Biography
Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American stage, film, and television actor and director. He is perhaps best known for starring in the television series Roc (1991–1994) and House MD (as the father of Eric Foreman). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles S. Dutton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Carter High
2015
as Coach James
The true story of four student athletes from Carter High School in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s, whose bright futures irrevocably changed due to their o...

The Perfect Guy
2015
as Roger Vaughn
With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyf...

What Lola Wants
2015
as Cop
Seventeen year old LOLA FRANKLIN runs away from home but allows the world to believe she has been kidnapped. Intent on making her way across country, ...

Bessie
2015
as William 'Pa' Rainey
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
as Self
Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronic...

A Novel Romance
2015
as Harris
Romance novelist Liam Bradley (Dylan Bruce) has already found massive success with three books written under the pen name Gabriel August, but he's mys...

Comeback Dad
2014
as Othell
A man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
2014
as Cookie (voice)
The mystery begins when Shaggy and Scooby win tickets to "WrestleMania" and convince the crew to go with them to WWE City. But this city harbors a spo...

Android Cop
2014
as Mayor Jacobs
In the year 2045, a Los Angeles Police Department detective and his new android partner enter the Zone, a forbidden section of the city plagued with a...
A Very Larry Christmas
2013
as Alberic
Larry is a good natured guy with a spotty work history. Santa picks Larry to fill in when he breaks his leg. Larry`s old boss and Santa`s PR assistant...

The Monkey's Paw
2013
as Detective Margolis
After Jake Tilton is given a mystical "monkey's paw" talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, he finds his world turned upside down after his ...

LUV
2013
as Cofield
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.

Least Among Saints
2012
as George
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely fr...

The Obama Effect
2012
as John Thomas
A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession wi...

The Obama Effect
2012
Writer, Director
A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession wi...

Bad Ass
2012
as Panther
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until...
40 Minutes of Hell
2012
as Narrator
An inside look at Arkansas basketball and the unique playing style taught by coach Nolan Richardson.

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
as Self
Members of the cast and crew discuss making the film 'Mimic'.

Legion
2010
as Percy Walker
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of stra...

Fame
2009
as Mr. James Dowd
At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone their skills as singers, actors, dancers, and mor...

The Express
2008
as Willie 'Pops' Davis
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

American Violet
2008
as Reverend Sanders
A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the...

Racing for Time
2008
as Lt. Stack
Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions...

Racing for Time
2008
Director
Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions...
The Third Nail
2008
as Sydney Washington
A young man is sentenced to life in prison for killing two children, a crime he didn't commit. DNA evidence sets him free, but there is no hiding from...

Honeydripper
2007
as Maceo
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric gui...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

Mayday
2005
as Admiral Randolf Hennings
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying bo...

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as The Mayor
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...

Something the Lord Made
2004
as William Thomas
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Secret Window
2004
as Ken Karsch
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be ...

Against the Ropes
2004
as Felix Reynolds
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominat...

Against the Ropes
2004
Director
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominat...

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self
The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew...

Gothika
2003
as Douglas Grey
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that ...

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003
as Chief Charles Moose
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A m...

Conviction
2002
as McGill
The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate teacher helps turn his life around through educatio...

10,000 Black Men Named George
2002
as Milton Webster
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied ...

D-Tox
2002
as Detective Hendricks
A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. ...

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000
as Dizzy Gillespie
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Ma...

Deadlocked
2000
as Jacob Doyle
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bai...

Random Hearts
1999
as Alcee
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possession...

Cookie's Fortune
1999
as Willis Richland
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

The 60s
1999
as Reverend Willie Taylor
The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High Schoo...

Blind Faith
1998
as Charles Williams
In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie ...

Black Dog
1998
as Ford
An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to su...

First Time Felon
1997
as Inmate (uncredited)
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years ...

First Time Felon
1997
Director
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years ...

Mimic
1997
as Leonard
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutan...

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
as Lieutenant Charles Silvera
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian i...

Get on the Bus
1996
as George
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of character...

Night Visitors
1996
as Dr. Eldon James
Agents for the government are after a graduate student and her brother when a secret mysterious box is stolen.

A Time to Kill
1996
as Ozzie Walls
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
1996
as Charles Silvera
Jack Reed is sent to investigate a strange drive-by shooting which doesn't resemble a gang M.O..

Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as John Kumalo
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

Nick of Time
1995
as Hucy
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

Se7en
1995
as Cop (uncredited)
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...

Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
as Lt. Charles Silvera
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.

Zooman
1995
as Emmett
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though doze...

The Piano Lesson
1995
as Boy Willie
1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a g...

A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
as Rothmiller
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he...

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
as Charles Silvera
Chicago police detective Jack Reed investigates the brutal murder of a stripper while he deals with corruption and bureaucracy within his own departme...

Foreign Student
1994
as Howlin' Wolf
A French football playing exchange student falls in love.

Surviving the Game
1994
as Walter Cole
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who h...

Rudy
1993
as Fortune
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of p...

Menace II Society
1993
as Mr. Butler
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Elijah Hawkins
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected ...

Alien³
1992
as Dillon
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfo...

Mississippi Masala
1991
as Tyrone Williams
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land o...

Q & A
1990
as Sam Chapman
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who...

An Unremarkable Life
1989
as Lou
The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic feelings for a local mechanic.

Jacknife
1989
as Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who rem...

Runaway
1989
as Ralph Colby
After witnessing the accidental death of a friend who was attempting to rescue him from bullies, an African-American boy blames himself and, stricken ...

Crocodile Dundee II
1988
as Leroy Brown
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Astonished
1988
as White
A European woman living in Greenwich Village sees her life starting to come apart. She's broke, seems to be hallucinating and seeing people she dreams...

No Mercy
1986
as Sergeant Sandy
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Apology
1986
as Asst. District Attorney
For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony ...

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
1985
as Lieutenant Pearson
Crockett and Tubbs head to New York to track down a Colombian drug family that is killing Federal agents, but find that they have enemies on both side...

Cat's Eye
1985
as Dom
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by a...