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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, Шаблон:Citation needed New York who worked primarily within black film.[1][2] He is best known for Mississippi Burning,[1] Penitentiary,[3] A Rage in Harlem,[1] and Who's the Man?.[4]

Career

Djola's breakout role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate, the villainous "Half Dead" Johnson, in the 1979 movie Penitentiary, which led to many more feature films, including a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow.[3][1] He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Doctor Dré in Who's the Man? (1993).[1][4] In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several television shows, including The X-Files, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue.[5][6][7] He also starred in theatre performances, with shows including Once in a Wife Time (1981),"[8] Edmond (1984),[9] 227,[10] Southern Rapture (1993),[11] and Dancing on Moonlight (1995),[12]

Personal life

Djola died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref
1979 The Main Event Heavyweight in Gym [13]
Penitentiary "Half Dead" Johnson [14]
1982 Night Shift Cleon [15]
1984 The Lonely Guy Native [16]
1985 The Lightship Nate [17]
1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow Lieutenant Gaston [18]
Mississippi Burning FBI Agent Monk [19]
1989 An Innocent Man IA Detective John Fitzgerald [20]
1991 A Rage in Harlem Slim [21]
The Last Boy Scout Alley Thug [22]
Christmas on Division Street Scorpio [23]
1992 The Waterdance Decton [24]
Eddie Presley The Drycleaner (uncredited) Шаблон:Citation needed
1993 Who's the Man? Lionel Douglas [4]
Marked for Murder [25]
1994 Knight Rider 2010 Zeke [25]
1996 Heaven's Prisoners Batist [26]
1997 Rosewood John Bradley [27]
The Brave Rider Шаблон:Citation needed
First Time Felon Disciple Leader [28]
1998 Gunshy Abel [29]
The Players Club The Doctor [30]
Butter Roscoe [25]
1999 Deterrence Harvey [31]
The Hurricane Mobutu [32]
2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel "Fast Eddie" Шаблон:Citation needed
The Price of Air Sugar [33]
2001 Night at the Golden Eagle Gabriel [34]
2005 Back in the Day Grant Brown Шаблон:Citation needed
Slipdream Sahdu Шаблон:Citation needed

Television

Year Title Role Episode/s Ref
1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. "The Threat" [35]
1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey Oomupwah "Legends Are Forever" [36]
1984 Maximum Security Prisoner Preacher "Pilot" Шаблон:Citation needed
1987 Spenser: For Hire Tyrone Blackwell "Among Friends" Шаблон:Citation needed
1990 B.L. Stryker "Grand Theft Hotel" [25]
Wiseguy Etoile de Joie "Black Gold" [37]
1991 The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage Francoise Benoir "The Not-So-Great Dictator" [38]
1993—1994 Roc William Long "Final Analysis" and "Citizen Roc: Part 2" Шаблон:Citation needed
1995 The X-Files Napoleon "Neech" Manley "The List" [5]
1997 Nash Bridges Jack Archer "Inside Out" [7]
NYPD Blue Clyde Bell "Bad Rap" [6]
The Last Don Phil Sharkey "Part III" [25]
Millennium Lacuna "Sense and Antisense" [39]
1998 Brooklyn South Clude Miller "Skel in a Cell" Шаблон:Citation needed
ER Mike Lembreaux "Shades of Gray" [40]
Chicago Hope Jean Baptiste Marche "Austin, We Have a Problem" Шаблон:Citation needed
Born Free Motumbo "Celebration of Life" Шаблон:Citation needed
2001 The Fugitive Dominick "Lagniappe" Шаблон:Citation needed
The Lone Gunmen Spike "Maximum Byers" [41]

References

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