1973 | Kojak | Jake Riley |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |