Clifton Powell
Acting
1956-03-16 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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).
Filmography
TheatersGod with Us
2026 · Movie
Return of The Mack
2026 · Movie
Deb is Boss
2026 · Movie
Car Show Kings
2025 · Movie
TKO
2025 · Movie
Trap City
2024 · Movie
Negligence
2024 · Movie
The Legend of Johnny Jones
2024 · Movie
High Potential
2024 · Series
Once in a Valentine
2024 · Movie
The Probe
2024 · Movie
On Ten
2024 · Series
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 · Movie
Fuxk D3m Kidz
2024 · Movie
Recession Proof
2023 · Movie
Gangster's Daughter 2
2023 · Movie
Steppin Into Love
2023 · Movie
Boxed In 2
2023 · Movie
Gangster's Daughter
2023 · Movie
Sebastian
2023 · Movie
Player
2023 · Movie
Moonlight Soul
2023 · Movie
Legacy
2023 · Series
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
2023 · Movie
Boxed In
2022 · Movie
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
2022 · Movie
The Next 24 Hours
2022 · Movie
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021 · Movie
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021 · Movie
Fruits of the Heart
2021 · Movie
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
2021 · Movie
The Available Wife
2020 · Movie
The Lick
2020 · Movie
The Urbans
2019 · Series
Let Go and Let God
2019 · Movie
Diamond in the Rough
2019 · Movie
I Got the Hook Up 2
2019 · Movie
Sins of the Father
2019 · Movie
American Soul
2019 · Series
Juug Gone Wrong
2019 · Movie
Everything That Glitters
2018 · Movie
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018 · Series
Misguided Behavior
2018 · Movie
Gangland: The Musical
2018 · Movie
Worth
2018 · Movie
The Choir Director
2018 · Movie
Couples' Night
2018 · Movie
5K1
2018 · Movie
The Hills
2018 · Movie
A Talent For Trouble
2018 · Movie
The Last O.G.
2018 · Series
Sinners Wanted
2018 · Movie
Easy Money
2018 · Movie
Black Lightning
2018 · Series
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
2017 · Movie
King of Newark
2017 · Movie
Tales
2017 · Series
All Eyez on Me
2017 · Movie
Brockmire
2017 · Series
Mountain Top
2017 · Movie
The Preacher's Son
2017 · Movie
Merry Ex-Mas
2016 · Movie
Flowers
2016 · Movie
Where Hearts Lie
2016 · Movie
Hunting Season
2016 · Movie
Love Won't Let Me Wait
2016 · Movie
A Weekend with the Family
2016 · Movie
Saints & Sinners
2016 · Series
The North Star
2016 · Movie
Fade Away
2016 · Movie
A Baby for Christmas
2015 · Movie
Fear Files
2015 · Movie
The Cheaters Club
2014 · Movie
Blood Ransom
2014 · Movie
99 North
2014 · Movie
They Die by Dawn
2013 · Movie
Criminal Behavior
2013 · Movie
23rd Psalm: Redemption
2013 · Movie
Coffin Baby
2013 · Movie
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013 · Series
Forbidden Woman
2013 · Movie
God's Precious Jewels
2013 · Movie
Somebody's Child
2012 · Movie
Interludes
2012 · Movie
C'mon Man
2012 · Movie
The Soul Man
2012 · Series
Note to Self
2012 · Movie
Womack
2012 · Movie
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
2012 · Movie
The Undershepherd
2012 · Movie
The Marriage Chronicles
2012 · Movie
Unsupervised
2012 · Series
He's Mine Not Yours
2011 · Movie
The Perfect Gift
2011 · Movie
Shake
2011 · Movie
She's Not Our Sister
2011 · Movie
35 and Ticking
2011 · Movie
Street Kings 2: Motor City
2011 · Movie
The Ideal Husband
2011 · Movie
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011 · Movie
Love Me or Leave Me
2010 · Movie
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Series
Something Like A Business
2010 · Movie
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
2010 · Movie
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
2010 · Movie
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
2010 · Movie
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
2010 · Movie
When the Lights Go Out
2010 · Movie
Preacher's Kid
2010 · Movie
Before I Self Destruct
2009 · Movie
Just Another Day
2009 · Movie
God Send Me A Man
2009 · Movie
Contradictions of the Heart
2009 · Movie
Steppin: The Movie
2009 · Movie
There's a Stranger in My House
2009 · Movie
Man of Her Dreams
2009 · Movie
Internet Dating
2008 · Movie
The Rimshop
2008 · Movie
Jada
2008 · Movie
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Block Party Madness
2008 · Movie
Street Kings
2008 · Movie
Love for Sale
2008 · Movie
Show Stoppers
2008 · Movie
First Sunday
2008 · Movie
American Dream
2008 · Movie
Father of Lies
2007 · Movie
Young Cesar
2007 · Movie
Army Wives
2007 · Series
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
2007 · Movie
Da Block Party 2
2007 · Movie
Norbit
2007 · Movie
Day Break
2006 · Series
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
2006 · Movie
Shark
2006 · Series
Confessions
2006 · Movie
It Ain't Easy
2006 · Movie
Faceless
2006 · Series
Knights of the South Bronx
2005 · Movie
The Boondocks
2005 · Series
The Gospel
2005 · Movie
The Fabric of a Man
2005 · Movie
Choices II: The Setup
2005 · Movie
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
2005 · Movie
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Brothers in Arms
2005 · Movie
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004 · Movie
House
2004 · Series
Da Block Party
2004 · Movie
Ray
2004 · Movie
Sugar Valentine
2004 · Movie
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004 · Movie
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
2004 · Movie
Never Die Alone
2004 · Movie
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
2004 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Eve
2003 · Series
Love Chronicles
2003 · Movie
Crime Partners
2003 · Movie
Tapped Out
2003 · Movie
Friday After Next
2002 · Movie
Ticker
2002 · Movie
Civil Brand
2002 · Movie
Banged Out
2002 · Movie
Bones
2001 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
One on One
2001 · Series
The Hire
2001 · Series
The Brothers
2001 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Lockdown
2000 · Movie
A Private Affair
2000 · Movie
Hot Boyz
2000 · Movie
Next Friday
2000 · Movie
No Tomorrow
1999 · Movie
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1999 · Series
Third Watch
1999 · Series
The Parkers
1999 · Series
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Movie
Foolish
1999 · Movie
The Breaks
1999 · Movie
Safe House
1999 · Movie
Selma, Lord, Selma
1999 · Movie
Rush Hour
1998 · Movie
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998 · Movie
The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Movie
Caught Up
1998 · Movie
Deep Rising
1998 · Movie
Phantoms
1998 · Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Movie
First Time Felon
1997 · Movie
Riot
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Series
Pacific Blue
1996 · Series
Moesha
1996 · Series
Dead Presidents
1995 · Movie
Divas
1995 · Movie
Simon
1995 · Series
In the House
1995 · Series
Nowhere to Hide
1994 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Green Dolphin Beat
1994 · Movie
South Central
1994 · Series
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The Sinbad Show
1993 · Series
Menace II Society
1993 · Movie
Conflict of Interest
1993 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Renegade
1992 · Series
Martin
1992 · Series
3 Ninjas
1992 · Movie
Deep Cover
1992 · Movie
Roc
1991 · Series
Cop Rock
1990 · Series
House Party
1990 · Movie
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
Tour of Duty
1987 · Series
Matlock
1986 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Alphabet City
1984 · Movie
Detour 95
Movie
Wrong Number
Movie
Baby, You're a Star
Movie
The Perfect Love Storm
Movie
The In-Law Gang!
Movie
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Movie
Scavenger Hunt
Movie