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:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the series Kojak 1973-10-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Making of the Wiz Live! 2015-11-25
Known For
Filmography
| 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 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self | 2007-01-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Christianity: The Second Millennium | Himself - Narrator | 2000-12-17 |
| Movie | The Last Debate | Brad Lily | 2000-11-05 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Thoran | 1997-07-27 |
| Series | The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 5 | 1997-08-17 |
| Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible | 1996-06-22 | |
| Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Ron Troupe (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
| Movie | Space Jam | Monstar BUPKUS (voice) | 1996-11-15 |
| Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Jax (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
| 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 | Aladdin | Unknown | 1994-02-06 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Series | Viper | Julian Wilkes | 1994-01-02 |
| Movie | Shattered Image | Hardy | 1994-01-21 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | 1994-09-24 |
| 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 | Biker Mice from Mars | Modo (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog | Ari (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Capitol Critters | Moze (voice) | 1992-01-31 |
| 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 | Solar Crisis | Borg | 1990-07-14 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Hank Mitchell | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | The Easter Story | (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Dennis | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Doctor Shannon | 1990-11-18 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Kevin Merrick | 1989-04-11 |
| Series | The California Raisin Show | 1989-09-16 | |
| Movie | Polly | Doctor Shannon | 1989-11-12 |
| Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Series | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | 1988-09-10 | |
| Series | Amerika | Jeffrey Wyman | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Lenell Geter | 1987-02-03 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket | Eightball | 1987-06-26 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |