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:
- 113
- First Appeared:
- In the series Kojak 1973-10-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam 2021-06-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam | Monstar BUPKUS (voice) (archive footage) | 2021-06-20 |
| Movie | The Right Girl | James Cline | 2015-11-21 |
| Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Himself/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 |
| Series | Private Practice | Unknown | 2007-09-26 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Jim Monroe | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Mister Man (voice) | 2006-03-21 |
| Series | Legion of Super Heroes | Unknown | 2006-09-23 |
| Series | Kyle XY | Unknown | 2006-06-26 |
| Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Gil | 2005-01-19 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Dr. Tan | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
| Series | Kevin Hill | Unknown | 2004-09-29 |
| 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 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Gothika | Teddy Howard | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood Wives: The New Generation | Claude St. Claire | 2003-10-19 |
| Movie | Framed | George Adams | 2002-02-13 |
| Movie | The Christmas Shoes | Dalton Gregory | 2002-12-01 |
| Series | Boomtown | Unknown | 2002-09-29 |
| Movie | Walter and Henry | Pete Horton | 2001-06-10 |
| Movie | The Triangle | Captain Louis Morgan | 2001-08-13 |
| Movie | Glitter | Guy Richardson | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Hendrix | Al Hendrix | 2000-09-17 |
| Series | Static Shock | Unknown | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | The Last Debate | Brad Lily | 2000-11-05 |
| Series | Christianity: The Second Millennium | Himself - Narrator | 2000-12-17 |
| Series | Batman Beyond | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The Hoop Life | 1999-07-04 | |
| Movie | Evasive Action | Luke Sinclair | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Archibald the Rainbow Painter | Archibald Wright | 1998-08-07 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Dr. Lewis Franklin | 1998-07-19 |
| Movie | When The Cradle Falls | Lt. Harlan Dugger | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 5 | 1997-08-17 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Thoran | 1997-07-27 |
| Series | The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
| Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible | 1996-06-22 | |
| Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Ron Troupe (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
| Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Jax (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
| Movie | Space Jam | Monstar BUPKUS (voice) | 1996-11-15 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1996-09-08 |
| Series | The Watcher | Unknown | 1995-01-17 |
| Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | The Savage Dragon | Frank Darling (voice) | 1995-10-21 |
| Movie | Sudden Death | Matthew Hallmark | 1995-10-27 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Series | Aladdin | Unknown | 1994-02-06 |
| Series | Viper | Julian Wilkes | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | Shattered Image | Hardy | 1994-01-21 |
| Series | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | 1994-09-24 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Jamaican Pirates (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | Spider-Man | Unknown | 1994-11-19 |
| Series | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Bonkers | Unknown | 1993-09-04 |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog | Ari (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Biker Mice from Mars | Modo (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 | Darkwing Duck | Unknown | 1991-09-06 |
| Series | I'll Fly Away | Unknown | 1991-10-07 |
| Movie | The Easter Story | (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Knife and Gun Club | Dr. Jack Ducette | 1990-07-30 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Kevin Merrick | 1989-04-11 |
| Movie | Polly | Doctor Shannon | 1989-11-12 |
| Series | The California Raisin Show | 1989-09-16 | |
| Movie | God Bless the Child | Calvin Reed | 1988-03-21 |
| Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Series | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | Unknown | 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 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | The Falcon and the Snowman | Gene | 1985-01-25 |
| Movie | Against All Odds | Tommy | 1984-03-02 |
| Movie | Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Black Soldier | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Tank | Sergeant Tippet | 1984-03-16 |
| Series | Glitter | Earl Tobin | 1984-09-13 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Jesse Owens Story | Jesse Owens | 1984-07-09 |
| Series | Trauma Center | Skate Baylor | 1983-09-22 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ray Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | I, Desire | Detective Jerry Van Ness | 1982-11-15 |
| Movie | Looker | Lt. Masters | 1981-10-30 |
| Series | Strike Force | Sergeant Paul Strobber | 1981-11-13 |
| Movie | High Ice | Lt. Zack Hawkins | 1980-01-07 |
| Series | Beulah Land | Floyd | 1980-10-07 |
| 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 |
| Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
| Movie | Panic in Echo Park | Michael Stoner | 1977-06-23 |
| Movie | Sparkle | Levi | 1976-04-07 |
| Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
| Movie | Foster & Laurie | Gregory Foster | 1975-11-13 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |