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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% 77% Ragtime
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63% 43% Drunks
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A Doctor's Story
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50% The Children of Times Square
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78% For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story
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With Murder in Mind
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
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The Johnnie Gibson Story
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My Old Man
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Filmography

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Drunks 63% 43% 1995 Joseph Actor With Murder in Mind 1992 Samuel Carver Actor On the Block 1990 Clay Beasley Actor In the Heat of the Night 1988 Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs Actor The Children of Times Square 50% 1986 Otis Travis Actor Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI 1986 T.C. Russell Actor The Johnnie Gibson Story 1986 T.C. Russell Actor A Soldier's Story 90% 82% 1984 Captain Davenport Actor A Doctor's Story 1984 Dr. Zack Williams Actor The House of God 1984 Chuck Johnston Actor The House of Dies Drear 78% 1984 Walter Small Actor For Us, the Living: The Medgar Evers Story 78% 1983 Medgar Evers Actor Ragtime 84% 77% 1981 Coalhouse Walker Jr. Actor My Old Man 1979 Doctor Actor
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