Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

KNOWN FOR

The Mentalist
2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2003
House
2005
Hawaii Five-0
2018
The Practice
2002
Murder, She Wrote
1993
Numb3rs
2007
NYPD Blue
1997
Third Watch
2003
Touched by an Angel
1997
High Potential
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
233
Directing
3
Producing
1
2026
Return of The Mack
as DETECTIVE AVERY CALHOUN
2026
God with Us
· unreleased
2026
Deb is Boss
as James
2025
TKO
as Hank
2025
Car Show Kings
as Puncho's Boss/Frank
2025
High Potential
as Mac Epps
2024
The Legend of Johnny Jones
as Mr.Ervin
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
as Father Francisco
2024
Once in a Valentine
2024
Trap City
as Goose
2024
Negligence
as Judge
2024
Fuxk D3m Kidz
as Judge
2024
The Probe
as Commissioner Davis
2024
On Ten
2023
Moonlight Soul
as Greg Monaghan
2023
Sebastian
as Captain Harris
2023
Steppin Into Love
as Mr. Jones
2023
The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation
as Sugar Slim
2023
Player
as Donti Player
2023
Gangster's Daughter
2023
Gangster's Daughter 2
2023
Boxed In 2
as Witt 'Pa' Scandrick
2023
Recession Proof
as Jackson Holloway
2023
Legacy
as Willy
2022
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
2022
Boxed In
as Pa
2022
The Next 24 Hours
as Max
2021
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
as Rex
2021
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
2021
Fruits of the Heart
2021
The Urbans
as DJ Frankie Snow
2020
The Lick
as Richard Jacobson
2020
The Available Wife
as Mitchell
2020
The Last O.G.
as Big Mike
2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
as Tony Smooth
2019
Juug Gone Wrong
as Mr. Johnson
2019
Sins of the Father
as Kevin
2019
Let Go and Let God
as Donald
2019
Diamond in the Rough
as Pastor Davis
2019
American Soul
as Herschel
2018
Gangland: The Musical
as Pastor Earl
2018
Misguided Behavior
as Captain Rogers
2018
The Choir Director
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
2018
Easy Money
as Mr. Milton Miller
2018
A Talent For Trouble
as Mr. Wellington
2018
5K1
as Barry
2018
Worth
as Tony
2018
Everything That Glitters
2018
Sinners Wanted
as One Eye
2018
The Hills
2018
Couples' Night
as Rich
2018
Brockmire
as Charles Sr.
2018
Hawaii Five-0
as Percy Grover Jr.
2018
Black Lightning
as Reverend Jeremiah Holt
2018
Carl Weber's The Family Business
as Uncle Lou Duncan
2017
The Preacher's Son
as Bishop T.K. Wilson
2017
Chasing Titles Vol. 1
as T Parker
2017
Mountain Top
as Larry Fletcher
2017
King of Newark
as Juice
2017
All Eyez on Me
as Floyd
2017
Tales
as Bob Davis
2016
A Weekend with the Family
as Dingo Stankersheet
2016
Love Won't Let Me Wait
as Bishop Buckworth
2016
Hunting Season
as Thomas Curry
2016
The North Star
as Mr. Lee
2016
Fade Away
as Eazy
2016
Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Jordan
2016
Flowers
2016
Where Hearts Lie
as Carl
2016
Saints & Sinners
as Rex Fisher
2015
A Baby for Christmas
as Gavin
2015
Fear Files
as Detective Owen Marsh
2015
The Soul Man
as Gooch
2014
Blood Ransom
as Detective Hobbs
2014
The Cheaters Club
as Marvin
2014
99 North
as Uncle P
2013
God's Precious Jewels
2013
They Die by Dawn
as Deputy Sheriff
2013
Criminal Behavior
as Cedric
2013
Forbidden Woman
as Randall
2013
Coffin Baby
as Detective S. Jackson
2013
23rd Psalm: Redemption
as Lester Wayne
2013
JD Lawrence's Community Service
as Bishop Nixon
2012
The Marriage Chronicles
as Robert McDaniel
2012
C'mon Man
as Rooselvelt Steele
2012
Note to Self
as Coach Gerald Woodson
2012
Somebody's Child
as Dr. Sperry
2012
Interludes
as Blake
2012
Womack
as Gilly Smalls
2012
Supernatural Swamp Slaughter
2012
The Undershepherd
as Deacon Roberts
2012
Unsupervised
as Coach Durham (voice)
2011
35 and Ticking
as Zane
2011
Shake
as Red
2011
The Ideal Husband
as Daniel
2011
Street Kings 2: Motor City
as Det. Tyrone Fowler
2011
She's Not Our Sister
as Rev. Beckley
2011
The Perfect Gift
2011
Trapped: Haitian Nights
as Mike
2011
He's Mine Not Yours
as Walter
2011
The Mentalist
as Correctional Officer Earl
2010
Something Like A Business
as Sexy Silk
2010
When the Lights Go Out
as Freddy
2010
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
as Big Bill Herod
2010
Love Me or Leave Me
as Cecil
2010
Preacher's Kid
as Ike
2010
The Music of 'the Preacher's Kid'
as Self
2010
The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta
as Self
2010
The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story
as Self
2010
The Boondocks
as 1st Prisoner (voice)
2009
Before I Self Destruct
as Sean
2009
There's a Stranger in My House
as Mr. John Moore
2009
Man of Her Dreams
as Senator Marcus Gordon
2009
Contradictions of the Heart
as Damien
2009
God Send Me A Man
as Bishop
2009
Just Another Day
as Bowman
2009
Steppin: The Movie
as Det. Lewis
2009
Army Wives
as Terrence Price
2008
Internet Dating
as Leroy 'The Pimp'
2008
First Sunday
as Officer Eddie King
2008
Love for Sale
as Cinque
2008
American Dream
as Old Skool
2008
Street Kings
as Sergeant Green
2008
The Rimshop
as Joe Joe's Father
2008
Block Party Madness
as Action Jackson
2008
Jada
as Terrance
2008
Show Stoppers
as Coach
2008
Cold Case
as Tom Bernard (2008)
2007
Norbit
as Earl Latimore
2007
Young Cesar
as Ali Dean
2007
Father of Lies
as Bishop Calvin Jacobs
2007
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
as Tommy Guns
2007
Da Block Party 2
2007
Numb3rs
as Max Devane
2007
Shark
as Ray Tillman
2006
It Ain't Easy
as Fish
2006
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
as Mr. Jenkins
2006
Confessions
as Chauncey
2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Terrance Crowley
2006
Eve
as Yusef
2006
Faceless
2006
Day Break
as Lt. Romero
2005
The Gospel
as Bishop Fred Taylor
2005
Knights of the South Bronx
as Cokey
2005
Choices II: The Setup
2005
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
as Big Man
2005
The Fabric of a Man
as Blair
2005
Brothers in Arms
as Doc
2005
House
as Ken Hall
2004
Ray
as Jeff Brown
2004
Never Die Alone
as Moon
2004
Da Block Party
as Action Jackson
2004
He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?
as Satin Jones
2004
Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
as Mo Fro
2004
Sugar Valentine
as Joshua Valentine
2004
Woman Thou Art Loosed
as Reggie
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Smoke (voice)
2003
Crime Partners
as Kenyatta
2003
Love Chronicles
as Thomas
2003
Tapped Out
as Detective Blackman
2003
Third Watch
as Joy's Father
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Dempsey Powers
2002
Civil Brand
as Capt. Alan Deese
2002
Banged Out
2002
Friday After Next
as Pinky
2002
Ticker
as FBI Agent
2002
One on One
as Coach Guillory
2002
The Practice
as Earl Johnson
2002
The Hire
as FBI Agent
2001
Bones
as Jeremiah Peet
2001
The Brothers
as Fred Smith
2001
Moesha
as R.C.
2000
Next Friday
as Pinky
2000
Lockdown
as Malachi Young
2000
Hot Boyz
as Saint
2000
A Private Affair
as Isaiah
2000
Walker, Texas Ranger
as James Jackson
2000
The Parkers
1999
Foolish
as Everette Washington
1999
No Tomorrow
as Styles
1999
The Breaks
as Cosmo
1999
Selma, Lord, Selma
as Martin Luther King Jr
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Frazier Johnson
1999
Safe House
1999
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1998
Deep Rising
as Mason
1998
Phantoms
as Gen. Leland Copperfield
1998
The Pentagon Wars
as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton
1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
as Lawrence Roberts
1998
Caught Up
as Herbert / Frank Lowden
1998
Rush Hour
as Luke
1998
Caught Up
as Herbert
1998
In the House
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
First Time Felon
as King (uncredited)
1997
Riot
as Steve
1997
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Mazi
1997
NYPD Blue
as Gerald / Frankie
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Mr. Burns
1997
Moesha
as Harold Moss
1997
Moesha
as Ray Stokes
1996
Pacific Blue
as Brooks
1995
Divas
as Bobby
1995
Dead Presidents
as Cutty
1995
Murder, She Wrote
as Ralph Danton
1995
Simon
as John Doe
1994
Nowhere to Hide
as Braddock
1994
Green Dolphin Beat
as Armstrong
1994
South Central
1994
Renegade
1993
Conflict of Interest
as Detective Oakes
1993
Menace II Society
as Chauncy
1993
Murder, She Wrote
as Det. Eddie Flowers
1993
The Sinbad Show
1993
NYPD Blue
as Lewis futrel
1992
3 Ninjas
as FBI Agent Kurl
1992
Deep Cover
as Leland
1992
Martin
as Younger Cop
1992
Roc
as Andre Thompson
1991
Matlock
as Security Guard
1991
Jake and the Fatman
1990
House Party
as Sharane's Brother
1990
Tour of Duty
1990
Cop Rock
1984
Alphabet City
as Ramon
The Perfect Love Storm
Detour 95
as Mr. Ervin
The In-Law Gang!
as John Sr.
Scavenger Hunt
as Officer Gant
Baby, You're a Star
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
as Self
Wrong Number