Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an African American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. He is also known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and The Jesse Owens Story, and for his co-starring role in the ABC Television series Strike Force. In 1994, he was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, for his recurring role as jazz/blues saxophonist Clarence "Cool Papa" Charleston on the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorian Harewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Bel-Air — Judge Robertson
• The Equalizer — General Franklin Knight
• Big Sky — Roman Cobb
• 9-1-1 — Rupert
• 2015The Right Girl — James Cline
• 2011Mayor Cupcake — Albert Peach
• Outlaw — Actor
• 2008Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem — Narrator
• 2008Grave Misconduct — Baxter Kyle
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Dr. Boyd Sherman
• The Spectacular Spider-Man — Doc Bromwell (voice)
• 2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure — Older Irwin (voice)
• Private Practice — Duncan Stinson
• The Land Before Time — Mr. Thicknose (voice)
• Handy Manny — Coach Johnson (voice)
• 2006Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall — Jim Monroe
• Kyle XY
• Legion of Super Heroes — Dr. Mar Londo (voice)
• 2006The Adventures of Brer Rabbit — Mister Man (voice)
• 2005Assault on Precinct 13 — Gil
• Criminal Minds — Fred Kirkman
• Grey's Anatomy — Charles Webber
• Little House on the Prairie — Dr. Tan
• 2004Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound — Jim Tate (voice)
• 2004Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! — Lead Agent (voice)
• Kevin Hill — Professor Lincoln Mathis
• The Batman — Martian Manhunter (voice)
• 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man — Lonnie / Tombstone (voice)
• 2003Gothika — Teddy Howard
• 2003Hollywood Wives: The New Generation — Claude St. Claire
• Las Vegas — CIA Contact
• 2003Levity — Mackie Whittaker
• Boomtown — Captain Ronald Hicks
• Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years — Narrator
• 2002Framed — George Adams
• 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin — Tombstone (voice)
• 2002The Christmas Shoes — Dalton Gregory
• 2001Glitter — Guy Richardson
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy — Burrito/News Reporter (voice)
• 2001The Triangle — Captain Louis Morgan
• 2001Walter and Henry — Pete Horton
• 2000Hendrix — Al Hendrix
• Static Shock — Warden (voice)
• 2000The Last Debate — Brad Lily
• Batman Beyond — Jim Tate (voice), Big Jim Tate / Armory (voice)
• The Hoop Life
• 1998Archibald the Rainbow Painter — Archibald Wright
• 1998Change of Heart — Dr. Lewis Franklin
• 1998Evasive Action — Luke Sinclair
• 1998Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste
• 199712 Angry Men — Juror 5
• Earth: Final Conflict — Herman Forrester
• Stargate SG-1 — Thoran
• The Legend of Calamity Jane — Additional Voices (voice)
• The New Batman Adventures — Judge (voice)
• The Practice — Jerry Cochran / Dr. Cochran
• 1997When The Cradle Falls — Lt. Harlan Dugger
• 7th Heaven — Morgan Hamilton
• Bruno the Kid
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm — Jax (voice)
• Quack Pack — Doctor (voice), Captain Jack (voice)
• 1996Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
• 1996Space Jam — Monstar BUPKUS (voice)
• Superman: The Animated Series — Ron Troupe (voice)
• 1996Superman: The Last Son of Krypton — Ron Troupe (voice)
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Tigari (voice), Officer (voice)
• Wing Commander Academy
• Freakazoid! — Deep Voiced Singer (voice), Singer #4 (voice), Singer #1 (voice), Lt. Artie King (voice)
• Pinky and the Brain
• 1995Sudden Death — Matthew Hallmark
• The Savage Dragon — Frank Darling (voice)
• The Watcher
• Aladdin — Captain Mirk (voice)
• Duckman — Booming Voice in Auditorium (voice)
• Gargoyles — Boreas/Talos (voice), Little Anton (voice)
• Iron Man — War Machine (voice)
• 1994Shattered Image — Hardy
• Spider-Man — Tombstone (voice)
• 1994The Pagemaster — Jamaican Pirates (voice)
• The Tick — Pineapple Pokopo (voice), George Washington Carver (voice), Taft (voice), Golfer (voice)
• 1994Viper — Julian Wilkes
• Viper — Julian Wilkes
• Animaniacs — Spike / Danny G. (voice)
• Biker Mice from Mars — Modo (voice)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Sgt. Zachary Carver
• Sonic the Hedgehog — Ari (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series — Dan Riley (voice)
• Capitol Critters — Moze (voice)
• 1992Getting Up and Going Home — Ted Owens
• Goof Troop — Buster (voice)
• 1992Solar Crisis — Borg
• Darkwing Duck — Official Guy (voice)
• I'll Fly Away
• ProStars — Michael Jordan (voice)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Timberwolf / Elephant (voice), Chike (voice)
• New Kids on the Block — Maurice Starr (voice)
• 1990Pacific Heights — Dennis
• 1990Polly: Comin' Home! — Doctor Shannon
• 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II — Stretch
• 1990The Easter Story — (voice)
• 1990The Knife and Gun Club — Dr. Jack Ducette
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill — Hank Mitchell
• 1989Kiss Shot — Kevin Merrick
• 1989Polly — Doctor Shannon
• The California Raisin Show
• China Beach — Major Melvin P. Otis
• 1988God Bless the Child — Calvin Reed
• Amerika — Jeffrey Wyman
• Beauty and the Beast — Jason Walker
• 1987Full Metal Jacket — Eightball
• 1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story — Lenell Geter
• Matlock — Edward Kramer
• 1985Dirty Work — Lt. Jack Hill
• 1985The Falcon and the Snowman — Gene
• 1984Against All Odds — Tommy
• 1984Don't Ask Me, Ask God — Black Soldier
• Glitter — Earl Tobin
• Murder, She Wrote — Sheriff Claudell Cox
• 1984Tank — Sergeant Tippet
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Jesse Owens
• Trauma Center — Skate Baylor
• Hotel
• 1982I, Desire — Detective Jerry Van Ness
• Matt Houston — Jerry 'The Rock' Lennox
• 1982The Ambush Murders — Ray Ellsworth
• 1981God's Trombones — Narrator (voice)
• 1981Looker — Lt. Masters
• Strike Force — Sergeant Paul Strobber
• Beulah Land — Floyd
• 1980High Ice — Lt. Zack Hawkins
• 1979An American Christmas Carol — Matt Reeves
• Roots: The Next Generations — Simon Haley
• 1978Gray Lady Down — Fowler
• 1978Siege — Simon
• Eight Is Enough
• 1977Panic in Echo Park — Michael Stoner
• 1976Sparkle — Levi
• 1975Foster & Laurie — Gregory Foster
• The Swiss Family Robinson
• 1974Miss Moffat — Morgan Evans
• Kojak — Jake Riley
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Dr. Shannon
• Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket — Self - Eightball, Full Metal Jacket

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2015The Making of the Wiz Live! — Self - Narrator
• 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil — Self
• 2005A History of God — Self - Narrator
• Christianity: The Second Millennium — Himself - Narrator
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self