Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 209
2020s
- 2026
God with Us
Movie
Return of The Mack
DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
Deb is Boss
James
- 2025
Car Show Kings
Puncho's Boss/Frank
- 2024
Trap City
Goose
The Legend of Johnny Jones
Mr.Ervin
Once in a Valentine
Movie
On Ten
TV
Skeletons in the Closet
Father Francisco
- 2023
Recession Proof
Jackson Holloway
Gangster's Daughter 2
Movie
Steppin Into Love
Mr. Jones
Gangster's Daughter
Movie
Sebastian
Captain Harris
Player
Donti Player
Moonlight Soul
Greg Monaghan
Legacy
Willy · 3 episodes
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
Sugar Slim
- 2022
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
Movie
The Next 24 Hours
Max
- 2021
Fruits of the Heart
Movie
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
Rex
- 2020
The Available Wife
Mitchell
The Lick
Richard Jacobson
2010s
- 2019
Diamond in the Rough
Pastor Davis
I Got the Hook Up 2
Tony Smooth
Sins of the Father
Kevin
American Soul
Herschel · 3 episodes
Juug Gone Wrong
Mr. Johnson
- 2018
Misguided Behavior
Captain Rogers
Gangland: The Musical
Pastor Earl
Worth
Tony
The Choir Director
Bishop T.K. Wilson
Couples' Night
Rich
5K1
Barry
A Talent For Trouble
Mr. Wellington
- 2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
T Parker
King of Newark
Juice
- 2016
Merry Ex-Mas
Pastor Jordan
Flowers
Movie
Hunting Season
Thomas Curry
Where Hearts Lie
Carl
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Bishop Buckworth
A Weekend with the Family
Dingo Stankersheet
The North Star
Mr. Lee
Fade Away
Eazy
- 2015
- 2014
Blood Ransom
Detective Hobbs
- 2013
They Die by Dawn
Deputy Sheriff
23rd Psalm: Redemption
Lester Wayne
JD Lawrence's Community Service
Bishop Nixon · 4 episodes
God's Precious Jewels
Movie
- 2012
Somebody's Child
Dr. Sperry
C'mon Man
Rooselvelt Steele
Note to Self
Coach Gerald Woodson
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
Movie
The Marriage Chronicles
Robert McDaniel
Unsupervised
Coach Durham (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2011
He's Mine Not Yours
Walter
Shake
Red
She's Not Our Sister
Rev. Beckley
Street Kings 2: Motor City
Det. Tyrone Fowler
The Ideal Husband
Daniel
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Before I Self Destruct
Sean
Just Another Day
Bowman
God Send Me A Man
Bishop
Contradictions of the Heart
Damien
Steppin: The Movie
Det. Lewis
Man of Her Dreams
Senator Marcus Gordon
- 2008
Internet Dating
Leroy 'The Pimp'
The Rimshop
Joe Joe's Father
Jada
Terrance
Block Party Madness
Action Jackson
American Dream
Old Skool
- 2007
Father of Lies
Bishop Calvin Jacobs
Young Cesar
Ali Dean
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
Tommy Guns
- 2006
It Ain't Easy
Fish
- 2005
Knights of the South Bronx
Cokey
The Gospel
Bishop Fred Taylor
The Fabric of a Man
Blair
Choices II: The Setup
Movie
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
Big Man
Brothers in Arms
Doc
- 2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Smoke (voice)
Da Block Party
Action Jackson
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Reggie
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
Mo Fro
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
Satin Jones
- 2003
Love Chronicles
Thomas
Crime Partners
Kenyatta
Tapped Out
Detective Blackman
- 2002
Banged Out
Movie
- 2001
Bones
Jeremiah Peet
- 2000
Lockdown
Malachi Young
A Private Affair
Isaiah
Hot Boyz
Saint
1990s
- 1999
No Tomorrow
Styles
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
TV
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Frazier Johnson
Foolish
Everette Washington
Safe House
Movie
Selma, Lord, Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
- 1998
- 1997
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie
First Time Felon
King (uncredited)
- 1996
- 1995
Divas
Bobby
Simon
John Doe · 21 episodes
- 1994
Nowhere to Hide
Braddock
South Central
TV
- 1993
Conflict of Interest
Detective Oakes
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
Cop Rock
Cop
1980s
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984
No release date
Detour 95
Mr. Ervin
Directed 3
2000s
- 2009
Man of Her Dreams
Director
- 2008
Jada
Director
Produced 1
2010s
- 2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
Consulting Producer
Appearances4
2010s
- 2010
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
Self
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
Self
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
Self
No release date
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Self