Known for Acting
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 (2004) as Jeff Brown (NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor), Norbit (2007), Street Kings (2008), and All Eyez on Me (2017). He also provided the voice of Big Smoke in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). On television he is best known for Rex Fisher in Saints & Sinners (2016–2022, 48 episodes), Uncle Lou in The Family Business (2018–2022), Reverend Jeremiah Holt in Black Lightning (2018–2019), and for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the TV movie Selma, Lord Selma (1999).
Born
March 16, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Filmography
174 films, 51 shows


There's a Stranger in My House
2009 · 1h 15m · US
Did you ever think you knew someone, only to find out everything you believed was dead wrong? Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill), Clifton Powell (Norbit), Tamika Scott (Meet the Browns), Angell Conwell (Soul Plane) and R&B singer Sam Salter star in this compelling musical comedy/drama about a naive young woman who's duped by her smooth-talking new boss. Performed in front of a live audience, There's a Stranger in My House will win you over with love, laughter, truth and song!


Man of Her Dreams
2009 · 2h 20m · US
Marcus seems to have the perfect marriage, but a surprise visit from his long-absent sister-in-law, Louise, threatens to disrupt his serene home. Louise brings along her adopted daughter, who professes her love for Marcus's son. The news forces Marcus to share his own long-buried secret in this film adaptation of Donald Gray's stage play - a secret that may destroy his family.


Jada
2008 · 1h 37m · US
Jada is the faith based story of a woman whose life becomes chaotic when her husband is killed in a questionable car accident. Her once-comfortable middle-class lifestyle comes crashing down when an insurance company labels the accident a suicide and refuses to pay her benefits as the survivor.