Charles S. Dutton
- Highest Rated: Bessie (2015)
- Lowest Rated: A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
- Birthday: Jan 30, 1951
- Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Born January 30, 195, Charles Dutton attended the Yale School of Drama, and in 1983 he first appeared off-Broadway in Richard III. Before long he was delivering Tony-calibre performances in such Broadway productions as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson. In films since 1986's No Mercy, the forceful, thunder-voiced Dutton has been seen in movies ranging from the mirth-provoking Crocodile Dundee 2 to the spine-chilling Alien 3. In 1991, Charles Dutton began a long TV run as the star of the Fox Network sitcom Roc.Dutton became an actor while serving a seven and a half-year prison sentence for stabbing a man during a street fight. While in prison, Dutton was stabbed in the neck with an ice pick during a fight with another inmate. The incident proved to be the turning point in Dutton's life when he refused to retaliate. Shortly thereafter, he became interested in drama and while serving his sentence completed a two-year college degree course. Upon his release from prison, Dutton was admitted into the Yale School of Drama. There he studied under playwright August Wilson and director Lloyd Richards.In 2000, Dutton directed The Corner, an acclaimed miniseries from HBO adapted from David Simon and Ed Burns' novel "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood". The Corner won several awards, including an Emmy for Best Miniseries, and Dutton himself was honored for his direction. This would not be the last Emmy he received; the actor won Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2003 for supporting roles in televisiond dramas The Practice and Without a Trace. In 2003, Dutton starred in the made-for-TV drama D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, and continued to make appearances on popular television shows including The L Word, The Sopranos, and House, M.D. Dutton joined the cast of Threshold in 2005. While the CBS science fiction series gained a loyal following, the show was short-lived. The actor went on to appear in filmmaker John Sayles' 2007 drama Honeydripper, which follows the owner of a blues club that was revitalized by a young electric guitarist.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Bessie
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Get on the Bus
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Q & A
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Cookie's Fortune
86%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter High | Coach James | $0.2M | 2015 | |
| 18% | The Perfect Guy | Roger | $45.1M | 2015 |
| 89% | Bessie | William "Pa" Rainey | — | 2015 |
| What Lola Wants | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| Android Cop | Actor | — | 2014 | |
| Very Larry Christmas | Actor | — | 2014 | |
| Comeback Dad | Othell | — | 2014 | |
| Scooby-doo! Wrestlemania Mystery | Actor | — | 2014 | |
| The Monkey's Paw | Detective Margolis | — | 2013 | |
| 37% | Peeples | Executive Producer | $9.2M | 2013 |
| 34% | LUV | Cofield | $0.2M | 2013 |
| 36% | Least Among Saints | George | $28.5K | 2012 |
| The Obama Effect | Director John Thomas Screenwriter | $0.2M | 2012 | |
| 20% | Bad Ass | Panther | — | 2012 |
| 40 Minutes Of Hell | Actor | — | 2012 | |
| 19% | Legion | Percy Walker | $40.2M | 2010 |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| 24% | Fame | Alvin Dowd | $22.5M | 2009 |
| 75% | American Violet | Reverend Sanders | $0.5M | 2009 |
| 61% | The Express | Willie 'Pops' Davis | $9.6M | 2008 |
| The Third Nail | Actor | — | 2008 | |
| Racing for Time | Director Actor | — | 2008 | |
| Racing for Time | Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse Director | — | 2008 | |
| 68% | Honeydripper | Maceo | — | 2007 |
| Cuttin' Da Mustard | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| Alien3 (Special Edition) | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| Mayday | Adm. Randolph Hennings | — | 2005 | |
| 29% | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | Mayor Bradley | — | 2005 |
| Something the Lord Made | William Thomas | — | 2004 | |
| 46% | Secret Window | Ken Karsch | $47.8M | 2004 |
| 12% | Against the Ropes | Director Felix Reynolds | $5.7M | 2004 |
| 14% | Gothika | Dr. Douglas Grey | $59.6M | 2003 |
| D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Police Chief Charles Moose | — | 2003 | |
| 30% | The Country Bears | Actor | $16.9M | 2002 |
| 10,000 Black Men Named George | Milton Webster | — | 2002 | |
| 15% | D-Tox (Eye See You) | Hendricks | — | 2002 |
| Conviction | McGill | — | 2002 | |
| For Love or Country | Dizzy Gillespie | — | 2000 | |
| Deadlocked | Jacob Doyle | — | 2000 | |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Actor | — | 1999 | |
| 15% | Random Hearts | Alcee | — | 1999 |
| 86% | Cookie's Fortune | Willis Richland | — | 1999 |
| The '60s | Actor | — | 1999 | |
| 10% | Black Dog | Agent Ford | — | 1998 |
| Blind Faith | Charles Williams Sr. | — | 1998 | |
| First Time Felon | Director | — | 1997 | |
| 61% | Mimic | Leonard | — | 1997 |
| True Women | Josiah | — | 1997 | |
| Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Lt. Charles Silvera | — | 1996 | |
| 88% | Get on the Bus | George | — | 1996 |
| 66% | A Time to Kill | Sheriff Ozzie Walls | — | 1996 |
| Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Actor | — | 1996 | |
| 85% | Cry, the Beloved Country | John Kumalo | — | 1995 |
| 33% | Nick of Time | Huey | — | 1995 |
| Zooman | Emmett | — | 1995 | |
| The Piano Lesson | Boy Willie | — | 1995 | |
| Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Charles Silvera | — | 1994 | |
| 0% | A Low Down Dirty Shame | Rothmiller | — | 1994 |
| Foreign Student | Howlin' Wolf | — | 1994 | |
| 25% | Surviving the Game | Cole | — | 1994 |
| Frederick Douglass | Actor | — | 1994 | |
| 78% | Rudy | Fortune | — | 1993 |
| 84% | Menace II Society | Mr. Butler | — | 1993 |
| 13% | The Distinguished Gentleman | Elijah Hawkins | — | 1992 |
| 42% | Alien3 | Dillon | — | 1992 |
| 81% | Mississippi Masala | Tyrone | — | 1991 |
| 87% | Q & A | Detective Sam Chapman | — | 1990 |
| An Unremarkable Life | Actor | — | 1989 | |
| 64% | Jacknife | Jake | — | 1989 |
| Runaway | Actor | — | 1989 | |
| 11% | Crocodile Dundee II | LeRoy Brown | — | 1988 |
