Count Ossie

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The foundations of reggae and its own association with Rastafarianism were established by drummer, percussionist, and vocalist Count number Ossie (born Oswald Williams). Regarding his music group, the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Count number Ossie mixed African-influenced music using the Western european hymnal tradition to make a exclusive sound that motivated everyone from Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus as well as the Skatalites to Bob Marley & the Wailers and Toots & the Maytals. Count number Ossie’s earliest motivation originated from rasta elder Sibling Job, who released him towards the philosophies of Rastafarianism. A Nyabinghi drummer through the hillsides of Jamaica, Count number Ossie lower his 1st singles, including “O’Carolina” and “Chubby,” for Prince Buster in the studios of RJR Radio. From 1959, Count number Ossie documented for Sir Coxsone Dodd at Studio room One. As well as music movie director, tenor saxophone, flute and clarinet participant Cedric ‘Im Brooks, Count number Ossie shaped the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari. Seriously percussive, the group presented philosopher/orator Samuel Clayton; dual bass participant, poet, and vocalist Ras Michael, Small Bop and Count number Ossie’s son, Period, on fundae drum; bass drummer and percussionist Ruler Royo; percussionist and vocalist Bunny; percussionist Moses; baritone saxophone and clarinet participant Ras Sam II, and trombonist Nambo. There’s been some controversy regarding the cause of Count number Ossie’s loss of life in 1976. Although some sources declare that he was within an car crash, others state that he was trampled to loss of life when a group panicked in the National Arena.

Quick Facts

Full Name Count Ossie

Died October 18, 1976

Profession Musician, Drummer

Nationality Jamaican

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0001115

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000107058

Music Groups The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

Music Songs Grounation, Rasta Reggae, Four Hundred Years, Bongo Man a Come, Malorat, Oh Carolina, Lumba, Babylon Gone, Way Back Home, Ethiopian Serenade, African Shuffle, Selam Nna Wadada, Soul Drums, Chanting Higher Heights, Lock, Stock 8 Barrel- Soon Start Quarrel, Mozambique- Tales Of Mozambique, First Gone, Mystic Memories, Going Home to Zion Land, Right On Rasta, Ah Ji Wah Wah- Selam Nna Wadada, Pata Pata Rock Steady, Bongo Man, Nyah Bongo, Serve Him and Live, Leaving This Land, So Long Rastafari Calling, Fire Escape, Hello Sharon, I Would Give My Life, Cassavubu, Air Horn Shuffle

Albums Man From Higher Heights, Tales of Mozambique, Remembering Count Ossie (A Rasta Reggae Legend), Grounation, Bongo Man a Come, Grounation: Roots of Reggae, Volume 2

