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Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Vondie Curtis-Hall
Curtis-Hall in 2019
Born
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Spouse
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(m. 1995)​
Children4, including Henry Hunter Hall
RelativesKevan Hall (brother)

Vondie Curtis-Hall (born September 30, 1950) is an American actor, film director, and television director.[1] As an actor, he is known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley and as Ben Urich in the Netflix TV series Daredevil. He wrote and directed the cult film Gridlock'd.

Early life

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Curtis-Hall was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Angeline, a nurse, and Curtis Hall, a construction company owner.[citation needed]

Designer Kevan Hall is the brother of Vondie. They also have a sister, Sherrie. All of them attended Presentation Our Lady of Victory grade school in Detroit where they were taught by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first and oldest Catholic order of African American religious sisters in the United States.

Career

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Initially a stage actor, Curtis-Hall was a member of the original cast of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. He originated the role of Marty, James "Thunder" Early's original manager. Curtis-Hall has appeared in numerous films including One Good Cop, Passion Fish, Sugar Hill, Coming To America, Crooklyn, Drop Squad, Eve's Bayou, Turn It Up and William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. His credits as a director include the films Gridlock'd, Glitter, Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story,[2] Waist Deep, as well as episodes of television shows The Shield, Firefly, Chicago Hope, and MDs. In 2000, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Danny Glover (who later portrayed Marty in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls) both appeared in the TNT made-for-television movie Freedom Song. In 2019 Curtis-Hall appeared in the film Harriet, where, according to one reviewer, "Vondie Curtis-Hall gives one of the finest performances of his long career as Reverend Green."[3]

He has had recurring roles on TV series such as Soul Food, I'll Fly Away, and ER. His one-time role as a suicide patient on ER earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series; later in that series he appeared in a recurring role as Roger McGrath.

His most prominent television role as an actor to date is as supporting character Dennis Hancock on the medical drama Chicago Hope. Curtis-Hall portrayed Ben Urich in the Netflix series Daredevil.[4] He also appeared in an episode of The Sopranos.

Personal life

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Curtis-Hall is a full-time arts professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[5]

