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Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell

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 (2

Born

Mar 16, 1956

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

178 acting

4 crew

Popularity

1.9

Known For

Rush Hour
Rush Hour
1998 • as Luke
★ 7.1
Norbit
Norbit
2007 • as Earl Latimore
★ 5.7
House Party
House Party
1990 • as Sharane's Brother
★ 6.4
Street Kings
Street Kings
2008 • as Sergeant Green
★ 6.7
Deep Rising
Deep Rising
1998 • as Mason
★ 6.2
Menace II Society
Menace II Society
1993 • as Chauncy
★ 7.5
Ray
Ray
2004 • as Jeff Brown
★ 7.5
3 Ninjas
3 Ninjas
1992 • as FBI Agent Kurl
★ 5.7
Next Friday
Next Friday
2000 • as Pinky
★ 6.5
Friday After Next
Friday After Next
2002 • as Pinky
★ 6.4
Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents
1995 • as Cutty
★ 6.7
Alphabet City
Alphabet City
1984 • as Ramon
★ 4.7
All Eyez on Me
All Eyez on Me
2017 • as Floyd
★ 6.7
Moonlight Soul
Moonlight Soul
2023 • as Greg Monaghan
Banged Out
★ 9.0
Fear Files
Fear Files
2015 • as Detective Owen Marsh
★ 1.0
Phantoms
Phantoms
1998 • as Gen. Leland Copperfield
★ 5.6
movie
Forbidden Woman
2013 • as Randall
★ 1.0
Detour 95
Detour 95
• as Mr. Ervin
Deep Cover
Deep Cover
1992 • as Leland
★ 6.8
Sinners Wanted
Sinners Wanted
2018 • as One Eye
Boxed In
Boxed In
2022 • as Pa
★ 7.5
First Sunday
First Sunday
2008 • as Officer Eddie King
★ 5.6
Civil Brand
Civil Brand
2002 • as Capt. Alan Deese
★ 7.0
Lockdown
Lockdown
2000 • as Malachi Young
★ 6.1
Street Kings 2: Motor City
Street Kings 2: Motor City
2011 • as Det. Tyrone Fowler
★ 4.3
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me
2010 • as Cecil
Deb is Boss
Deb is Boss
2026 • as James
★ 9.2
King of Newark
King of Newark
2017 • as Juice
★ 4.0
Bones
Bones
2001 • as Jeremiah Peet
★ 5.0
The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars
1998 • as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
★ 6.9
When the Lights Go Out
When the Lights Go Out
2010 • as Freddy
★ 7.5
There's a Stranger in My House
There's a Stranger in My House
2009 • as Mr. John Moore
★ 3.0
Hot Boyz
Hot Boyz
2000 • as Saint
★ 5.0
99 North
99 North
2014 • as Uncle P
★ 2.0
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998 • as Lawrence Roberts
★ 6.4
They Die by Dawn
They Die by Dawn
2013 • as Deputy Sheriff
★ 2.7
Sebastian
Sebastian
2023 • as Captain Harris
★ 10.0
The Probe
The Probe
2024 • as Commissioner Davis
She's Not Our Sister
She's Not Our Sister
2011 • as Rev. Beckley
★ 10.0
Never Die Alone
Never Die Alone
2004 • as Moon
★ 5.5
5K1
5K1
2018 • as Barry
★ 5.0
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
★ 8.5
The Next 24 Hours
The Next 24 Hours
2022 • as Max
Contradictions of the Heart
★ 6.5
Green Dolphin Beat
Green Dolphin Beat
1994 • as Armstrong
★ 10.0
TKO
TKO
2025 • as Hank
★ 7.2
I Got the Hook Up 2
I Got the Hook Up 2
2019 • as Tony Smooth
★ 5.6
The Hills
The Hills
2018 • as Captain Pearson
Skeletons in the Closet
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 • as Father Francisco
★ 4.4
Confessions
Confessions
2006 • as Chauncey