#	Fact
1	Grandfather of Muta'Ali Muhammad.
2	Had appeared with his wife Ruby Dee in nine films: No Way Out (1950), Gone Are the Days! (1963), The Sheriff (1971), Cool Red (1976), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), All God's Children (1980), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jungle Fever (1991) and The Stand (1994).
3	Served in the United States Army during World War II as a medical technician.
4	Studied drama with the Rose McClendon Players in Harlem, New York City.
5	Broadway debut as playwright with "Purlie Victorious" in 1961.
6	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 128-130. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
7	Had played the father of Jennifer Beals' character on The L Word (2004). In a powerful performance, fitting of his legacy, his character died in the episode "L'Chaim". This was his final performance before his own death, and the episode was dedicated to his memory.
8	He and his wife Ruby Dee were awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1995 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C.
9	Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
10	Twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1958 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Jamaica", and in 1970 as co-author of the book for Best Musical nominee "Purlie".
11	His brother, Dr. William Davis, a professor in San Antonio, TX, holds several patents, one of which is for the chemical process to produce instant mashed potatoes.
12	Was the oldest of five children.
13	Had three children his with Ruby Dee: Guy Davis, Nora Day, and Hasna Muhammad.
14	Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, along with Elton John, Joan Sutherland, John Williams, Warren Beatty and wife Ruby Dee.
15	Lived in New Rochelle, New York.
16	Was a featured speaker at the funeral of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
17	The county clerk misunderstood his mother's dialectal pronunciation of his initials "R.C." when he was born. He thought he heard "Ossie" and registered him as such. The name stuck.
18	Named to NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame with his wife, Ruby Dee, in 1989.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
City of Angels	2000	TV Series	Henry, King of England / Henry Charles
J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator	2000	TV Movie	Narrator
A Vow to Cherish	1999	TV Movie	Alexander Billman
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve	1999	TV Movie	The Caretaker
The Soul Collector	1999	TV Movie	Mordecai
The Secret Path	1999	TV Movie	Too Tall
Cosby	1999	TV Series	Fred
Alyson's Closet	1998	Short	Postman Extraordinaire
Promised Land	1996-1998	TV Series	Erasmus Jones
Doctor Dolittle	1998		Archer Dolittle
The Protector	1997	TV Series
12 Angry Men	1997	TV Movie	Juror #2
Miss Evers' Boys	1997	TV Movie	Mr. Evers
Home of the Brave	1996	TV Movie	Erasmus Jones
Ripper	1996	Video Game	Ben Dodds
I'm Not Rappaport	1996		Midge Carter
Get on the Bus	1996		Jeremiah
The Client	1995-1996	TV Series	Judge Harry Roosevelt
The Android Affair	1995	TV Movie	Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder	1995	TV Movie	Uncle Phil
The Great Battles of the Civil War	1994	TV Mini-Series documentary	W. H. Carney (voice)
The Client	1994		Harry Roosevelt
Evening Shade	1990-1994	TV Series	Ponder Blue
Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice	1994	TV Movie	Uncle Phil
The Stand	1994	TV Mini-Series	Judge Richard Farris
Grumpy Old Men	1993		Chuck
Cop & ½	1993		Detective in Squad Room (uncredited)
Queen	1993	TV Mini-Series	Parson Dick
The Ernest Green Story	1993	TV Movie	Grandfather
Lincoln	1992	TV Movie	Frederick Douglas (voice)
Malcolm X	1992		Eulogy Performer (voice)
Gladiator	1992		Noah
Jungle Fever	1991		The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
We'll Take Manhattan	1990	TV Movie	Man in Subway
B.L. Stryker	1989-1990	TV Series	Oz Jackson
Joe Versus the Volcano	1990		Marshall
The Red Shoes	1990	TV Short	Narrator / Alphonse (voice)
Do the Right Thing	1989		Da Mayor
School Daze	1988		Coach Odom
Avenging Angel	1985		Captain Harry Moradian
The House of God	1984		Dr. Sanders
Harry & Son	1984		Raymond
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	1981	TV Movie	Chuffy Russell
Ossie and Ruby!	1980	TV Series	Co-host (1980-81)
All God's Children	1980	TV Movie	Blaine Whitfield
Freedom Road	1979	TV Movie	Narrator
Hot Stuff	1979		Captain John Geiberger
Roots: The Next Generations	1979	TV Mini-Series	Dad Jones
King	1978	TV Mini-Series	Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
NBC Special Treat	1977	TV Series	Mr. Elgin
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid	1977	TV Movie	Dr. Fredericks
The Tenth Level	1976	TV Movie	Reed
Cool Red	1976		Ernest Motapo
Let's Do It Again	1975		Elder Johnson
Hawaii Five-O	1974	TV Series	Ramon Borelle
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People	1974	TV Series
Love, American Style	1973	TV Series segment "Love and High Spirits" - Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter 1973 ... segment "Love and High Spirits"
The Sheriff	1971	TV Movie	James Lucas
Night Gallery	1969	TV Series	Osmund Portifoy
Slaves	1969		Luke
Sam Whiskey	1969		Jed Hooker
Bonanza	1969	TV Series	Sam Davis
The Name of the Game	1969	TV Series	Kubani
Teacher, Teacher	1969	TV Movie	Charles Carter
The Scalphunters	1968		Joseph Lee
N.Y.P.D.	1968	TV Series	Dempsey
The Outsider	1967	TV Movie	Lt. Wagner
Run for Your Life	1966-1967	TV Series	Sgt. Dave Corbett / Dave Corbett / Frankie Morton
12 O'Clock High	1966	TV Series	Major Glenn Luke
The Fugitive	1966	TV Series	Lt. Johnny Gaines
A Man Called Adam	1966		Nelson Davis
Slattery's People	1965	TV Series	Jack Phillips
The Hill	1965		Jacko King
The Defenders	1961-1965	TV Series	District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Assistant District Attorney / ...
The Doctors and the Nurses	1964	TV Series	Dr. Farmer
Shock Treatment	1964		Capshaw
The Cardinal	1963		Father Gillis
The Great Adventure	1963	TV Series	John Ross
Gone Are the Days!	1963		Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Car 54, Where Are You?	1962-1963	TV Series	Officer Omar Anderson
Seven Times Monday	1962	TV Movie	Will
Play of the Week	1960-1961	TV Series	Will
John Brown's Raid	1960	TV Movie	Dangerfield Newby
CBS Repertoire Workshop	1960	TV Series	Father
Playhouse 90	1960	TV Series
Kraft Theatre	1955	TV Series	The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones	1955	TV Movie	Brutus Jones
The Joe Louis Story	1953		Bob (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours	1951		Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Way Out	1950		John Brooks (uncredited)
The L Word	2004-2005	TV Series	Melvin Porter
Proud	2004		Lorenzo DuFau
She Hate Me	2004		Judge Buchanan
JAG	2003	TV Series	Terrence Minnerly
Baadasssss!	2003		Granddad
Deacons for Defense	2003	TV Movie	Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
Touched by an Angel	1996-2002	TV Series	Erasmus Jones Gabriel Gabe
Presidio Med	2002	TV Series	Otis Clayton
Bubba Ho-Tep	2002		Jack
Philly	2002	TV Series	Gilbert Willoughby
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghost of Christmas Eve	2001	Video
Feast of All Saints	2001	TV Movie	Jean-Jacques
Legend of the Candy Cane	2001	TV Movie	Julius (voice)
Here's to Life!	2000		Duncan Cox
Dinosaur	2000		Yar (voice)
Finding Buck McHenry	2000	TV Movie	Buck McHenry
Third Watch	1999-2000	TV Series	Mr. Parker

