About
Clifton Powell (born 16 March 1956 in Washington, D.C., USA) – American actor and comedian, who grew up in the Mayfair Mansions housing project in Northeast D.C. and graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts before studying at Emerson College in Boston. He is married with two children and two grandchildren. His most notable film roles include Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Rush Hour (1998) as Luke, Next Friday (2000) and Friday After Next (2002) as Pinky, Ray (2004) as Jeff Brown (NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor), Norbit (2007), Street Kings (2008), and All Eyez on Me (2017). He also provided the voice of Big Smoke in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). On television he is best known for Rex Fisher in Saints & Sinners (2016–2022, 48 episodes), Uncle Lou in The Family Business (2018–2022), Reverend Jeremiah Holt in Black...
Known for
The MentalistSeries • 2008
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
HouseSeries • 2004
Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010
MoeshaSeries • 1996
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
NYPD BlueSeries • 1993
High PotentialSeries • 2024
Cold CaseSeries • 2003
Numb3rsSeries • 2005
Third WatchSeries • 1999
The PracticeSeries • 1997
Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994
MatlockSeries • 1986
Army WivesSeries • 2007
Walker, Texas RangerSeries • 1993
RenegadeSeries • 1992
Black LightningSeries • 2018
The BoondocksSeries • 2005
MartinSeries • 1992
Pacific BlueSeries • 1996
Jake and the FatmanSeries • 1987
The Jamie Foxx ShowSeries • 1996