CRAIG, Carl 1954–

PERSONAL

Born August 1, 1954, in Tallahassee, FL; son of Walter O. (a music professor) and Ruth (a secretary; maiden name, Roper) Craig; married Angela E. Fong (an airline worker). Education: University of Rochester, B.A., 1976; studied with Stella Adler in New York City. Religion: Roman Catholic.

Career: Actor, singer, and producer.

Member: Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award nomination (with Robert Townsend), best first feature, 1988, for Hollywood Shuffle; Enzian Award, Florida Film Festival, 1994, for creative achievement.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Jacques Le Monde, Bummer! (also known as The Sadist ), 1972.

Willie, Tom (also known as The Bad Bunch, Mothers, Fathers, and Lovers, and Nigger Lover ), 1973.

Titons gang leader, Warriors, Paramount, 1979.

Street punk, Fort Apache, the Bronx, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1981.

Junkie, Prince of the City, Warner Bros., 1981.

Mental patient, Endless Love, Universal, 1981.

Type, reporter, fool, Beaner Gang member, basketball player, and actor in audition, Hollywood Shuffle (also known as Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle ), Goldwyn, 1987.

Man in love, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Modulations, Strand Releasing, 1998.

Film Work:

Executive producer and production manager, Hollywood Shuffle (also known as Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle ), Goldwyn, 1987.

(With Peter McCarthy) Producer, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Coproducer, Mo' Money, Columbia, 1992.

Producer and executive movie consultant, House Party 3, New Line Cinema, 1994.

Producer, The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Producer, Book of Love, Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Coproducer, Playas Ball, Summertime Films LLC, 2003.

Television Work; Specials:

(With Keenan Ivory Wayans) Producer, "Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1987.

Producer, "Damon Wayans: The Last Stand?," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991.

Television Work; Pilots:

Associate producer, Hammer, Slammer, and Slade, ABC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hollow Image, 1979.

Appeared as paramedic cop, As the World Turns, CBS; as waiter, All My Children, ABC; and in "Lead Poisoning," Black Dimensions, PBS.

Stage Appearances:

My Fair Lady, Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, 1985–1986.

Also appeared as Shine, The Great Mac Daddy, Negro Ensemble Company, New York City; in The Brownsville Raid, Negro Ensemble Company; Bubba, Second Thoughts, Afro American Total Theatre, NY; Universal Man, Poets from the Inside, Public Theatre, New York City; Tony, Black Sheep, Billie Holiday Theatre, New York City; Pierre, Sister Racher and the Ton Ton Maconte, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City; Catesby, Richard III, U.R.S.T., Rochester, NY; in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, GEVA Theatre, Rochester, NY.