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Ossie Davis
Highest Rated: 93% 12 Angry Men (1997)
Lowest Rated: 19% She Hate Me (2004)
Birthday: Dec 18, 1917
Birthplace: Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Tall, dignified veteran character player of the American stage and screen with a career spanning nearly half a century. With his wife and frequent collaborator, actor Ruby Dee, Davis was a staple of black theater. Both are longstanding political activists who were highly visible during the height of the civil rights movement and continue to speak out at rallies for progressive and humanitarian causes. Davis delivered the moving eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X (which he repeated for the extended coda to Spike Lee's 1992 biopic). As a playwright, screenwriter, director, producer, and actor, Davis has often been associated with works that celebrate and inculcate the lessons of black history in the US. He thrived as an inspirational and iconic presence in contemporary African-American culture.
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Filmography
Movies
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Proud | Lorenzo DuFau (Character) | - | 2004 |
19% |
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She Hate Me | Qudge Buchanan (Character) | $365.1K | 2004 |
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Deacons for Defense | Reverend "Rev" Gregory (Character) | - | 2003 |
91% |
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Baadasssss! | Granddad (Character) | $365.2K | 2003 |
79% |
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Bubba Ho-Tep | Jack Kennedy (Character) | $891.9K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hughes' Dream Harlem | Narrator | - | 2002 |
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Finding Buck McHenry | Buck McHenry (Character) | - | 2000 |
65% |
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Dinosaur | Yar (Voice) | $137.7M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dinosaur | Yar (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's to Life! | Duncan Cox (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Chasing Secrets | Too Tall (Character) | - | 1999 |
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A Vow to Cherish | Alexander Billman (Character) | - | 1999 |
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The Soul Collector | Mordecai (Character) | - | 1999 |
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
42% |
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Dr. Dolittle | Archer Dolittle (Character) | $144.2M | 1998 |
93% |
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12 Angry Men | Juror 2 (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Miss Evers' Boys | Mr. Evers (Character) | - | 1997 |
89% |
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Get on the Bus | Jeremiah (Character) | $5.7M | 1996 |
38% |
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I'm Not Rappaport | Midge Carter (Character) | $266.2K | 1996 |
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The Android Affair | Dr. Winston (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Uncle Phil (Character) | - | 1995 |
80% |
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The Client | Judge Harry Roosevelt (Character) | $90.8M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice | Uncle Phil (Character) | - | 1994 |
65% |
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Grumpy Old Men | Chuck (Character) | $69.3M | 1993 |
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The Ernest Green Story | Grandfather (Character) | - | 1993 |
31% |
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Gladiator | Noah (Character) | $8.1M | 1992 |
80% |
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Jungle Fever | The Good Reverend Doctor Purify (Character) | $31.7M | 1991 |
67% |
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Joe Versus the Volcano | Marshall (Character) | $39.1M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Winner Takes All | Oz Jackson (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Plates | Oz Jackson (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: High Rise | Oz Jackson (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker | Oz (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Grand Theft Hotel | Oz Jackson (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Night Train | Oz Jackson (Character) | - | 1990 |
92% |
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Do the Right Thing | Da Mayor (Character) | $26.0M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Die Laughing | Jackson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Blind Chess | Oz (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch | Oz (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: The King of Jazz | Oz (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: Carolann | Oz (Character) | - | 1989 |
58% |
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School Daze | Coach Odom (Character) | $11.7M | 1988 |
33% |
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Avenging Angel | Captain Harry Moradian (Character) | - | 1985 |
30% |
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Harry and Son | Raymond (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The House of God | Dr. Sanders (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy Satchel Paige | Chuffy Russell (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All God's Children | Blaine Whitfield (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Hot Stuff | Captain John Geiberger (Character) | - | 1979 |
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King | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Fredericks (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Countdown at Kusini |
Ernest Motapo (Character), Director |
- | 1976 |
60% |
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Let's Do It Again | Elder Johnson (Character) | - | 1975 |
60% |
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Gordon's War | Director | - | 1973 |
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Black Girl | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kongi's Harvest | Director | - | 1971 |
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Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Director, Writer |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sheriff | James Lucas (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Night Gallery | Osmund Portifoy (Character) | - | 1969 |
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Sam Whiskey | Jed Hooker (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Third Choice | Kubani (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Teacher, Teacher | Charles Carter (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slaves | Luke (Character) | - | 1969 |
70% |
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The Scalphunters | Joseph Lee (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still a Brother | Unknown (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outsider | Lt. Wagner (Character) | - | 1967 |
38% |
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A Man Called Adam | Nelson Davis (Character) | - | 1966 |
75% |
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The Hill | Jacko King (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shock Treatment | Capshaw (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gone Are the Days |
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Character), Writer |
- | 1963 |
63% |
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Fourteen Hours | Cab driver (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1951 |
86% |
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No Way Out | John Brooks (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1950 |
TV
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57% | 76% | The L Word | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 1999 2002 |
27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1996-1998 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Judge Harry Roosevelt (Character) | 1995-1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Evening Shade | Ponder Blue (Character) | 1990-1994 |
70% | 71% | Stephen King's The Stand | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alex Haley's Queen | Parson Dick (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | HBO Storybook Musicals | Narrator | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Lt. Johnny Gaines (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Writer | 1963 |