Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix Biography

Harry Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats and as Boyd Langton in the Joss Whedon television series Dollhouse.

Early life

Lennix, youngest of four siblings, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian C. (née Vines), a laundress, and Harry Lennix, Jr., a machinist. Lennix's father was a Creole from Louisiana. Lennix attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary South and Northwestern University, majoring in Acting and Direction. In his senior year at Northwestern, he was the coordinator of the African-American student organization, For Members Only. He taught music and civics for several years in the Chicago Public School system and is a frequent lecturer.

Career

Lennix starred in the made-for-cable television film Keep the Faith, Baby as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the legendary Harlem Congressman from 1944 to 1972, debuting on Showtime Networks on February 17, 2002. Lennix has had supporting roles in films such as The Matrix series, The Five Heartbeats, the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus, Stomp the Yard, Ray, Love & Basketball, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and State of Play. In television, he had a recurring role in Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Ron Wagner, as well as a voice-over role in the Legion of Super Heroes animated series. He starred in the ABC television series Commander in Chief and the movie Titus (based on Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus) as Aaron the Moor. He had a recurring role in the sixth season of 24 as fictional Muslim civil rights activist Walid Al-Rezani. He appeared on the series House M.D. as a paralyzed jazz trumpet player, and appeared in six episodes of ER as Dr. Greg Fischer. He also appeared in the episode "The Blame Game" of the first season of Ally McBeal.

He played the part of Boyd Langton in Joss Whedon's series Dollhouse. and the President of the United States in the comedy sketch show Little Britain USA.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	'	Field Soldier
1991	'	Dresser
1992	Mo' Money	Tom Dilton	as Harry J. Lennix
1992	Bob Roberts	Franklin Dockett
1994	Guarding Tess	Kenny Young
1995	Clockers	Bill Walker
1996	Get on the Bus	Randall
1997	Chicago Cab, aka Hellcab	Irate Boyfriend	as Harry J. Lennix
1999	Titus	Aaron	Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor " Motion Picture Drama Nominated"?Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002	Pumpkin	Robert Meary
2002	Collateral Damage	Dray
2003	'	Mr. Silk
	'	Commander Lock
	'	Commander Lock
2004	Chrystal	Kalid
	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Quentin Leroux
	Suspect Zero	Rich Charleton
	Ray	Joe Adams	Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2006	Sharif Don't Like It	Tom
2007	Stomp the Yard	Nate
	Resurrecting the Champ	Bob Satterfield, Jr.
	Across the Universe	Army Sergeant
2009	State of Play	Det. Donald Bell
2010	Mr. Sophistication	Ron Waters
2012	A Beautiful Soul	Jeff Freeze
2013	Man of Steel

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	'	Nero	TV movie
1990	Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter	Prosecutor Keith Warner	TV movie
1992	In the Best Interest of the Children	Tim Coffey	TV movie
1994	Vanishing Son II	Andre Laine	TV movie
1994	Vanishing Son IV	Andre Laine	TV movie
1995"1996	The Client	Daniel Holbrook	TV series, 3 episodes
1997	ER	Dr. Greg Fischer	TV series, 6 episodes
2002	Keep the Faith, Baby	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	TV movie, Black Reel Award for Best Actor in a Television Movie/Mini-Series NAMIC Vision Award for Best Performance"?Drama Nominated"?Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated"?Satellite Award for Best Actor " Miniseries or Television Film
2005	House M.D.	John Henry Giles	TV series, 1 episode
2005"2006	Commander in Chief	Jim Gardner	TV series, 19 episodes. Nominated"?Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2007	24	Walid Al-Rezani	TV series, 6 episodes
2008	Little Britain USA	President of the United States	TV series, 4 episodes
2009"2010	Dollhouse	Boyd Langton	TV series, 27 episodes
2013	Emily Owens M.D.	Tim Dupre	TV series, 6 episodes
2013"	The Blacklist	Harold Cooper	TV series

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