Dorian Harewood

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Known For

Acting

Born

1950-08-06

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Dorian Harewood

Biography

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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Acting History

2022
Bel-Air as Judge Robertson
2020
Big Sky as Roman Cobb
2015
The Making of the Wiz Live! as Self - Narrator
2015
The Right Girl as James Cline
2011
Mayor Cupcake as Albert Peach
2008
Grave Misconduct as Baxter Kyle
2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man as Doc Bromwell (voice)
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Dr. Boyd Sherman
2008
Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem as Narrator
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil as Self
2007
Private Practice as Duncan Stinson
2007
The Land Before Time as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
2007
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure as Older Irwin (voice)
2006
Legion of Super Heroes as Dr. Mar Londo (voice)
2006
Handy Manny as Coach Johnson (voice)
2006
Kyle XY
2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit as Mister Man (voice)
2006
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall as Jim Monroe
2005
Criminal Minds as Fred Kirkman
2005
A History of God as Self - Narrator
2005
Little House on the Prairie as Dr. Tan
2005
Assault on Precinct 13 as Gil
2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! as Lead Agent (voice)
2004
Kevin Hill as Professor Lincoln Mathis
2004
The Batman as Martian Manhunter (voice)
2003
Gothika as Teddy Howard
2003
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation as Claude St. Claire
2003
Las Vegas as CIA Contact
2003
Levity as Mackie Whittaker
2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as Tombstone (voice)
2002
The Christmas Shoes as Dalton Gregory
2002
Boomtown as Captain Ronald Hicks
2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
2002
Framed as George Adams
2001
Glitter as Guy Richardson
2001
The Triangle as Captain Louis Morgan
2001
Walter and Henry as Pete Horton
2000
Christianity: The Second Millennium as Himself - Narrator
2000
The Last Debate as Brad Lily
2000
Static Shock as Warden (voice)
2000
Hendrix as Al Hendrix
1999
The Hoop Life
1999
Batman Beyond as Jim Tate (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond as Big Jim Tate / Armory (voice)
1998
Archibald the Rainbow Painter as Archibald Wright
1998
Change of Heart as Dr. Lewis Franklin
1998
Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
1998
Evasive Action as Luke Sinclair
1997
Earth: Final Conflict as Herman Forrester
1997
The Legend of Calamity Jane as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
The New Batman Adventures as Judge (voice)
1997
12 Angry Men as Juror 5
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Thoran
1997
The Practice as Jerry Cochran / Dr. Cochran
1997
When The Cradle Falls as Lt. Harlan Dugger
1996
Space Jam as Monstar BUPKUS (voice)
1996
Bruno the Kid
1996
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Jax (voice)
1996
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton as Ron Troupe (voice)
1996
The Incredible Hulk
1996
Superman: The Animated Series as Ron Troupe (voice)
1996
7th Heaven as Morgan Hamilton
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Tigari (voice)
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Officer (voice)
1996
Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible
1995
Sudden Death as Matthew Hallmark
1995
The Savage Dragon as Frank Darling (voice)
1995
Freakazoid! as Deep Voiced Singer (voice)
1995
Freakazoid! as Singer #4 (voice)
1995
Freakazoid! as Singer #1 (voice)
1995
Pinky and the Brain
1995
The Watcher
1994
The Pagemaster as Jamaican Pirates (voice)
1994
Spider-Man as Tombstone (voice)
1994
Gargoyles as Boreas/Talos (voice)
1994
Gargoyles as Little Anton (voice)
1994
Iron Man as War Machine (voice)
1994
Duckman as Booming Voice in Auditorium (voice)
1994
Shattered Image as Hardy
1994
Viper as Julian Wilkes
1993
Sonic the Hedgehog as Ari (voice)
1993
Biker Mice from Mars as Modo (voice)
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Sgt. Zachary Carver
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Dan Riley (voice)
1992
Solar Crisis as Borg
1992
Getting Up and Going Home as Ted Owens
1992
Capitol Critters as Moze (voice)
1991
I'll Fly Away
1991
ProStars as Michael Jordan (voice)
1991
Darkwing Duck
1990
Polly: Comin' Home! as Doctor Shannon
1990
Pacific Heights as Dennis
1990
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Hank Mitchell
1990
New Kids on the Block as Maurice Starr (voice)
1990
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II as Stretch
1990
The Knife and Gun Club as Dr. Jack Ducette
1990
The Easter Story as (voice)
1989
Polly as Doctor Shannon
1989
The California Raisin Show
1989
Kiss Shot as Kevin Merrick
1988
China Beach
1988
China Beach as Major Melvin P. Otis
1988
God Bless the Child as Calvin Reed
1987
Beauty and the Beast as Jason Walker
1987
Full Metal Jacket as Eightball
1987
Amerika as Jeffrey Wyman
1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story as Lenell Geter
1986
Matlock as Edward Kramer
1985
Dirty Work as Lt. Jack Hill
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as Gene
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Claudell Cox
1984
Glitter as Earl Tobin
1984
The Jesse Owens Story as Jesse Owens
1984
Tank as Sergeant Tippet
1984
Against All Odds as Tommy
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God as Black Soldier
1983
Trauma Center as Skate Baylor
1982
I, Desire as Detective Jerry Van Ness
1982
Matt Houston as Jerry 'The Rock' Lennox
1982
Hotel
1982
The Ambush Murders as Ray Ellsworth
1981
Strike Force as Sergeant Paul Strobber
1981
Looker as Lt. Masters
1981
God's Trombones as Narrator (voice)
1980
Beulah Land as Floyd
1980
High Ice as Lt. Zack Hawkins
1979
An American Christmas Carol as Matt Reeves
1979
Roots: The Next Generations as Simon Haley
1978
Siege as Simon
1978
Gray Lady Down as Fowler
1977
Panic in Echo Park as Michael Stoner
1977
Eight Is Enough
1976
Sparkle as Levi
1975
Foster & Laurie as Gregory Foster
1975
The Swiss Family Robinson
1973
Kojak as Jake Riley
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Dr. Shannon
Miss Moffat as Morgan Evans