★ 1.7
Easy Money
Easy Money
2018 • as Mr. Milton Miller
★ 5.0
Buffalo Soldiers
★ 5.5
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
2006 • as Mr. Jenkins
★ 5.3
Shake
Shake
2011 • as Red
Caught Up
Caught Up
1998 • as Herbert / Frank Lowden
★ 5.2
Caught Up
Caught Up
1998 • as Herbert
★ 5.2
The Undershepherd
The Undershepherd
2012 • as Deacon Roberts
★ 6.0
Mountain Top
Mountain Top
2017 • as Larry Fletcher
★ 7.4
The Brothers
The Brothers
2001 • as Fred Smith
★ 6.6
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
★ 6.5
Love for Sale
Love for Sale
2008 • as Cinque
★ 6.0
Coffin Baby
Coffin Baby
2013 • as Detective S. Jackson
★ 4.8
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004 • as Reggie
★ 5.5
Ticker
Ticker
2002 • as FBI Agent
★ 6.7
Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
2005 • as Doc
★ 3.5
First Time Felon
First Time Felon
1997 • as King (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Choir Director
The Choir Director
2018 • as Bishop T.K. Wilson
35 and Ticking
35 and Ticking
2011 • as Zane
★ 5.4
Preacher's Kid
Preacher's Kid
2010 • as Ike
★ 6.4
The Preacher's Son
The Preacher's Son
2017 • as Bishop T.K. Wilson
★ 7.0
The Available Wife
The Available Wife
2020 • as Mitchell
★ 2.4
The Breaks
The Breaks
1999 • as Cosmo
★ 6.5
No Tomorrow
No Tomorrow
1999 • as Styles
★ 4.4
He's Mine Not Yours
He's Mine Not Yours
2011 • as Walter
★ 6.5
Sins of the Father
Sins of the Father
2019 • as Kevin
movie
Womack
2012 • as Gilly Smalls
Trapped: Haitian Nights
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011 • as Mike
★ 8.7
The Gospel
The Gospel
2005 • as Bishop Fred Taylor
★ 5.6
A Baby for Christmas
A Baby for Christmas
2015 • as Gavin
★ 5.6
Return of The Mack
Return of The Mack
2026 • as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
Steppin: The Movie
Steppin: The Movie
2009 • as Det. Lewis
★ 4.3
Something Like A Business
Something Like A Business
2010 • as Sexy Silk
★ 2.5
It Ain't Easy
It Ain't Easy
2006 • as Fish
★ 10.0
Riot
Riot
1997 • as Steve
★ 5.4
The Legend of Johnny Jones
The Legend of Johnny Jones
2024 • as Mr.Ervin
★ 2.5
Da Block Party
Da Block Party
2004 • as Action Jackson
★ 4.0
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
★ 5.5
Jada
Jada
2008 • as Terrance
Knights of the South Bronx
★ 7.0
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
2017 • as T Parker
A Talent For Trouble
A Talent For Trouble
2018 • as Mr. Wellington
★ 1.0
Show Stoppers
Show Stoppers
2008 • as Coach
★ 6.5
Before I Self Destruct
Before I Self Destruct
2009 • as Sean
★ 4.8
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
★ 7.3
Blood Ransom
Blood Ransom
2014 • as Detective Hobbs
★ 4.9
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
★ 8.0
The Rimshop
The Rimshop
2008 • as Joe Joe's Father
★ 2.0
The Ideal Husband
The Ideal Husband
2011 • as Daniel
★ 3.8
Sugar Valentine
Sugar Valentine
2004 • as Joshua Valentine
★ 3.0
Where Hearts Lie
Where Hearts Lie
2016 • as Carl
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
2023 • as Sugar Slim
★ 2.0
Diamond in the Rough
Diamond in the Rough
2019 • as Pastor Davis
