Sir John Falstaff and Ensemble in Henry IV, Part One and Henry IV, Part Two (selected performances through September 15)

Other theatres: Broadway: Hair; Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Lemon Meringue Façade (New Perspectives Theatre) and others. Regional: Lady Patriot (The Hudson Theatre); Let Freedom Ring (Stella Adler Theatre); Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry VI (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), many others. 

Playwright: 25 plays including The Cause, My Soul; Lady Patriot, George Washington’s Boy, The Journals of Osborne P. Anderson, The Heart of Biddy Mason (with jazz musician Gerald Trottman); Lemon Meringue Façade. 

TV/Film: Acting: Isaac on The Love Boat. That’s My Mama, Evening Shade, In the Heat of the Night, others. Directing: For Love of Amy, Mr. Box Office, The First Family, Are We There Yet?, Dharma and Greg, Moesha, Big Daddy’s Barbecue (co-creator), Othello (direction/acting), others. 

Awards: NAACP Renaissance Man Theatre Award, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Artistic Director Achievement Award (direction, Lemon Meringue Façade), Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Directing (The Visit), Paul Robeson Award, James Cagney Directing Fellow Scholarship Award (AFI), many others. 

Other: Associate Professor, School of Cinema/Television, USC. 

Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Photo: Keven Major Howard