Dorian Harewood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- Aug 6, 1950 In Dayton, Ohio
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 73
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Foster & Laurie 1975-11-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Making of the Wiz Live! 2015-11-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Right Girl | James Cline | 2015-11-21 |
| Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Self - Narrator | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Mayor Cupcake | Albert Peach | 2011-07-19 |
| Movie | Grave Misconduct | Baxter Kyle | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Older Irwin (voice) | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self | 2007-10-23 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Jim Monroe | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Mister Man (voice) | 2006-03-21 |
| Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Gil | 2005-01-19 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Dr. Tan | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! | Lead Agent (voice) | 2004-11-16 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | Tombstone (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Levity | Mackie Whittaker | 2003-03-16 |
| Movie | Hollywood Wives: The New Generation | Claude St. Claire | 2003-10-19 |
| Movie | Gothika | Teddy Howard | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | Framed | George Adams | 2002-02-13 |
| Movie | The Christmas Shoes | Dalton Gregory | 2002-12-01 |
| Movie | The Triangle | Captain Louis Morgan | 2001-08-13 |
| Movie | Walter and Henry | Pete Horton | 2001-06-10 |
| Movie | Glitter | Guy Richardson | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Hendrix | Al Hendrix | 2000-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last Debate | Brad Lily | 2000-11-05 |
| Series | Christianity: The Second Millennium | Himself - Narrator | 2000-12-17 |
| Movie | Evasive Action | Luke Sinclair | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Dr. Lewis Franklin | 1998-07-19 |
| Movie | Archibald the Rainbow Painter | Archibald Wright | 1998-08-07 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 5 | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible | 1996-06-22 | |
| Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Ron Troupe (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
| Movie | Space Jam | Monstar BUPKUS (voice) | 1996-11-15 |
| Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Jax (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
| Series | The Savage Dragon | Frank Darling (voice) | 1995-10-21 |
| Movie | Sudden Death | Matthew Hallmark | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | Shattered Image | Hardy | 1994-01-21 |
| Series | Viper | Julian Wilkes | 1994-01-02 |
| Series | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Jamaican Pirates (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | Biker Mice from Mars | Modo (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog | Ari (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Capitol Critters | Moze (voice) | 1992-01-31 |
| Movie | Solar Crisis | Borg | 1992-08-06 |
| Movie | Getting Up and Going Home | Ted Owens | 1992-07-21 |
| Series | ProStars | Michael Jordan (voice) | 1991-09-14 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Hank Mitchell | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Doctor Shannon | 1990-11-18 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Dennis | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | The California Raisin Show | 1989-09-16 | |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Kevin Merrick | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Polly | Doctor Shannon | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | God Bless the Child | Calvin Reed | 1988-03-21 |
| Series | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | 1988-09-10 | |
| Series | Amerika | Jeffrey Wyman | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Lenell Geter | 1987-02-03 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket | Eightball | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | The Falcon and the Snowman | Gene | 1985-01-25 |
| Movie | Against All Odds | Tommy | 1984-03-02 |
| Movie | Tank | Sergeant Tippet | 1984-03-16 |
| Movie | The Jesse Owens Story | Jesse Owens | 1984-07-09 |
| Series | Glitter | Earl Tobin | 1984-09-13 |
| Series | Trauma Center | Skate Baylor | 1983-09-22 |
| Movie | I, Desire | Detective Jerry Van Ness | 1982-11-15 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ray Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Movie | Looker | Lt. Masters | 1981-10-30 |
| Series | Strike Force | Sergeant Paul Strobber | 1981-11-13 |
| Series | Beulah Land | Floyd | 1980-10-07 |
| Movie | High Ice | Lt. Zack Hawkins | 1980-01-07 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Simon Haley | 1979-02-18 |
| Movie | An American Christmas Carol | Matt Reeves | 1979-12-16 |
| Movie | Gray Lady Down | Fowler | 1978-03-10 |
| Movie | Siege | Simon | 1978-04-26 |
| Movie | Panic in Echo Park | Michael Stoner | 1977-06-23 |
| Movie | Sparkle | Levi | 1976-04-07 |
| Movie | Foster & Laurie | Gregory Foster | 1975-11-13 |