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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
The American Society of Magical Negroes 03/15/24 Roger 67
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson 12/26/23 Self 67
The Color Purple 12/25/23 Reverend Avery 67
Candy Cane Lane 11/29/23 Santa Claus 67
They Cloned Tyrone 06/14/23 The Preacher 66
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration 12/15/22 Cogsworth 66
Clifford the Big Red Dog 11/10/21 Packard 65
A Soldier's Play 02/25/21 Sergeant Vernon C. Waters 64
Coffee & Kareem 04/03/20 Captain Hill 63
Sprinter 04/24/19 Coach 62
Native Son 01/24/19 Marty 62
Arizona 08/24/18 Coburn 62
A Christmas Story Live! 12/17/17 Santa Claus 61
The Big Sick 03/30/17 Andy Dodd 60
Jingle Ballin' 12/06/16 Colin 60
The Wiz Live! 12/03/15 The Cowardly Lion 59
The Making of the Wiz Live! 11/25/15 Himself 59
Lennon or McCartney 12/12/14 Self 58
An En Vogue Christmas 11/14/14 Marty 58
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 09/20/13 Mr. Robert 57
Peeples 05/09/13 Virgil Peeples 56
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil 04/29/11 Moss the Troll (voice) 54
Astro Boy 10/15/09 Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot 53
Dance Flick 05/22/09 Sugar Bear 52
An American Carol 10/03/08 Rastus Malone 52
Gym Teacher: The Movie 09/12/08 Shelly Bragg 52
The Poker House 06/20/08 Stymie 51
Kissing Cousins 06/06/08 The Griller 51
The Hustle 04/05/08 Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid 51
Heckler 11/04/07 Self 51
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street 12/21/06 Principal Eyeverson/The Man Upstairs (voice) 50
Little Man 08/31/06 Jimmy 50
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness 08/11/06 Principal Eyeverson (voice) 50
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics 11/01/05 Himself 49
Bewitched 06/21/05 Jim Fields 48
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz 05/20/05 Uncle Henry 48
The Woodsman 12/24/04 Bob 48
Baadasssss! 05/28/04 Clyde Houston 47
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely 04/13/04 Himself 47
Laffapalooza! #2 01/01/04 47
Tiptoes 09/08/03 Jerry Robin Jr. 47
David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto 07/22/03 Himself 47
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie 01/10/03 Limo Driver 46
King of Texas 06/02/02 Rip 45
15 Minutes 03/01/01 Mugger 44
Damned If You Do 10/12/00 The Devil 44
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 06/30/00 Measures 44
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby 05/13/00 Mr. Butz 43
Angels in the Infield 04/09/00 Bob Bugler 43
Return to Me 04/07/00 Charlie Johnson 43
East of A 03/03/00 Brother James 43
3 Strikes 03/01/00 Detective Jenkins 43
Stuart Little 12/17/99 Red (voice) 43
The 60s 02/07/99 Fred Hampton 42
A Saintly Switch 01/24/99 Dan Anderson 42
Top of the World 09/29/98 Detective Augustus 42
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! 02/20/98 Self 41
McHale's Navy 04/18/97 Ensign Charles Parker 40
Jumanji 12/15/95 Carl Bentley 39
Tales from the Hood 05/24/95 Carl Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised") 38
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 01/01/95 Spike 38
Blankman 08/19/94 Kevin Walker 38
In the Army Now 08/12/94 Fred Ostroff 38
Boomerang 06/30/92 Gerard Jackson 36
The Player 04/03/92 David Alan Grier 35
Almost an Angel 12/21/90 Det. Bill 34
Loose Cannons 02/09/90 Drummond 33
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 09/16/89 33
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 05/20/89 32
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 11/10/88 Newsman 32
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 09/24/88 32
Ich und Er 09/14/88 Peter Conklin 32
Off Limits 03/11/88 Rogers 31
Amazon Women on the Moon 09/18/87 Don Simmons 31
From the Hip 02/06/87 Steve Hadley 30
Beer 08/30/85 Elliott Morrison 29
A Soldier's Story 09/14/84 Corporal Cobb 28
Streamers 09/05/83 Roger 27