Dorian Harewood
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, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 125
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Mike Douglas Show 1961-12-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Bel-Air 2022-02-13
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Bel-Air | Judge Robertson | 2022-02-13 |
| Series | Big Sky | Roman Cobb | 2020-11-17 |
| 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 | Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem | Narrator | 2008-01-06 |
| Movie | Grave Misconduct | Baxter Kyle | 2008-11-01 |
| Series | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Dr. Boyd Sherman | 2008-01-13 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Older Irwin (voice) | 2007-02-14 |
| Series | Private Practice | Duncan Stinson | 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 | Dr. Mar Londo (voice) | 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 |
| Movie | A History of God | Self - Narrator | 2005-04-26 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Fred Kirkman | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | The Batman | Martian Manhunter (voice) | 2004-09-11 |
| Series | Kevin Hill | Professor Lincoln Mathis | 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 |
| Series | Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years | Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | The Christmas Shoes | Dalton Gregory | 2002-12-01 |
| Series | Boomtown | Captain Ronald Hicks | 2002-09-29 |
| Movie | Walter and Henry | Pete Horton | 2001-06-10 |
| Movie | Glitter | Guy Richardson | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | The Triangle | Captain Louis Morgan | 2001-08-13 |
| Series | Static Shock | Warden (voice) | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | Hendrix | Al Hendrix | 2000-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last Debate | Brad Lily | 2000-11-05 |
| Series | Christianity: The Second Millennium | Himself - Narrator | 2000-12-17 |
| Series | Batman Beyond | Big Jim Tate / Armory (voice) | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The Hoop Life | Unknown | 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 |
| Movie | When The Cradle Falls | Lt. Harlan Dugger | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Additional Voices (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 5 | 1997-08-17 |
| Series | Earth: Final Conflict | Herman Forrester | 1997-10-06 |
| Series | The New Batman Adventures | Judge (voice) | 1997-09-13 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Morgan Hamilton | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible | 1996-06-22 | |
| Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Ron Troupe (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
| Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Officer (voice) | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1996-09-08 |
| 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 | Freakazoid! | Singer #1 (voice) | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | The Watcher | Unknown | 1995-01-17 |
| Movie | Sudden Death | Matthew Hallmark | 1995-10-27 |
| Series | The Savage Dragon | Frank Darling (voice) | 1995-10-21 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Series | Viper | Julian Wilkes | 1994-01-02 |
| Series | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | Shattered Image | Hardy | 1994-01-21 |
| Series | Spider-Man | Tombstone (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | The Pagemaster | Jamaican Pirates (voice) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Little Anton (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog | Unknown | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Biker Mice from Mars | Modo (voice) | 1993-09-18 |
| Series | Capitol Critters | Moze (voice) | 1992-01-31 |
| Movie | Getting Up and Going Home | Ted Owens | 1992-07-21 |
| Series | Batman: The Animated Series | Dan Riley (voice) | 1992-09-05 |
| Series | Darkwing Duck | Unknown | 1991-09-06 |
| Series | I'll Fly Away | Unknown | 1991-10-07 |
| Series | ProStars | Michael Jordan (voice) | 1991-09-14 |
| Movie | The Knife and Gun Club | Dr. Jack Ducette | 1990-07-30 |
| Movie | Solar Crisis | Borg | 1990-07-14 |
| Movie | Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II | Stretch | 1990-09-01 |
| Movie | The Easter Story | (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Doctor Shannon | 1990-11-18 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Dennis | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Hank Mitchell | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | Kiss Shot | Kevin Merrick | 1989-04-11 |
| Series | The California Raisin Show | 1989-09-16 | |
| Movie | Polly | Doctor Shannon | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | God Bless the Child | Calvin Reed | 1988-03-21 |
| Series | China Beach | Major Melvin P. Otis | 1988-04-26 |
| Series | Amerika | Jeffrey Wyman | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Lenell Geter | 1987-02-03 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket | Eightball | 1987-06-26 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Series | Matlock | Edward Kramer | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | The Falcon and the Snowman | Gene | 1985-01-25 |
| Movie | Dirty Work | Lt. Jack Hill | 1985-06-06 |
| Movie | Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Black Soldier | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Against All Odds | Tommy | 1984-03-02 |
| Movie | Tank | Sergeant Tippet | 1984-03-16 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Claudell Cox | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Glitter | Earl Tobin | 1984-09-13 |
| Movie | The Jesse Owens Story | Jesse Owens | 1984-07-09 |
| Series | Trauma Center | 1983-09-22 | |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ray Ellsworth | 1982-01-05 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | I, Desire | Detective Jerry Van Ness | 1982-11-15 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Jerry 'The Rock' Lennox | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | God's Trombones | Himself - Narrator (segment "The Prodigal Son") (segment "Go Down Death") | 1981-01-01 |
| Series | Strike Force | Sergeant Paul Strobber | 1981-11-13 |
| Movie | Looker | Lt. Masters | 1981-10-30 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Foster & Laurie | Gregory Foster | 1975-11-13 |
| Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
| Series | Kojak | Jake Riley | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |