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Michael Potts(I)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Michael Potts at an event for The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, and George C. Wolfe of Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' reflect on their late co-star Chadwick Boseman and how he filled up the world with his light and grace, and stood out by not trying to be anyone but himself.
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Michael Potts was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Michael is an actor and assistant director, known for Show Me a Hero (2015), True Detective (2014) and Damages: Im Netz der Macht (2007).
BornSeptember 21
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BornSeptember 21
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      • 2 nominations

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    Michael Potts in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, and Glynn Turman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Chadwick Boseman, and Dusan Brown in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Michael Potts and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Chadwick Boseman, and Dusan Brown in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Chris Rock, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Roy Wilkins, and Aml Ameen in Rustin (2023)
    Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Viola Davis, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
    Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

    Known for

    Oscar Isaac in Show Me a Hero (2015)
    Show Me a Hero
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Walter Henderson
    Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in True Detective (2014)
    True Detective
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Detective Maynard Gilbough
    Glenn Close and Rose Byrne in Damages: Im Netz der Macht (2007)
    Damages: Im Netz der Macht
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Horatio Emanuel
    Idris Elba, Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, and Dominic West in The Wire (2002)
    The Wire
    9.3
    TV Series
    • Brother Mouzone

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    Actor

    • Blue Hour
      • Father
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • The Piano Lesson
      • Wining Boy
      • Post-production
    • Out of Order!
      • Jerry
      • Post-production
    • Colman Domingo in Rustin (2023)
      Rustin
      6.5
      • Cleve Robinson
      • 2023
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Lord Stanley
      • 2023
    • Jimmy Smits, Richard Kind, Kevin Rankin, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Amanda Warren in East New York (2022)
      East New York
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Goody Gaines
      • 2022–2023
    • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, Katherine Renee Kane, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
      FBI
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Agent Bruce Ellis
      • 2023
    • Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)
      The Good Fight
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Bill Goate
      • 2022
    • Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Viola Davis in The First Lady (2022)
      The First Lady
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Fraser Robinson
      • 2022
    • Rounding (2022)
      Rounding
      6.6
      • Dr. Emil Harrison
      • 2022
    • Kevin Breznahan, David Patrick Kelly, Michael Potts, Michael Belcher, Dom Flemons, Lukas Huffman, Ambika Subra, Ryder McNair, Luke Slattery, and Anthony Santos in Night Music (2022)
      Night Music
      6.8
      • Father Dobie
      • 2022
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Judge Nolan
      • 2022
    • Measure of Revenge (2022)
      Measure of Revenge
      3.8
      • Detective Eaton
      • 2022
    • 27 Candles (2021)
      27 Candles
      Short
      • Papa
      • 2021
    • Michael Sheen and Tom Payne in Prodigal Son: Der Mörder in Dir (2019)
      Prodigal Son: Der Mörder in Dir
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Dr. Brandon Marsh
      • 2021
    • Eric Roberts, Michael Potts, James Russo, Jordan Tisdale, Gore Abrams, and Chloe Hurst in Welcome Home (2020)
      Welcome Home
      7.5
      • Dr. Philips
      • 2020
    • Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
      Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
      6.9
      • Slow Drag
      • 2020
    • Sheldon D. Brown and Matthew Fifer in Cicada (2020)
      Cicada
      6.6
      • Francis
      • 2020

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • For Real (2015)
      For Real
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 2015

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    Viola Davis Reflects on Chadwick Boseman's Unapologetic Authenticity
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    Viola Davis Reflects on Chadwick Boseman's Unapologetic Authenticity

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    • Born
      • September 21
      • Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Other works
      Co-starred as Rudy in Off-Bdwy musical, 'Once Around the City,' by Robert & Willie Reale, NYC, July 2001.
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      • 1 Article

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      Originated the role of "Mafala Hatimbi" in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, singing the musical's famous anthem "Hasa Diga Eebowai".

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