CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

1952-12-25 Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana] 71 Credits

Biography

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as CCH Pounder, is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She's known for her TV roles as medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the series NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021), District Attorney Tyne Patterson on Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014), Irene Frederic on Warehouse 13 (2009–2014), Captain Claudette Wyms on the FX series The Shield (2002–2008), and Dr. Angela Hicks on the medical drama series ER (1994–1997). She...

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Avatar 5

Avatar 5

2031

as Mo'at

Acting

The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar 4

Avatar 4

2029

as Mo'at

Acting

The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

as Mo'at

Acting

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash Peop...

The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun

2025

Acting

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.

Rustin

Rustin

2023

as Dr. Anna Hedgeman

6.6
Acting

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington...

Inside Pandora's Box

Inside Pandora's Box

2023

as Self

5.6
Acting

A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

as Mo'at

7.6
Acting

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

2022

as Self

Acting

Wielding a paintbrush, Betye Saar steadfastly forges her own path with the mantra "Make Better Art." Her unwavering determination disrupted art conven...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

as Senator Williams

6.7
Acting

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda a...

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014

as Amanda Waller (voice)

7.3
Acting

Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and ...

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013

as Dorothea

6.4
Acting

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who prote...

Home Again

Home Again

2012

as Dulsay Mooreland

4.1
Acting

Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different...

My Girlfriend's Back

My Girlfriend's Back

2010

as Constance

1.5
Acting

This intelligent romantic comedy chronicles the socio-economic ascent of Derek Scott. Derek has spent his entire life plotting a course for his succes...

Avatar

Avatar

2009

as Mo'at

7.6
Acting

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecti...

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

2009

as Amanda Waller (voice)

7.1
Acting

United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads ...

Orphan

Orphan

2009

as Sister Abigail

7.0
Acting

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

Rain

Rain

2008

as Ms. Adams

6.7
Acting

Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged mother in the big city of Nassau. Her dreams of a lovi...

Breaking the Maya Code

Breaking the Maya Code

2008

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great undeciphered writing systems. Based on the ...

The Tower

2008

as Evie

Acting

Revolves around a group of Chicago reporters who treat breaking news as cases to be investigated and solved.

The Shield: Wrap Day

The Shield: Wrap Day

2006

as Self

Acting

Documentary of the final day of production on the second season finale of FX's "The Shield", which took place on March 14, 2003.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

4.8
Acting

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors wer...

Things Behind the Sun

Things Behind the Sun

2001

as Judge

5.8
Acting

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secret...

Boycott

Boycott

2001

as Jo Ann Robinson

6.6
Acting

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts

2000

as Mrs. Swift

6.2
Acting

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.

Cora Unashamed

Cora Unashamed

2000

as Ma Jenkins

6.5
Acting

From the short story by Langston Hughes.

The Big Day

The Big Day

1999

as Pearl

3.5
Acting

While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding day, all while his bride, Sara, is anxiously await...

End of Days

End of Days

1999

as Detective Margie Francis

6.1
Acting

On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, Satan decides to crash the party by comi...

A Touch of Hope

A Touch of Hope

1999

as Lily Keyes

5.0
Acting

Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal with the skepticism of the medical profession.

Funny Valentines

Funny Valentines

1999

as Ethel B.

7.2
Acting

A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.

NetForce

NetForce

1999

as Sandra Knight

4.7
Acting

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a l...

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999

as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)

7.2
Acting

Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.

Little Girl Fly Away

Little Girl Fly Away

1998

as Dr. Geddes

6.0
Acting

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.

Race

Race

1998

as Lucinda Davis

8.0
Acting

An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.

Final Justice

Final Justice

1998

as Danielle Kline

5.0
Acting

Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acquit his client who is a killer. Gwen (Annette O'Too...

Black Hollywood

1997

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Face/Off

Face/Off

1997

as Hollis Miller

7.0
Acting

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ...

Things That Go Bump

1997

as Harriet Napolean

Acting

It's New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras celebrations. Three kids call upon the legend of Sleepy Head to seek vengeance on their parents. Officer "Bu...

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

as Jenny Ford

6.7
Acting

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

1996

as Oracle (voice)

6.2
Acting

Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrify...

All She Ever Wanted

All She Ever Wanted

1996

as Dr. Marilyn Tower

4.2
Acting

The Stockmans are the perfect couple...young, successful, and deeply in love...but they have one problem: They want children. Since Rachel suffers fro...

White Dwarf

White Dwarf

1995

as Nurse Shabana

5.9
Acting

In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axi...

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

1995

as Mrs. Harris

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 Ash

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...

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995

as Irene

6.9
Acting

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he ...

Lifepod

Lifepod

1993

as Mayvene

5.1
Acting

Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The pas...

Sliver

Sliver

1993

as Victoria Hendrix

5.5
Acting

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

1993

as Dr. Garvey

7.0
Acting

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

For Their Own Good

For Their Own Good

1993

as Naomi Brinker

6.0
Acting

A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.

RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3

1993

as Bertha

4.9
Acting

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortuna...

The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story

1993

as Daisy Bates

6.9
Acting

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

The Disappearance of Christina

The Disappearance of Christina

1993

as Detective Davis

4.3
Acting

Joe and Christina's marriage is in trouble when they take a sailing trip with their married best friends. On the trip, Christina vanishes and is presu...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1992

as Miss Prism

Acting

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Psycho IV: The Beginning

1990

as Fran Ambrose

5.7
Acting

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990

as Julie Marsden

6.6
Acting

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continu...

Common Ground

Common Ground

1990

as Rachel Twymon

10.0
Acting

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focus...

Murder in Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi

1990

as Fannie Lee Chaney

6.7
Acting

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registratio...

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

1989

as Prue

6.5
Acting

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Da...

Third Degree Burn

Third Degree Burn

1989

as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)

4.6
Acting

A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.

Question of Faith

Question of Faith

1988

as Roberta

Acting

A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat ...

Run Till You Fall

Run Till You Fall

1988

as Janice

Acting

A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case th...

Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

1987

as Brenda

7.2
Acting

A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspici...

As Summers Die

As Summers Die

1986

as Priscilla

6.2
Acting

Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threate...

Resting Place

Resting Place

1986

as Ada Johnson

6.1
Acting

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the...

Prizzi's Honor

Prizzi's Honor

1985

as Peaches Altamont

6.4
Acting

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sig...

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1985

as Deborah

6.4
Acting

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvatio...

Booker

1984

as Jane

Acting

Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booke...

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982

as Anne

6.0
Acting

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

Union City

Union City

1980

as Mrs. Lewis

5.2
Acting

A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

1979

as Nurse Blake

7.5
Acting

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly col...

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

1979

as Valeria

3.5
Acting

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp int...