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Adolph Caesar

Highest Rated: 90% A Soldier's Story (1984)

Lowest Rated: 11% Club Paradise (1986)

Birthday: Dec 5, 1933

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Forceful black character player whose film career had just begun to flourish in middle age when he died of a heart attack; best remembered as the rough master sergeant in "A Soldier's Story" (1984), for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

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Highest rated movies

90% 82% A Soldier's Story
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73% 94% The Color Purple
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11% 36% Club Paradise
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The Hitter
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The Challenge
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The Torture of Mothers
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Shame of the Jungle
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39% Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
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Adolph Caesar

Adolph Caesar A SOLDIER'S STORY, Denzel Washington, Adolph Caesar, 1984, (c)Columbia Pictures THE COLOR PURPLE, Adolph Caesar, 1985. (c)Warner Bros. CLUB PARADISE, Front row: Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Flaherty, Robin williams (center left), Twiggy, (center), Adolph Caesar, Brian Doyle- Murray, Joanna Cassidy, Peter O'Toole, 1986. ©Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett A SOLDIER'S STORY, Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, 1984, (c) Columbia A SOLDIER'S STORY, Art Evans, Larry Riley, Adolph Caesar, 1984 A SOLDIER'S STORY, David Harris, Adolph Caesar, 1984, (c)Columbia Pictures A SOLDIER'S STORY, Adolph Caesar, 1984. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
11% 36% Club Paradise Prime Minister Solomon Gundy (Character) $11.8M 1986
73% 94% The Color Purple Old Mister (Character) $93.4M 1985
90% 82% A Soldier's Story Sergeant Waters (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 39% Fist of Fear, Touch of Death TV Anchorman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Torture of Mothers Narrator - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitter Nathan (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shame of the Jungle Brutish (Voice) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Challenge Clarence Opano (Character) - 1970

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daktari Unknown (Guest Star) 1968