He was married to Ula M. Walker and Aretha Franklin, is currently married to Jo-Ann Alenn, and has three children with Walker.
Film Roles
- Honky as Sailor at bus station
- Five On The Black Hand Side as Gideon Brooks
- Thomasine And Bushrod as Jomo J. Anderson
- Together Brothers as Dr. Johnson
- Cooley High as Preach
- The River Niger as Jeff Williams
- J Ds Revenge as Isaac
- The Serpents Egg as Monroe
- A Hero Aint Nothin But A Sandwich as Nigeria
- Penitentiary II as Charles Johnson
- Gremlins as Roy Hanson
- Out Of Bounds as Lt. Delgado
- Deep Cover as Russell Stevens Sr.
- The Inkwell as Spencer Phillips
- Subterfuge as Stallworth Hubbs
- Buffalo Soldiers 1997 as Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth (TV Movie)
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Dr. Shakespeare
- Light It Up as Principal Allan Armstrong
- The Visit as Parole Board Member Reingold
- Men of Honor as Chief Floyd
- Freedom Song as T-Bone Lanier (TV Movie)
- The Seat Filler as Derrick's Dad
- Sahara (2005) as Dr. Frank Hopper
- Kings Of The Evening as Clarence Brown
- Takers as Chief Det. Duncan
- Burlesque as Harold Saint
- Super 8 as Dr. Woodward
- John Dies at the End as Det. Appleton
- The Obama Effect as Slim Sugar
- Dakotas Summer as Isaac Benson
- Race as Harry Davis
- Bumblebee as Gen. Whalen
- Sextuplets as Leland
- Windows On The World as Lou
- The Way Back (2020) as Doc
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Toledo
- Rustin as A. Philip Randolph
Television Roles
- Daktari as Usumbu (1 episode)
- Peyton Place as Lew Miles (37 episodes)
- Julia as Jimmy James (2 episodes)
- Room 222 as Vic (2 episodes)
- Insight as Sam (1 episode)
- The Mod Squad as Lonnie (1 episode)
- The Doris Day Show as Chris Davis (1 episode)
- Cannon as Jamal (1 episode)
- Hawaii Five-O as Harley Dartson (1 episode)
- The Rookies as Jimmy Webster (1 episode)
- The Blue Knight as Edwin Beall (1 episode)
- Visions as Axis (2 episodes)
- The Tony Randall Show as William (1 episode)
- The Paper Chase (1978) as Raymond Livingston (1 episode)
- Centennial as Nate Person (5 episodes)
- Palmerstown USA as C.J. Freeman (1 episode)
- The Greatest American Hero as Captain Le Clerc (1 episode)
- Fame as Ben Pettit (1 episode)
- Manimal as Ty Earl (1 episode)
- The Love Boat as Tyrone (1 episode)
- Fantasy Island as Joe Wilson (1 episode)
- T.J. Hooker as Norman Powell (1 episode)
- Hot Pursuit as Mitch Simpson (1 episode)
- Riptide as Tyrone Diamond (1 episode)
- American Playhouse as Joshua (1 episode)
- Hail to the Chief as LaRue Hawkes (1 episode)
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Billy Kinetta (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Earl Browder/Stan Lassiter/Ben Coleman (3 episodes)
- The Red Foxx Show as Rod Tyler (1 episode)
- Matlock as Maj. Dennis Orlando (2 episodes)
- JJ Starbuck as Lt. Casperson (1 episode)
- A Different World as Col. Bradford Taylor (68 episodes)
- Freddy's Nightmares as Dr. Redman (1 episode)
- Millennium (1996) as James Glen (1 episode)
- The Magnificent Seven (1998) as Achilles Thompson (1 episode)
- Strange World as Wade Beecher (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Sheriff Ernie Guthrie (1 episode)
- Resurrection Blvd as Bobby Davis (7 episodes)
- Big Apple as Ted Olsen
- JAG as Sub Captain (1 episode)
- The Lyon's Den as Phil Cherot (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roy Hines (1 episode)
- The Bernie Mac Show as Carl McCullough (2 episodes)
- The Wire as Mayor Clarence V. Royce (16 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Young (1 episode)
- All Of Us as Earl James (3 episodes)
- Murder 101 as Sheriff Bob Monroe (1 episode)
- Cold Case as Al Towert (1 episode)
- ER as Mr. Holmes (1 episode)
- In Treatment as Alex Prince Sr. (4 episodes)
- Scrubs as George Valentine (1 episode)
- Southland as Captain (1 episode)
- FlashForward (2009) as Sen. Noland (1 episode)
- Detroit 1-8-7 as Rev. Clinton P. Huey (1 episode)
- The Defenders (2010) as Judge Bob Owens (5 episodes)
- Alcatraz as Emmitt Little (1 episode)
- NCIS: Los Angeles as James Pierce (1 episode)
- Revolution as Major David Kipling (1 episode)
- Hou$e of Lie$ as Jeremiah Kaan (51 episodes)
- Criminal Minds as Charles Johnson (1 episode)
- Proof as Col. James Tyler (1 episode)
- Queen Sugar as Ernest Bordelon (2 episodes)
- Suits as Vic (1 episode)
- Better Things as Rocket (1 episode)
- Documentary Now! as Julius Baxter (1 episode)
- American Gods as Rev. Hutchins (1 episode)
- The Red Line as Nathan Gordon (4 episodes)
- Mr. Mercedes as Judge Raines (6 episodes)
- Power as Gabriel (1 episode)
- Power Book II Ghost as Gabriel (1 episode)
- blackâ˘ish as Billy Blade (1 episode)
- Fargo as Dr. Senator (6 episodes)
- Women of the Movement as Reverend Mose Wright
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Sheriff Nate Craven (1 episode)
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023) as Chiron