Writer

Title	Year	Status
American Playhouse	1983	TV Series 1 episode
Purlie	1981	TV Movie play "Purlie Victorious"
Cool Red	1976
Cotton Comes to Harlem	1970	screenplay
History of the Negro People	1965	TV Mini-Series documentary adaptation - 1 episode
East Side/West Side		TV Series story - 1 episode, 1963 written by - 1 episode, 1963
Gone Are the Days!	1963	play "Purlie Victorious" / screenplay

Director

Title	Year	Status
Crown Dick	1987	TV Movie
Cool Red	1976
Gordon's War	1973
Black Girl	1972
Cotton Comes to Harlem	1970
Kongi's Harvest	1970

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Cotton Comes to Harlem	1970	lyrics: "Ain't Now, But it's Gona Be"
Car 54, Where Are You?	1962	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
We Shall Not Be Moved	2001	TV Movie documentary narrator
Malcolm X	1992	writer: eulogy

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hands Upon the Heart	1991	producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
Independent Lens	2013	TV Series documentary in memory of - 1 episode
Three Days to Vegas	2007	in memory of: 1917-2005
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted	2004	Documentary special thanks
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist	1998	Documentary thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	2010	TV Movie documentary voice
A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho	2005	Documentary
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
The Peace! DVD	2005	Video documentary	Himself
Character Studies	2005	TV Series	Himself
Tavis Smiley	2005	TV Series	Himself
The History Makers	2005	Video documentary	Himself
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Romare Bearden at the High	2005	TV Movie	Himself - Host
Making of 'King'	2005	Video documentary short
The Civil Rights Movement	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
The Struggle	2005	Video	Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	2004	TV Special	Himself - Honoree
Emmy's Greatest Moments	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep'	2004	Video documentary	Himself
A Wealth of Wisdom	2004	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
Book TV	2004	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
Independent Lens	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself / Narrator
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks	2003	Documentary	Himself
Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
2003 Trumpet Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	2003	Documentary	Himself
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	2003	Documentary	Reader
XXI Century	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself - Actor
That's Black Entertainment: Westerns	2002	TV Movie documentary	Interviewee
An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee	2002	TV Movie	Himself - Interviewee
Hughes' Dream Harlem	2002	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?	2002	Short documentary	Narrator (voice)
Broadway Legends	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
School's Out: Self-taught Artists	2002	Documentary short	Bill Traylor
The Tuskegee Airmen	2002	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Last Poets	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Voice of the Voiceless	2001	Documentary	Himself
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years	2001	TV Mini-Series documentary	Narrator
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself
Intimate Portrait	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore	2001	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
The Gospel According to Mr. Allen	2000	Documentary	Narrator
The Directors	1999-2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Unfinished Journey	1999	Documentary short	Narration (voice)
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore	1999	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
The Century: America's Time	1999	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
30th NAACP Image Awards	1999	TV Special	Himself
American Masters	1996-1999	TV Series documentary	Himself / Narrator
Charlie Rose	1998-1999	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Great Books	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist	1998	Documentary	Himself
NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Roseanne Show	1998	TV Series	Himself
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1997	TV Special	Himself
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself
4 Little Girls	1997	Documentary	Himself - Actor and Playwright
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers	1997	Video documentary	Narrator
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	1997	TV Series	Himself
Thomas Jefferson	1997	TV Mini-Series documentary	Narrator
VH1 Legends	1996	TV Series documentary	Narrator
Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine	1996	TV Special	Himself
The West	1996	TV Series documentary	John R. Gills
Mississippi, America	1996	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Dramatic Moments in Black Sports History	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Reading Rainbow	1994	TV Series	Himself
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World	1994	TV Movie documentary	Narrator (voice)
Baseball	1994	TV Mini-Series documentary	Various / Himself
The 48th Annual Tony Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Lifetime Achievement Award
The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery	1994	Documentary	Himself - Narrator
American Experience	1994	TV Series documentary	Himself - Harlem Resident
26th NAACP Image Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show	1993	TV Series	Himself
The Great Depression	1993	TV Series documentary	Himself
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	1991	Documentary	Himself
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1991	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love	1991	Video documentary
22nd NAACP Image Awards	1990	TV Special	Himself
Making 'Do the Right Thing'	1989	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Oprah Winfrey Show	1989	TV Series	Himself
Today	1989	TV Series	Himself
Ebony/Jet Showcase	1988	TV Series	Himself
Working in the Theatre	1986	TV Series documentary	Himself
A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers	1984	TV Series documentary	Himself
A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.	1984	TV Special documentary	Narrator (voice)
Death of a Prophet	1981	TV Movie	Himself
Tony Brown's Journal	1978	TV Series	Himself
Black Journal	1977	TV Series	Himself
Black Shadows on the Silver Screen	1975	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
What's My Line?	1973	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
Wattstax	1973	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Malcolm X	1972	Documentary	Eulogy (voice)
Actor's Choice	1970	TV Series	Himself - performer
Zur Nacht	1970	TV Series documentary
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1963-1970	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
He Said, She Said	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Fall	1969	Documentary	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
Look Up and Live	1968	TV Series	Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
History of the Negro People	1965-1966	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself - Host
The Price Is Right	1965	TV Series	Himself
Freedom Spectacular	1964	TV Movie	Himself
To Tell the Truth	1963	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
Accent on an American Summer	1962	TV Series documentary	The Priest
The Shari Lewis Show	1962	TV Series	Himself
The 16th Annual Tony Awards	1962	TV Special	Himself - Presenter

