Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton

1951-01-30 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 79 Credits

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.

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Carter High

Carter High

2015

as Coach James

6.6
Acting

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

The Perfect Guy

2015

as Roger Vaughn

5.7
Acting

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

What Lola Wants

2015

as Cop

5.0
Acting

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

Bessie

2015

as William 'Pa' Rainey

6.4
Acting

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

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

Acting

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

A Novel Romance

2015

as Harris

6.0
Acting

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

Comeback Dad

2014

as Othell

6.9
Acting

A man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery

2014

as Cookie (voice)

7.3
Acting

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

Android Cop

2014

as Mayor Jacobs

4.0
Acting

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

2.0
Acting

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

The Monkey's Paw

2013

as Detective Margolis

4.8
Acting

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

LUV

2013

as Cofield

5.8
Acting

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

Least Among Saints

Least Among Saints

2012

as George

5.1
Acting

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

The Obama Effect

2012

as John Thomas

2.5
Acting

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

The Obama Effect

2012

Writer, Director

2.5
Writing Directing

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

Bad Ass

2012

as Panther

5.8
Acting

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

7.0
Acting

An inside look at Arkansas basketball and the unique playing style taught by coach Nolan Richardson.

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

2011

as Self

Acting

Members of the cast and crew discuss making the film 'Mimic'.

Legion

Legion

2010

as Percy Walker

5.9
Acting

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

Fame

2009

as Mr. James Dowd

5.7
Acting

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

The Express

2008

as Willie 'Pops' Davis

7.1
Acting

Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

American Violet

American Violet

2008

as Reverend Sanders

6.7
Acting

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

Racing for Time

2008

as Lt. Stack

5.8
Acting

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

Racing for Time

2008

Director

5.8
Directing

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

4.5
Acting

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

Honeydripper

2007

as Maceo

5.8
Acting

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

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Acting

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

Mayday

2005

as Admiral Randolf Hennings

4.5
Acting

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

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

as The Mayor

2.6
Acting

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

Something the Lord Made

2004

as William Thomas

7.7
Acting

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Secret Window

Secret Window

2004

as Ken Karsch

6.6
Acting

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

Against the Ropes

2004

as Felix Reynolds

5.0
Acting

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

Against the Ropes

2004

Director

5.0
Directing

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'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003

as Self

7.8
Acting

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

Gothika

2003

as Douglas Grey

6.1
Acting

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

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

2003

as Chief Charles Moose

6.4
Acting

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

Conviction

2002

as McGill

3.8
Acting

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

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002

as Milton Webster

4.0
Acting

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

D-Tox

2002

as Detective Hendricks

5.6
Acting

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

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

2000

as Dizzy Gillespie

6.2
Acting

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

Deadlocked

2000

as Jacob Doyle

5.8
Acting

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

Random Hearts

1999

as Alcee

5.5
Acting

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

Cookie's Fortune

1999

as Willis Richland

6.4
Acting

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

The 60s

1999

as Reverend Willie Taylor

6.0
Acting

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

Blind Faith

1998

as Charles Williams

6.4
Acting

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

Black Dog

1998

as Ford

6.4
Acting

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

First Time Felon

1997

as Inmate (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

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

First Time Felon

1997

Director

6.7
Directing

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

Mimic

1997

as Leonard

6.1
Acting

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

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

1996

as Lieutenant Charles Silvera

5.0
Acting

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

Get on the Bus

1996

as George

6.4
Acting

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

Night Visitors

1996

as Dr. Eldon James

4.0
Acting

Agents for the government are after a graduate student and her brother when a secret mysterious box is stolen.

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

1996

as Ozzie Walls

7.4
Acting

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

Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us

1996

as Charles Silvera

5.0
Acting

Jack Reed is sent to investigate a strange drive-by shooting which doesn't resemble a gang M.O..

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

as John Kumalo

6.7
Acting

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

Nick of Time

Nick of Time

1995

as Hucy

6.2
Acting

An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

Se7en

Se7en

1995

as Cop (uncredited)

8.4
Acting

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

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

1995

as Lt. Charles Silvera

4.9
Acting

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

Zooman

1995

as Emmett

6.0
Acting

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

The Piano Lesson

1995

as Boy Willie

7.2
Acting

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

A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994

as Rothmiller

5.6
Acting

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

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994

as Charles Silvera

5.5
Acting

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

Foreign Student

1994

as Howlin' Wolf

3.8
Acting

A French football playing exchange student falls in love.

Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

1994

as Walter Cole

6.1
Acting

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

Rudy

1993

as Fortune

7.4
Acting

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

Menace II Society

1993

as Mr. Butler

7.5
Acting

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

as Elijah Hawkins

6.1
Acting

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

Alien³

1992

as Dillon

6.4
Acting

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

Mississippi Masala

1991

as Tyrone Williams

6.4
Acting

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

Q & A

1990

as Sam Chapman

5.8
Acting

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

An Unremarkable Life

1989

as Lou

Acting

The close bond between two elderly sisters is threatened when one of them begins to have romantic feelings for a local mechanic.

Jacknife

Jacknife

1989

as Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader

6.3
Acting

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

Runaway

1989

as Ralph Colby

Acting

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

Crocodile Dundee II

1988

as Leroy Brown

5.8
Acting

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Astonished

Astonished

1988

as White

3.0
Acting

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

No Mercy

1986

as Sergeant Sandy

5.8
Acting

An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Apology

Apology

1986

as Asst. District Attorney

4.7
Acting

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

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

1985

as Lieutenant Pearson

10.0
Acting

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

Cat's Eye

1985

as Dom

6.7
Acting

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...