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Love Won't Let Me Wait
2016 • as Bishop Buckworth
★ 0.5
Couples' Night
Couples' Night
2018 • as Rich
★ 5.0
Foolish
Foolish
1999 • as Everette Washington
★ 6.0
Man of Her Dreams
Man of Her Dreams
2009 • as Senator Marcus Gordon
God Send Me A Man
God Send Me A Man
2009 • as Bishop
★ 2.0
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
2007 • as Tommy Guns
★ 3.0
Note to Self
Note to Self
2012 • as Coach Gerald Woodson
★ 7.9
Trap City
Trap City
2024 • as Goose
Crime Partners
Crime Partners
2003 • as Kenyatta
★ 5.6
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest
1993 • as Detective Oakes
★ 4.5
movie
The Cheaters Club
2014 • as Marvin
★ 10.0
A Weekend with the Family
A Weekend with the Family
2016 • as Dingo Stankersheet
★ 5.0
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
★ 6.0
Gangland: The Musical
Gangland: The Musical
2018 • as Pastor Earl
Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma
1999 • as Martin Luther King Jr
★ 7.2
A Private Affair
A Private Affair
2000 • as Isaiah
★ 9.0
Fruits of the Heart
★ 10.0
Divas
Divas
1995 • as Bobby
★ 9.5
Somebody's Child
Somebody's Child
2012 • as Dr. Sperry
★ 5.3
Young Cesar
Young Cesar
2007 • as Ali Dean
★ 10.0
Love Chronicles
Love Chronicles
2003 • as Thomas
★ 6.7
Car Show Kings
Car Show Kings
2025 • as Puncho's Boss/Frank
Merry Ex-Mas
Merry Ex-Mas
2016 • as Pastor Jordan
★ 5.0
Let Go and Let God
Let Go and Let God
2019 • as Donald
★ 6.3
Nowhere to Hide
Nowhere to Hide
1994 • as Braddock
★ 6.0
movie
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
2010 • as Big Bill Herod
23rd Psalm: Redemption
23rd Psalm: Redemption
2013 • as Lester Wayne
Tapped Out
Tapped Out
2003 • as Detective Blackman
★ 5.7
The Fabric of a Man
The Fabric of a Man
2005 • as Blair
Hunting Season
Hunting Season
2016 • as Thomas Curry
★ 4.1
American Dream
American Dream
2008 • as Old Skool
★ 1.0
movie
★ 3.0
Worth
Worth
2018 • as Tony
★ 5.0
movie
The In-Law Gang!
• as John Sr.
★ 2.0
The Marriage Chronicles
The Marriage Chronicles
2012 • as Robert McDaniel
★ 8.0
Internet Dating
Internet Dating
2008 • as Leroy 'The Pimp'
★ 5.0
Fade Away
Fade Away
2016 • as Eazy
★ 6.6
Recession Proof
Recession Proof
2023 • as Jackson Holloway
Block Party Madness
Block Party Madness
2008 • as Action Jackson
Just Another Day
Just Another Day
2009 • as Bowman
★ 4.7
movie
Fuxk D3m Kidz
2024 • as Judge
Player
Player
2023 • as Donti Player
C'mon Man
C'mon Man
2012 • as Rooselvelt Steele
★ 5.8
Father of Lies
Father of Lies
2007 • as Bishop Calvin Jacobs
★ 9.0
movie
Scavenger Hunt
• as Officer Gant
Negligence
Negligence
2024 • as Judge
The North Star
The North Star
2016 • as Mr. Lee
★ 5.0
movie
Criminal Behavior
2013 • as Cedric
Steppin Into Love
Steppin Into Love
2023 • as Mr. Jones
Misguided Behavior
Misguided Behavior
2018 • as Captain Rogers
★ 8.7
Boxed In 2
Boxed In 2
2023 • as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
★ 6.0
The Lick
The Lick
2020 • as Richard Jacobson
movie
Interludes
2012 • as Blake
★ 3.3
Juug Gone Wrong
Juug Gone Wrong
2019 • as Mr. Johnson
★ 7.0