Clifton powell biography

Clifton Powell

American actor (born 1956)

Clifton Powell

Powell in 2007

Born (1956-03-16) March 16, 1956 (age 68)

Washington, D.C., U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
SpouseKimberly Powell
Children2

Clifton Powell (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.

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Career

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 Saints & Sinners MYW