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).
as Mr. Ervin
as John Sr.
as Officer Gant
as Self
as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
as James
as Puncho's Boss/Frank
as Hank
as Goose
as Judge
as Mr.Ervin
as Mac Epps(1 ep)
as Commissioner Davis
as Father Francisco
as Judge
as Jackson Holloway
as Mr. Jones
as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
as Captain Harris
as Donti Player
as Greg Monaghan
as Willy(3 eps)
as Sugar Slim
as Pa
as Max
as Mitchell
as Richard Jacobson
as DJ Frankie Snow(1 ep)
as Donald
as Pastor Davis
as Tony Smooth
as Kevin
as Herschel(3 eps)
as Mr. Johnson
as Uncle Lou Duncan(6 eps)
as Captain Rogers
as Pastor Earl
as Tony
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
as Rich
as Barry
as Captain Pearson
as Mr. Wellington
as Big Mike(3 eps)
as One Eye
as Mr. Milton Miller
as Reverend Jeremiah Holt(15 eps)
as T Parker
as Juice
as Bob Davis(1 ep)
as Floyd
as Charles Sr.(1 ep)
as Larry Fletcher
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
as Pastor Jordan
as Thomas Curry
as Carl
as Bishop Buckworth
as Dingo Stankersheet
as Rex Fisher(48 eps)
as Mr. Lee
as Eazy
as Gavin
as Detective Owen Marsh
as Marvin
as Detective Hobbs
as Uncle P
as Deputy Sheriff
as Cedric
as Lester Wayne
as Detective S. Jackson
as Bishop Nixon(4 eps)
as Randall
as Dr. Sperry
as Blake
as Rooselvelt Steele
as Coach Gerald Woodson
as Gilly Smalls
as Gooch(1 ep)
as Deacon Roberts
as Robert McDaniel
as Coach Durham (voice)(4 eps)
as Walter
as Red
as Rev. Beckley
as Zane
as Det. Tyrone Fowler
as Daniel
as Mike
as Cecil
as Percy Grover Jr.(2 eps)
as Sexy Silk
as Big Bill Herod
as Freddy
as Ike
as Sean
as Bowman
as Bishop
as Damien
as Det. Lewis
as Mr. John Moore
as Senator Marcus Gordon
as Leroy 'The Pimp'
as Joe Joe's Father
as Terrance
as Correctional Officer Earl(1 ep)
as Action Jackson
as Sergeant Green
as Cinque
as Coach
as Officer Eddie King
as Old Skool
as Bishop Calvin Jacobs
as Ali Dean
as Terrence Price(6 eps)
as Tommy Guns
as Earl Latimore
as Lt. Romero(1 ep)
as Mr. Jenkins
as Ray Tillman(1 ep)
as Chauncey
as Fish
as Cokey
as 1st Prisoner (voice)(1 ep)
as Bishop Fred Taylor
as Blair
as Big Man
as Max Devane(1 ep)
as Doc
as Smoke (voice)
as Ken Hall(1 ep)
as Action Jackson
as Jeff Brown
as Joshua Valentine
as Reggie
as Mo Fro
as Moon
as Satin Jones
as Tom Bernard (2008)(1 ep)
as Yusef(2 eps)
as Thomas
as Kenyatta
as Detective Blackman
as Pinky
as FBI Agent
as Capt. Alan Deese
as Jeremiah Peet
as Dempsey Powers(1 ep)
as Coach Guillory(1 ep)
as FBI Agent(1 ep)
as Fred Smith
as Terrance Crowley(1 ep)
as Malachi Young
as Isaiah
as Saint
as Pinky
as Styles
as Joy's Father(1 ep)
as Frazier Johnson
as Everette Washington
as Cosmo
as Martin Luther King Jr
as Luke
as Lawrence Roberts
as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
as Herbert / Frank Lowden
as Herbert
as Mason
as Gen. Leland Copperfield
as King (uncredited)
as Steve
as Earl Johnson(1 ep)
as Mazi(1 ep)
as Brooks(2 eps)
as R.C.(2 eps)
as Harold Moss(1 ep)
as Ray Stokes(1 ep)
as Cutty
as Bobby
as John Doe(21 eps)
as Braddock
as Mr. Burns(1 ep)
as Armstrong
as Gerald / Frankie(1 ep)
as Lewis futrel(1 ep)
as Chauncy
as Detective Oakes
as James Jackson(1 ep)
as Younger Cop(1 ep)
as FBI Agent Kurl
as Leland
as Andre Thompson(7 eps)
as Cop(1 ep)
as Sharane's Brother
as Security Guard(1 ep)
as Det. Eddie Flowers(1 ep)
as Ralph Danton(1 ep)
as Ramon