| The Murder of Mary Phagan | Jim Conley | — | 1988 | |
| 21% | No Mercy | Sgt. Sandy | — | 1986 |
| Apology (Apology for Murder) | Asst. District Attorney | — | 1986 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36% |
Secrets and Lies
2015-2016
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Kevin Haynes |
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| 78% |
American Horror Story
2013
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Det. Granger |
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| 88% |
Longmire
2012-2017
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| 42% |
Zero Hour
2013
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Father Mickle |
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| 96% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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Damon Yarrow |
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Criminal Minds
2005
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Tony |
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| 59% |
Law & Order: LA
2010-2011
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CSI: NY
2004-2013
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Talmadge Neville |
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| 91% |
House
2004-2012
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Rodney Foreman |
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| 76% |
Sleeper Cell
2005-2006
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Director |
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| 54% |
The L Word
2004-2009
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Benjamin Bradshaw |
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| 44% |
Threshold
2005
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J.T. Baylock |
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Without a Trace
2002-2009
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Chet |
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Ed
2000-2004
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Rev. Carver |
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The Practice
1997-2004
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Leonard Marshall |
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| 100% |
The Corner
2000
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Director |
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| 89% |
Oz
1997-2003
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Alvah Case |
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| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-1999
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Elijah Sanborn |
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Roc
1991-1994
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Roc Emerson |
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QUOTES FROM Charles S. Dutton CHARACTERS
- Agent Ford
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Oh spare us the physco babble will you!
- Agent McClaren
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If you screw this up shithead I am not going down with you!
- Leonard
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Why are you asking me if I've seen some shit like this before? Do I look like I've seen some shit like this before? Hell no I ain't never seen no shit like this before! Who the fuck would wanna climb up these wall and hang one of these? Must have been a big elephant ass motherfucker. I don't know what the fuck.
- Cole
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You know, Mason. You know why we're gonna find you? Because I can smell your stink'n ass from here.
- Cole
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You know, Mason. You know why we're gonna find you? Because I can smell your stinking ass from here.
- Mason
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Yo fuck you, Cole. You punk sellout motherfucker!
- Mason
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Yo, fuck you, Cole. You punk, sellout, motherfucker!
- Peter Mann
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Leonard, have you ever seen anything like this before?
- Leonard
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Why you asking me if I've seen some shit like this before? Do I look like I've seen some shit like this before? Hell, no I a'int never seen no shit like this before. Who the fuck would wanna climb up one of these walls and hang one of these? Musta been a big elephant-ass motherfucker.
- Leonard
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You better tell me, what the hell is going on around here?
- Willis Richland
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Well, if anybody's hungry, I got some stuff at home for catfish enchiladas.
- Willis Richland
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Every family got someone whose got a screw loose.
- Wanda Carter
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Want a drink?
- Willis Richland
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No, never before Tom Brockaw.
- Dillon
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Why? Why are the innocent punished? Why the sacrifice? Why the pain? There aren't any promises. Nothing certain. Only that some get called, some get saved. She won't ever know the hardship and grief for those of us left behind. We commit these bodies to the void with a glad heart. For within each seed, there is a promise of a flower, and within each death, no matter how small, there's always a new life. A new beginning.
- Dillon
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You're all gonna die. Only question is how you check out. Do you want it on your feet...or on your fucking knees...begging? I ain't much for begging and nobody ever gave me nothin'. So I say, "Fuck that thing! Let's fight it!"
- Dillon
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You're all gonna die. Only question is how you check out. Do you want it on your feet...or on your fucking knees...begging? I ain't much for begging and nobody ever gave me nothin'. So I say, 'Fuck that thing! Let's fight it!'
- Panther
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Bad Ass. It's what there callin' him.
- Fortune
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You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now, it ain't gonna never happen. Now go on back.