| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harrylennix.jpg]] |
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| 3 | Harry Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. |
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| 5 | An accomplished classically-trained actor on the UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} theater scene, he most often appears in supporting roles on the big and small screens. While he's always been interested in acting, he was a music teacher at first. He's known for his deep and commanding voice. |
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| 7 | !!Selected roles: |
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| 9 | * ''The Five Heartbeats'' (1991) as Terrence "Dresser" Williams |
| 10 | * ''Film/MoMoney'' (1992) as Tom Dilton |
| 11 | * ''Film/GetOnTheBus'' (1996) as Randall |
| 12 | * ''Series/ThePractice'' (1998-2003) as Asst. Attorney General Parker / Attorney Wayland Holmes |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Titus|1999}}'' (1999) as Aaron the Moor |
| 14 | * ''Film/CollateralDamage'' (2002) as Dray |
| 15 | * ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' as Commander Jason Locke |
| 16 | ** ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (2003) |
| 17 | ** ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' (2003) |
| 18 | ** ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' (2003) |
| 19 | ** ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'' (2005) |
| 20 | * ''[[Film/{{Barbershop}} Barbershop 2: Back in Business]]'' (2004) as Quentin Leroux |
| 21 | * ''Series/{{House}}'' (2005) as John Henry Giles |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' (2006) as Dr. Mar Londo (first voice) |
| 23 | * ''Series/CommanderInChief'' (2005-2006) as Jim Gardner |
| 24 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'' (2007) as Walid Al-Rezani |
| 25 | * ''[[Series/LittleBritain Little Britain USA]]'' (2008) as the US President |
| 26 | * ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' (2009-2010) as Boyd Langton |
| 27 | * ''Series/EmilyOwensMD'' (2012-2013) as Dr. Tim Dupre |
| 28 | * ''Series/TheBlacklist'' (2013-) as Harold Cooper |
| 29 | * Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as General/Secretary of Defense Calvin Swanwick [[spoiler: ([[CanonCharacterAllAlong actually]] ComicBook/MartianManhunter)]] |
| 30 | ** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (2013) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016) |
| 32 | ** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021) |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Evidence}}'' (2013) as Ben |
| 34 | * ''Chi-Raq'' (2015) as Commissioner Blades |
| 35 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Transfomers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) as Cyclonus |
| 36 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'' (2015) as Black Manta |
| 37 | * ''Series/{{Billions}}'' (2016-2020) as Franklin "Frank" Sacker |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Love|2023}}'' (2023-present) |
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| 40 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 42 | * AscendedFancast: Ever since ''Film/ManOfSteel'', there was a popular fan theory that Calvin Swanwick is actually [[spoiler:ComicBook/MartianManhunter]] in disguise. Creator/ZackSnyder liked the idea enough to incorporate it in [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague his cut]] of ''Justice League''. |
| 43 | * ThoseTwoActors: His onscreen collaboration with Creator/ChristinaWren hasn't stopped at ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. He also appeared in ''Rehabilitation of the Hill'' and the short ''Lazaretto'' alongside her in 2018 and 2020 respectively. |
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