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
P.O.V.	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs	2013	Documentary	Himself
Democracy Now!	2010	TV Series	Himself
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	2007	TV Series documentary	Jack
Segregating the Greatest Generation	2006	Documentary	Himself
The Black Movie Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Biography	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - In Memoriam
American Masters	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 77th Annual Academy Awards	2005	TV Special	Memorial Tribute
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Memorial Tribute
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	2004	Video documentary
The Real Malcolm X	1992	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Delivers Eulogy (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs	1986	Video short	Narrator (segment "Anansi Tale") (as Ozzie Davis)
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill.	1965	Documentary short	Jacko King

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2007	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Album		· Ruby Dee
2004	Kennedy Center Honors	The Kennedy Center Honors			· Ruby Dee
2001	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
2001	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	City of Angels (2000)
2001	Life Achievement Award	Screen Actors Guild Awards
1999	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Promised Land (1996)
1998	Lifetime Achievement Award	St. Louis International Film Festival			· Ruby Dee
1997	Black Film Award	Acapulco Black Film Festival	Best Actor	Get on the Bus (1996)
1991	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Do the Right Thing (1989)
1989	Hall of Fame	Image Awards			· Ruby Dee · Sammy Davis Jr.
1984	WGA Award (TV)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Adapted Drama Anthology	For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)	· Ken Rotcop
1970	Bronze Wrangler	Western Heritage Awards	Fictional Television Drama	Bonanza (1959)	· David Dortort (director) · Michael Landon (director/actor) · Richard Collins (producer) · Lorne Greene (actor) · Dan Blocker (actor) · Roy Jenson (actor) · Harrison Page (actor) · Barbara Parrio (actor) · George Spell (actor) · Jerry Summers (actor)

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2005	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The L Word (2004)
2004	Black Reel	Black Reel Awards	Television: Best Supporting Actor	Deacons for Defense (2003)
2004	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
2004	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special	Deacons for Defense (2003)
2004	Vision Award	NAMIC Vision Awards	Best Dramatic Performance	Deacons for Defense (2003)
2001	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Album		· Gerry Bamman · Robert Bella · Claire Bloom · Lindsay Crouse · Ruby Dee · Brian Dennehy · Denise Dumont · Jill Gascoine · Amy Irving · Anne Jackson · Jordan Lage · Brian Stokes Mitchell · Alfred Molina · Al Pacino · Natasha Richardson · Patrick Stewart · Allyson Tucker · Kathleen Turner (also producer) · Eli Wallach · Fritz Weaver
2001	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special	Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
1998	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television	Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
1997	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
1997	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Get on the Bus (1996)
1996	Image Award	Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Client (1995)
1978	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	King (1978)
1969	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Supporting Actor	The Scalphunters (1968)
1969	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Teacher, Teacher (1969)

3rd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2004	Chainsaw Award	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

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#	Quote
1	I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
2	Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change--it can not only move us, it makes us move.
3	Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
4	College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.