Charles Brown (actor)
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Charles Brown (January 15, 1946 – January 8, 2004)[1] was an American actor and a member of New York City, New York theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company. He was best known for his performances in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays by Samm-Art Williams and August Wilson.
Biography
Charles Brown was born in Talladega, Alabama, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio,[2][3] the son of Mack Brown Sr. His siblings included brothers Mack Jr. and Ramon and sister Shirley.[2] After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, Brown studied theater at Howard University, in Washington, D.C. He performed with that city's D.C. Black Repertory Company, and elsewhere.[2]
Brown became a regular member of the Negro Ensemble Company, where his roles included Southern farmer Cephus Miles in Samm-Art Williams' Home (1979) and military investigator Captain Richard Davenport in 1944 Louisiana in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Story (1981).[4] Home moved to Broadway in 1980, earning Brown a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. In 2001 he received his second, for Best Featured Actor in a Play, for his role as the gambler and con man Elmore in August Wilson's King Hedley II. That part won him a 2001 Drama Desk Award.
Other stage work includes roles in Neil Simon's Rumors (1988); John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals (2002); Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Exonerated; Don Evans' Showdown; Leslie Lee's First Breeze of Summer (1975); Richard Wesley's The Mighty Gents (1978); Steve Carter's Nevis Mountain Dew; and Wilson's Fences (1987), in which he portrayed the older son of a character played by James Earl Jones. Television credits included the New York City-shot series Kojak, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Equalizer.[5] In the 1983 TV series Kennedy, he portrayed the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Brown was married to Renee Lescook.[2] He died of prostate cancer in Cleveland, Ohio, where he lived.[2][3]
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Kojak | Dan Garrett | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Headin' for Broadway | Pimp | Film |
| 1983 | Without a Trace | Sachs | Film |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Officer Reynolds | Film |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Sgt. Oliver Gant | Episode: "Bump and Run" |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | Real Cavanaugh | Film |
| 1989 | The Cosby Show | Capt. Turvey | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Riggs | Episode: "Animal Instinct" |
| 1994 | Drop Squad | Uncle Otha | Film |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Krim | Episode: "Stalked" |
| 2001 | Law & Order | Stephen Morehouse | Episode: "Armed Forces" |
References
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External links
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- Charles Brown at Internet Off-Broadway Database
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- 1946 births
- 2004 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- Drama Desk Award winners
- 21st-century American male actors
- Male actors from Alabama
- Male actors from Cleveland
- Howard University alumni
- United States Navy sailors
- 20th-century African-American male actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Deaths from prostate cancer in the United States
- Deaths from cancer in Ohio
- People from Talladega, Alabama
- 21st-century African-American male actors
- African-American United States Navy personnel
- African Americans in the Vietnam War
- Actors from Talladega County, Alabama