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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-03-16

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Clifton Powell

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).

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House

House

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

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The Mentalist

The Mentalist

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

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Moesha

Moesha

The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.

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Moesha

Moesha

The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.

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Moesha

Moesha

The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

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Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

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The Practice

The Practice

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

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NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

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NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

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Third Watch

Third Watch

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.

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Cold Case

Cold Case

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

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Numb3rs

Numb3rs

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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