DUTTON, Charles S. 1951–(Charles Dutton)

PERSONAL

Born January 30, 1951, in Baltimore, MD; father, a truck driver; married Debbi Morgan (an actress), 1989 (divorced, 1994). Education: Hagerstown Junior College, A.A., 1976; Towson State University, B.A., 1978; Yale University, M.A., drama, 1983.

Addresses: Agent— Charles King, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor, producer, and director. Roc Productions, founder, 1991; consultant to Cash Money Pictures. As a prison inmate, founder and director of theatre workshops in the 1970s; American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, guest artist, 1986–87; also performed standup comedy in New York City with partner Reg E. Cathy. Fly Guys (singing group), manager; also worked as amateur boxer under the nickname Roc.

Awards, Honors: Theatre World Award, 1984, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best actor in a featured dramatic role, 1985, Drama Desk Award, outstanding featured actor in a play, 1985, and Outer Critics' Circle Award nomination, all for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best leading actor, Drama Desk Award nomination, best actor, and Helen Hayes Award, outstanding lead actor in a non–resident production, Washington Theatre Awards Society, all 1990, for The Piano Lesson; Image Award, outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1994, for Roc; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or special, 1995, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, 1996, and Image Award nomination, outstanding actor in a television movie, miniseries, or drama series, 1996, all for "The Piano Lesson," Hallmark Hall of Fame; Image Award nominations, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, 1996, for Cry, the Beloved Country, and 1997, for A Time to Kill; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, and Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, both 1999, for Oz; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by an actor in a television movie or miniseries, and Grand Jury Award, outstanding actor in a feature film, Los Angeles Outfest, all 1999, for Blind Faith; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, and Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, both 2000, for Cookie's Fortune; Emmy Award, outstanding director of a miniseries, movie, or special, 2000, and Black Reel Award, best network or cable director, 2001, both for The Corner; Image Award nomination, outstanding actor in a television movie, miniseries, or dramatic special, 2001, for Deadlocked; Emmy Award, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, 2002, for "Killing Time," The Practice; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, 2002, for "Another Toothpick," The Sopranos; Emmy Award, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, and Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, both 2003, for Without a Trace; Image Award, outstanding actor in a television movie, miniseries, or dramatic special, and Black Reel Award, best network or cable supporting actor, both 2003, for 10,000 Black Men Named George.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Charles Dutton) Dom, "The Ledge," Cat's Eye (also known as Stephen King's Cat's Eye ), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1985.

(As Charles Dutton) Sergeant Savoy (some sources cite Sergeant Sandy), No Mercy, TriStar, 1986.

(As Charles Dutton) Leroy Brown, Crocodile Dundee II, Paramount, 1988.

(As Charles Dutton) White, Astonished, Leo Films, 1988.

(As Charles Dutton) Jake, Jacknife, Cineplex Odeon, 1989.

An Unremarkable Life, 1989.

(As Charles Dutton) Detective Sam Chapman, Q & A, TriStar, 1990.

Tyrone, Mississippi Masala, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991.

(As Charles Dutton) Pretty Hattie's Baby, 1991.

Elijah Hawkins, The Distinguished Gentleman, Buena Vista, 1992.

Dillon, Alien 3, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

The Colors of Love, 1992.

Mr. Butler, Menace II Society, New Line Cinema, 1993.

(As Charles Dutton) Fortune, Rudy, TriStar, 1993.

(As Charles Dutton) Rothmiller, A Low Down Dirty Shame (also known as Mister Cool ), Buena Vista, 1994.

(As Charles Dutton) Howlin' Wolf, Foreign Student (also known as L'etudiant etranger ), Gramercy, 1994.

(As Charles Dutton) Walter Cole, Surviving the Game, New Line Cinema, 1994.

John Kumalo, Cry, the Beloved Country, Miramax, 1995.

Huey, Nick of Time, Paramount, 1995.

(Uncredited) Cop, Se7en, 1995.

(As Charles Dutton) Sheriff Ozzie Walls, A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996.

George, Get on the Bus, Columbia TriStar, 1996.

(Uncredited) John Henry Reese, Last Dance, Buena Vista, 1996.

Leonard, Mimic, Dimension Films, 1997.

(As Charles Dutton) FBI agent Allen Ford, Black Dog, Universal, 1998.

Willis Richland, Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999.

Alcee, Random Hearts, Columbia, 1999.

Charlie "Chuck" Hendricks, D–tox (also known as Eye See You and Im Auge der Angst ), Universal, 2002.

Dr. Doug Grey, Gothika, Columbia TriStar/Warner Bros., 2003.

Felix Reynolds, Against the Ropes, Paramount, 2004.

Film Director:

Against the Ropes, Paramount, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Charles Dutton) Roc Emerson, Roc (also known as Roc Live ), Fox, 1991–1994.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Charles Dutton) Jim Conley, The Murder of Mary Phagan, 1988.

(As Charles Dutton) Arlo McDaniel, A Matter of Justice (also known as Final Justice ), 1993.

(As Charles Dutton) Josiah, True Women, 1997.

