Acting
Clifton Powell
EN, DE cinema · 177 credits
Born
16 March 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as クリフトン・パウエル · کلیفتون پاول
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).
Known for
Filmography
Detour 95
as Mr. Ervin
The In-Law Gang!
The In-Law Gang!
as John Sr.
Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt
as Officer Gant
Return of The Mack
as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
Deb is Boss
as James
TKO
as Hank
Car Show Kings
as Puncho's Boss/Frank
The Legend of Johnny Jones
as Mr.Ervin
Skeletons in the Closet
as Father Francisco
Trap City
as Goose
Negligence
as Judge
The Probe
as Commissioner Davis
Moonlight Soul
as Greg Monaghan
Sebastian
as Captain Harris
Steppin Into Love
as Mr. Jones
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
as Sugar Slim
Player
as Donti Player
Boxed In 2
as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
Recession Proof
as Jackson Holloway
Boxed In
as Pa
The Lick
as Richard Jacobson
The Available Wife
as Mitchell
I Got the Hook Up 2
as Tony Smooth
Juug Gone Wrong
as Mr. Johnson
Let Go and Let God
as Donald
Diamond in the Rough
as Pastor Davis
Gangland: The Musical
as Pastor Earl
Misguided Behavior
as Captain Rogers
The Choir Director
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
Easy Money
as Mr. Milton Miller
A Talent For Trouble
as Mr. Wellington
5K1
as Barry
Worth
as Tony
Sinners Wanted
as One Eye
The Hills
as Captain Pearson
Couples' Night
as Rich
The Preacher's Son
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
as T Parker, Consulting Producer
Mountain Top
as Larry Fletcher
King of Newark
as Juice
All Eyez on Me
as Floyd
A Weekend with the Family
as Dingo Stankersheet
Love Won't Let Me Wait
as Bishop Buckworth
Hunting Season
as Thomas Curry
The North Star
as Mr. Lee
Fade Away
as Eazy
Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Jordan
A Baby for Christmas
as Gavin
Fear Files
as Detective Owen Marsh
Blood Ransom
as Detective Hobbs
99 North
as Uncle P
They Die by Dawn
as Deputy Sheriff
Coffin Baby
as Detective S. Jackson
23rd Psalm: Redemption
as Lester Wayne
The Marriage Chronicles
as Robert McDaniel
C'mon Man
as Rooselvelt Steele
Note to Self
as Coach Gerald Woodson
Somebody's Child
as Dr. Sperry
Womack
2012
Womack
as Gilly Smalls
The Undershepherd
as Deacon Roberts
35 and Ticking
as Zane
Shake
as Red
The Ideal Husband
as Daniel
Street Kings 2: Motor City
as Det. Tyrone Fowler
She's Not Our Sister
as Rev. Beckley
He's Mine Not Yours
as Walter
Something Like A Business
as Sexy Silk
When the Lights Go Out
as Freddy
There's a Stranger in My House
as Mr. John Moore, Director
Man of Her Dreams
as Senator Marcus Gordon, Director
God Send Me A Man
as Bishop
Just Another Day
as Bowman
Steppin: The Movie
as Det. Lewis
First Sunday
as Officer Eddie King
Internet Dating
as Leroy 'The Pimp'
Love for Sale
as Cinque
American Dream
as Old Skool
Street Kings
as Sergeant Green
The Rimshop
as Joe Joe's Father
Block Party Madness
as Action Jackson
Jada
as Terrance, Director
Show Stoppers
as Coach
Norbit
as Earl Latimore
Young Cesar
as Ali Dean
Father of Lies
as Bishop Calvin Jacobs
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
as Tommy Guns
It Ain't Easy
as Fish
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
as Mr. Jenkins
Confessions
as Chauncey
The Gospel
as Bishop Fred Taylor
Ray
as Jeff Brown
Never Die Alone
as Moon
Da Block Party
as Action Jackson
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
as Satin Jones
Sugar Valentine
as Joshua Valentine
Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Reggie
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Smoke (voice)
Crime Partners
as Kenyatta
Love Chronicles
as Thomas
Tapped Out
as Detective Blackman
Civil Brand
as Capt. Alan Deese
Friday After Next
as Pinky
Ticker
as FBI Agent
Bones
as Jeremiah Peet
The Brothers
as Fred Smith
Next Friday
as Pinky
Lockdown
as Malachi Young
Hot Boyz
as Saint
A Private Affair
as Isaiah
Foolish
as Everette Washington
No Tomorrow
as Styles
The Breaks
as Cosmo
Selma, Lord, Selma
as Martin Luther King Jr
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Frazier Johnson
Deep Rising
as Mason
Phantoms
as Gen. Leland Copperfield
The Pentagon Wars
as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
as Lawrence Roberts
Caught Up
as Herbert / Frank Lowden, as Herbert
Rush Hour
as Luke
First Time Felon
as King (uncredited)
Riot
as Steve
Divas
as Bobby
Dead Presidents
as Cutty
Nowhere to Hide
as Braddock
Green Dolphin Beat
as Armstrong
Conflict of Interest
as Detective Oakes
Menace II Society
as Chauncy
3 Ninjas
as FBI Agent Kurl
Deep Cover
as Leland
House Party
as Sharane's Brother
Alphabet City
as Ramon