Filmography

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Actor

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Shakedown Speaker (voice)
Coming to America Basketball Game Vendor
1989 Mystery Train Ed Segment: "Lost in Space"
Black Rain Detective
1990 Die Hard 2 Miller
1991 One Good Cop Father Wills
Healing Hurts
1992 The Mambo Kings Miguel Montoya
Passion Fish Sugar LeDoux
1993 Falling Down Not Economically Viable Man
Sugar Hill Mark Doby
1994 Crooklyn Uncle Brown
Clear and Present Danger Voice-Print Analyst
Drop Squad Rocky Seavers
1995 Tuesday Morning Ride Carver Short film
1996 Broken Arrow Chief Sam Rhodes
Heaven's Prisoners Minos P. Dautrieve
Romeo + Juliet Captain Prince
Dr. Hugo Dr. Hugo Short film
1997 Gridlock'd D-Reper
Eve's Bayou Julian Grayraven
2000 Turn It Up Cliff
2007 Talk to Me Sunny Jim Kelsey
Honeydripper Slick
2008 Crenshaw Nights Frank "Jupiter" Johnson Short film
2009 Life Is Hot in Cracktown Dixon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans James Brasser
2013 Black Nativity Pawnbroker
2015 Cymbeline Caius Lucius
Experimenter Thomas Shine
2018 Come Sunday J.D. Ellis
The Row Short film
Breaking Brooklyn Greg Bryant
2019 Harriet Reverend Green
2020 The Night House Mel
2021 Residue Reverend Washington
Blue Bayou Barry Boucher
18½ Samuel
2022 Raymond & Ray Reverend West
TBA The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat † TBA Post-production[6]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 A Man Called Hawk Tracton Episode: "The Master's Mirror"
1990 Heat Wave Clifford Turpin TV movie
Cop Rock Cmdr. Warren Osborne Main cast
1991 China Beach Bill Episode: "Through and Through"
...And Then She Was Gone Det. Gary Hopkins TV movie
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Dr. Varrick Episode: "For Love or Money"
1992 Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story C. Yernon Mason TV movie
What She Doesn't Know Vinnie
Nightmare Cafe Thomas Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child"
Civil Wars Jack Turrentine Episode: "The Old Man and the 'C'"
1992–1993 I'll Fly Away Joe Clay 6 episodes
1993 There Was a Little Boy Danforth TV movie
Fallen Angels David O'Connor Episode: "Dead-End for Delia"
1994 L.A. Law Eugene Clay Episode: "Three on a Patch"
South Central James Mosely Episode: "Dad"
Dead Man's Revenge Jessup Bush TV movie
Keys Louche Amarant
Zooman Davis
ER Henry Colton / Rena Episode: "ER Confidential"
1995–1999 Chicago Hope Dr. Dennis Hancock Main cast
1997 Don King: Only in America Lloyd Price TV movie
1999 Sirens Vincent Morgan
2000 Freedom Song Daniel Wall
Ali: An American Hero Drew "Bundini" Brown
2001 ER Roger McGrath 7 episodes
2002 The Sopranos Maurice Tiffen Episode: "Watching Too Much Television"
2002–2003 Fastlane Andre Hayes 2 episodes
2003 1-800-Missing Agent Vic Martinsen Episode: "Pilot"
2004 Deceit Detective Hal Kazin TV movie
Dense Ross TV short
Soul Food Charles Miller 6 episodes
2005 LAX Dele Ekoku Episode: "Cease & Assist"
2006 Law & Order Dr. Andrew Copelan Episode: "Positive"
2007 Medium Scanlon's Friend Episode: "Second Opinion"
2009 Fear Itself Walter Markham Episode: "Chance"
Criminal Minds Stanley Usher Episode: "Cold Comfort"
2010 Lens on Talent Episode: "Taking on Different Hats"
2011 Law & Order: SVU Dwight Talcott Episode: "Reparations"
A Gifted Man Dennis Jones Episode: "In Case of Missed Communication"
2012 NYC 22 Fred Wheeler Episode: "Self Cleaning Oven"
2014 Chasing Life Lawrence 3 episodes
Tin Man Jack Garrison TV movie
2015 Daredevil Ben Urich Main cast (season 1)
2015–2017 Rosewood Beaumont Rosewood Sr. 3 episodes
2016 Spark Philippe Lavelle 1 episode
2018–2019 For the People Chief Judge Nicholas Byrne Main cast
2019 Evil Leon Acosta Episode: "2 Fathers"
2022 The Recruit Walter Nyland Main cast
2023 Justified: City Primeval Marcus "Sweety" Sweeton Main cast[7]
TBA Death by Lightning † Frederick Douglass Upcoming miniseries

Director

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Film

Music video

TV series

Year Title Notes
2001-2002 ER Episodes "Start All Over Again" and "It's All in Your Head"
2002 Firefly Episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds"
MDs Episode "Cruel and Unusual"
2005 The Shield Episode "Insurgents"
2006 Sleeper Cell Episode "Torture"
2008 Boston Legal Episode "Glow in the Dark"
Gossip Girl Episode "Pret-a-Poor-J"
The Starter Wife Episode "Das Booty Call"

TV movies

References

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  1. ^ Vondie Curtis-Hall Movies & TV, The New York Times
  2. ^ Redemption overview, The New York Times
  3. ^ Historically Rich Harriet a Haunting Tale of an American Legend, MovieFreak.com
  4. ^ Netflix's "Daredevil"
  5. ^ "Vondie Curtis Hall". NYU Tisch. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  6. ^ Grobar, Matt (November 22, 2022). "'The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat' Adds Four As Searchlight Film Wraps Production". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Rice, Lynette (July 22, 2022). "Justified: City Primeval Production Halted After Outsiders Engaged In Gun Battle Drive Through Barricades In Chicago; PD Releases Statement". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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