(As Charles Dutton) Reverend Willie Taylor, The '60s, NBC, 1999.

Mayor Bruce Lincoln, Aftershock (also known as Aftershock: Earthquake in New York ), CBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Charles Dutton) Assistant district attorney, Apology, HBO, 1986.

(As Charles Dutton) Equal Justice, 1990.

Charles Silvera, Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (also known as Deadly Justice ), NBC, 1994.

(As Charles Dutton) Boy Willie Charles, "The Piano Lesson," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1995.

(As Charles Dutton) Emmett, Zooman, 1995.

(As Charles Dutton) Charles Silvera, Jack Reed: One of Our Own, 1995.

(As Charles Dutton) Charles Silvera, Jack Reed: A Killer among Us (also known as Jack Reed: A Killer among Us ), NBC, 1996.

Charles Silvera, Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance, NBC, 1996.

Dr. Eldon James, Night Visitors, NBC, 1996.

(Uncredited) Inmate, First Time Felon, HBO, 1997.

Charles Williams, Blind Faith, Showtime, 1998 (later released theatrically).

Jacob Doyle, Deadlocked (also known as Deadlocked—Die fuenfte Gewalt ), TNT, 2000.

Dizzy Gillespie, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (also known as The Arturo Sandoval Story ), HBO, 2000.

Milton Webster, 10,000 Black Men Named George, Showtime, 2002.

McGill, Conviction, Showtime, 2002.

Chief Charles Moose, D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, USA Network, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As Charles Dutton) Colby, "Runaway," Wonderworks, PBS, 1989.

(As Charles Dutton) Cyrus Quarles, Traitor in My House, PBS, 1990.

The Meaning of Life, CBS, 1991.

Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration, ABC, 1992.

The Making of "Alien 3, " 1992.

Narrator, Overture: East Meets West in Music, PBS, 1993.

Narrator, Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America, HBO, 1993.

Voice of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History, PBS, 1994.

Narrator, Lock Up/Lock Down, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Voice, Homecoming: Sometimes I Am Haunted by Memories of Red Dirt and Clay, PBS, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Charles Dutton) Abmennet, "Bump and Run," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985.

(As Charles Dutton) Pearson, "Prodigal Son," Miami Vice, 1985.

(As Charles Dutton) McCain, "The Good Collar," Miami Vice, 1986.

(As Charles Dutton) Mr. Johnson, "The Marathon," Cagney & Lacey, 1986.

(As Charles Dutton) Charles Hodges, "Hear No Evil," A Man Called Hawk, 1989.

"Choice of Change," A Man Called Hawk, 1989.

Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1990, 1991.

Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1990, 1992, 1997.

(As Charles Dutton) Captain Jonas Cutter, "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure: Parts 1 & 2," Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nickelodeon, 1992.

Marcus Emerson, Roc (also known as Roc Live ), Fox, 1993.

Storytime, PBS, 1994.

Voice of 'Ol George, "Pinocchio," Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (animated), HBO, 1995.

(As Charles Dutton) Elijah Sanborn, "Prison Riot," Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1996.

"Lockdown," Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1996.

Professor Alvah Case, "The Tip," Oz, HBO, 1998.

Reverend Thomas Carver, "Valentine's Day," Ed, NBC, 2001.

Officer Leon Wilmore, "Another Toothpick," The Sopranos, HBO, 2001.

Leonard Marshall, "Killing Time," The Practice, ABC, 2001.

(As Charles Dutton) Chet Collins, "Between the Cracks," Without a Trace, CBS, 2002.

(As Charles Dutton) Chet Collins, "Hang On to Me," Without a Trace, CBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 24th Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1992.

The 19th Annual Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1992.

Presenter, The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1992.

The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1993.

The 35th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1993.

The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2002.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003.

Television Work; Series:

(As Charles Dutton) Producer and executive consultant, Roc (also known as Roc Live ), Fox, 1991.

Executive producer, Roc (also known as Roc Live ), Fox, 1993–1994.

Television Work; Miniseries:

(As Charles Dutton) Executive producer, Laurel Avenue, 1993.

Creator, director, and director of photography, The Corner, HBO, 2000.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, First Time Felon, HBO, 1997.

Stage Appearances:

Rip Van Winkle; or "The Works, " Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1981.

Beef, No Chicken, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1981.

Astopovo, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982–1983.

Levee, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Yale Repertory Theatre, then Cort Theatre, New York City, 1984–1985.

Title role, Othello, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1986, then American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1986–1987.

Herald Loomis, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1986, then American Conservatory Theatre, 1986–1987.

Pantomime, 1986.

Fried Chicken and Invisibility, 1987.

Boy Willie, The Piano Lesson, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1987–1988, later Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1990–1991, also at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, c. 1990.

Ira Aldridge, Splendid Mummer (solo show), American Place Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Levee, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Royale Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Also appeared in A Day of Absence.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 22, Gale, 1999.

Who's Who among African Americans, 16th edition, Gale, 2003.

Periodicals:

Jet, March 30, 1992, p. 58.

Premiere, July, 1988.