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Vondie Curtis-hall Biography (1956-)
Some sources spell the surname without a hyphen; born September 30, 1956, inDetroit, MI; son of Curtis (an owner of a construction company) and Angeline(a nurse) Hall; married Kasi Lemmons (an actress, director, and screenwriter), 1995; children: Che, Henry Hunter. Career: Actor, producer, director, musician, and writer. Has also assisted with editing and cinematography. Black Filmmaker Foundation, member. Awards, Honors: Audelco Award, bestactor, 1987, for Williams and Walker; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, 1995, for ER.
Addresses: Agent: Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., P.O. Box 5617, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, director, musician, writer
- Birth Details
- September 30, 1956
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Narrator, Fall from Grace,1987
- Basketball game vendor, Coming to America, Paramount, 1988
- Speaker voice, Shakedown(also known as Blue Jean Cop), Universal, 1988
- Detective, Black Rain, Paramount, 1989
- Ed, Mystery Train, Orion, 1989
- Miller, a terrorist, Die Hard 2: Die Harder(also known as Die Hard 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
- Father Wills, One Good Cop, Buena Vista, 1991
- Miguel Montoya, The Mambo Kings, Warner Bros., 1992
- Sugar LeDoux, Passion Fish, Miramax, 1992
- Not Economically Viable Man, Falling Down, Warner Bros., 1993
- Voice-print analyst, Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994
- Uncle Brown, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994
- Rocky Seavers, DROP Squad, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
- Mark Doby, Sugar Hill(also known as Harlem), Twentieth-Century Fox, 1994
- Carver, Tuesday Morning Ride, Chanticleer Films, 1995
- Lieutenant Colonel Sam Rhodes, Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
- Minos P. Dautrieve, Heaven's Prisoners, New Line Cinema, 1996
- Captain Prince, William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"(alsoknown as Romeo and Juliet and Verona Beach), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
- D-Reper, Gridlock'd(also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy Pictures, 1997
- Julian Grayraven, Eve's Bayou, Trimark, 1997
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Wings against the Wind,1999
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Film Work
- Photography assistant, assistant editor, and assistant director, Fallfrom Grace,1987
- Producer, 112th and South Central: Through the Eyes of the Children,1993
- Director and vocalist, Gridlock'd(also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy Pictures, 1997
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Commander Warren Osborne, Cop Rock, ABC, 1990
- Dr. Dennis Hancock, Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995-99
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Movies
- Clifford Turpin, Heat Wave(also known as Burn, Baby, Burn),TNT, 1990
- Detective Gary Hopkins,... And Then She Was Gone(also known as In a Stranger's Hand,
Lost and Found, and Troubleshooter), NBC, 1991
- C. Vernon Mason, Murder without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story(also known as Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perryand Murder without Motive), NBC, 1992
- Vinnie, What She Doesn't Know(also known as For I Have Sinned and Shades of Gray), NBC, 1992
- Danforth, There Was a Little Boy, CBS, 1993
- Jessup Bush, Dead Man's Revenge(also known as You Only DieOnce), USA Network, 1994
- Davis, Zooman(also known as Zooman and the Sign), Showtime,1995
- Lloyd Price, Don King: Only in America, HBO, 1997
- Edward Morgan, Sirens, Showtime, 1999
- Hanrahan, Keys to Her Past,1999
- Daniel Wall, Freedom Song, TNT, 2000
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Specials
- Title role, Dr. Hugo, Lifetime, 1994
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Discovered at Sundance,1997
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Episodic
- David Tracton, A Man Called Hawk, ABC, 1989
- Train porter, I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1991
- Thomas, "Sanctuary for a Child," Nightmare Cafe,1992
- Joe, "The Third Man," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992
- Joe, "Small Wishes," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1993
- Joe, "State," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1993
- David O'Connor, "Dead-End for Delia," Fallen Angels, Showtime,1993
- Henry Colton, "ER Confidential," ER, NBC, 1994
- "Three on a Patch," L.A. Law,1994
- Guest, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, ABC, 1997
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Television Work
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Series
- Song performer, "Luck Be a Lady Tonight," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997
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Stage Appearances
- (Broadway debut) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music,1981
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Dreamgirls, Broadway production, 1985
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Williams and Walker, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1986
- Also appeared in The War Party.
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WRITINGS
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Film
- Screenplay and the songs "Life Is a Traffic Jam" and "There's No Hiding," Gridlock'd(also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy Pictures, 1997
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
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Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community, November 25, 1996, Volume 17, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998, pp. 63-65.
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Who's Who among African Americans, 11th edition, Gale, 1998, p. 301.
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, pp. 110-109.
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USA Today, March 25, 1996, p. D3. HALL
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