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Howard E. Rollins Jr.

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

Lowest Rated: 63% Drunks (1995)

Birthday: Oct 17, 1950

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

This commanding black actor came to prominence as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Milos Forman's adaptation of the E.L. Doctorow novel "Ragtime" (1981), for which he earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Rollins was also memorable in Norman Jewison's tightly-wound drama, "A Soldier's Story" (1984). But Rollins is perhaps best remembered for his television appearances.

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Highest rated movies

90% 82% A Soldier's Story
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84% 76% Ragtime
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63% 43% Drunks
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50% The Children of Times Square
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With Murder in Mind
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A Doctor's Story
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78% For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story
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My Old Man
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The Johnnie Gibson Story
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
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Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Howard E. Rollins Jr. A SOLDIER'S STORY, Howard E. Rollins, 1984. A SOLDIER'S STORY, cast, 1984. A SOLDIER'S STORY,Dennis Lipscomb, Howard Rollins, 1984. (c) Columbia Pictures A SOLDIER'S STORY, Robert Townsend, Howard E.Rollins, 1984. A SOLDIER'S STORY, Howard E. Rollins Jr., 1984, (c) Columbia RAGTIME, Samuel L. Jackson, Dorsey Wright, Howard E. Rollins, Frankie Faison, Calvin Levels, 1981, (c) Paramount A SOLDIER'S STORY, Howard Rollins, Robert Townsend, 1984. (c) Columbia Pictures. RAGTIME, Howard E. Rollins Jr., James Olson, 1981, (c) Paramount A SOLDIER'S STORY, Art Evans, Howard Rollins, 1984. (c) Columbia Pictures. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
63% 43% Drunks Joseph (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet With Murder in Mind Samuel Carver (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Block Clay Beasley (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Heat of the Night Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 50% The Children of Times Square Otis Travis (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI T.C. Russell (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Johnnie Gibson Story T.C. Russell (Character) - 1986
90% 82% A Soldier's Story Captain Davenport (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Doctor's Story Dr. Zack Williams (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House of God Chuck Johnston (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 78% The House of Dies Drear Walter Small (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 78% For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story Medgar Evers (Character) - 1983
84% 76% Ragtime Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Old Man Doctor (Character) - 1979

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Heat of the Night Virgil Tibbs (Character) 1988-1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet New York Undercover Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet King Unknown (Character) 1978