- Birthday: 1932-08-21
- Deathday: 2021-09-21
- Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Age: 89
- Average Role Age: 66.07
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback | 03/16/22 | Self | 89 | |
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | 07/10/21 | Self | 88 | |
Armed | 09/14/18 | Grandpa V. | 86 | |
Peeples | 05/09/13 | Grandpa Peeples | 80 | |
Salty Dog Blues | 01/01/12 | Self (Interviewee) | 79 | |
Redemption Road | 08/26/11 | Elmo | 79 | |
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | 04/01/11 | Self (voice) | 78 | |
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door | 01/01/11 | 78 | ||
American Swing | 10/17/09 | Self | 77 | |
Directors on Directing | 09/24/09 | Self | 77 | |
The Black List: Volume Two | 02/26/09 | Self | 76 | |
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | 08/22/08 | Melvin Van Peebles | 76 | |
Blackout | 10/01/07 | George | 75 | |
Hard Luck | 10/17/06 | 74 | ||
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition | 01/31/06 | 73 | ||
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) | 04/07/05 | 72 | ||
Unstoppable | 02/13/05 | Self | 72 | |
The Hebrew Hammer | 01/23/03 | Sweetback | 70 | |
The Real Deal: What It Is | 01/14/03 | Self | 70 | |
BaadAsssss Cinema | 08/14/02 | Self | 69 | |
René Vautier, le rebelle | 04/29/00 | Self | 67 | |
Love Kills | 10/04/99 | Able | 67 | |
Classified X | 10/16/98 | Self | 66 | |
Riot | 04/27/97 | Vernon | 64 | |
Calm at Sunset | 12/01/96 | Mr. Bucket | 64 | |
Gang in Blue | 09/08/96 | Andre Speier | 64 | |
Panther | 05/03/95 | Old Jail Bird | 62 | |
Fist of the North Star | 04/22/95 | Asher | 62 | |
Terminal Velocity | 09/23/94 | Noble | 62 | |
Adieu, Babylone! | 08/28/93 | Self | 61 | |
Last Action Hero | 06/18/93 | Melvin Van Peebles | 60 | |
Posse | 05/14/93 | Papa Joe | 60 | |
Boomerang | 06/30/92 | Editor | 59 | |
True Identity | 08/23/91 | Taxi Driver | 59 | |
Making 'Do the Right Thing' | 11/03/89 | Self | 57 | |
Identity Crisis | 01/01/89 | The Inspector | 56 | |
Taking Care of Terrific | 01/16/88 | Hawk | 55 | |
Jaws: The Revenge | 07/17/87 | Mr. Witherspoon | 54 | |
O.C. and Stiggs | 07/10/87 | Wino Bob | 54 | |
America | 10/01/86 | Man Interviewed | 54 | |
Wattstax | 02/04/73 | Self | 40 | |
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 03/31/71 | Sweetback | 38 | |
Watermelon Man | 05/27/70 | Sign Painter (uncredited) | 37 | |
Sunlight | 01/01/57 | 24 | ||
SMUT | None | Elmoore | 89 |