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Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild Wink
(2012)
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave Uncle Abram
(2013)
Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing Marvin Gay Sr.
Easy Does It
Easy Does It Chief Parker
(2019)
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  Sexual Healing (announced)
Marvin Gay Sr.
 2022 Undying (post-production)
Dr. Poe
 2022 The Legend of Firelily (TV Mini Series)
Clerk
- Daddy's Girl (2022) ... Clerk
 2020/I Curtis
Curtis
 2019 Easy Does It
Chief Parker
 2018/II Boo!
Memphis
 2018 Warning Shot
Jawari
 2016 The Birth of a Nation
Isaac Turner
 2015 Wolf Who Cried Boy (Short)
Koney
 2014 The Sound and the Fury
Roskus
 2013 12 Years a Slave
Uncle Abram
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6' 2" (1.88 m)
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They contemplated bringing in professional actors from New York or California to do my role, but they wouldn't have brought the passion to the film as someone who went through this on a regular basis. I was in Hurricane Katrina in neck-high water. I have an inside understanding for what this movie is about. I brought a passion to the part that an outside actor who had never seen a storm or been ... See more »

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New York, NY, USA: Planning to open a branch of his Buttermilk Drop Bakery in Harlem, as part of a deal with restaurateur Richie Notar to have a open next to the famed Lenox Lounge. Is also planning to write a cookbook that may be titled 'Feasts of the Southern Wild'. See more »

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