Clifton Lewis Powell, Jr. (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor
who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in Ray (2004),
for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Motion Picture nomination.Powell has appeared in more than
one hundred films, beginning in the 1980s. His credits include Menace
II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Why Do Fools Fall in Love
(1998), Rush Hour (1998), Next Friday (2000), and its 2002 sequel,
Friday After Next, Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), and Ray (2004). He
played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1999 television film Selma,
Lord, Selma. Powell also has had many supporting roles in smaller
direct-to-video films in 2000s and 2010s.On television, Powell had the
recurring roles on Roc, South Central, and Army Wives, and well as
guest-starred on In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD
Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and House MD. In 2016, Powell
was cast as main antagonist in the Bounce TV first prime time soap
opera, Saints & Sinners opposite Vanessa Bell Calloway and Gloria
Reuben.Powell is also known for his voice acting role as Big Smoke in
the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in Ray (2004),
for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Motion Picture nomination.Powell has appeared in more than
one hundred films, beginning in the 1980s. His credits include Menace
II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Why Do Fools Fall in Love
(1998), Rush Hour (1998), Next Friday (2000), and its 2002 sequel,
Friday After Next, Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), and Ray (2004). He
played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1999 television film Selma,
Lord, Selma. Powell also has had many supporting roles in smaller
direct-to-video films in 2000s and 2010s.On television, Powell had the
recurring roles on Roc, South Central, and Army Wives, and well as
guest-starred on In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD
Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and House MD. In 2016, Powell
was cast as main antagonist in the Bounce TV first prime time soap
opera, Saints & Sinners opposite Vanessa Bell Calloway and Gloria
Reuben.Powell is also known for his voice acting role as Big Smoke in
the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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