Personal Info
Birth date
1951-01-30 (74 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as
Charles Dutton
چارلز اس. داتون
Charles S. Dutton
Biography
Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American stage, film, and television actor and director. He is perhaps best known for starring in the television series Roc (1991–1994) and House MD (as the father of Eric Foreman). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles S. Dutton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
8.309
Overview:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.House
8.592
Overview:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.My Name Is Earl
7.67
Overview:
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.CSI: NY
7.3
Overview:
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".Without a Trace
7.2
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.The Equalizer
7.2
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.The Good Wife
7.598
Overview:
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.The Sopranos
8.7
Overview:
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.American Horror Story
8.111
Overview:
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.Homicide: Life on the Street
8.1
Overview:
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.Miami Vice
7.451
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.Are You Afraid of the Dark?
8.1
Overview:
This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.The L Word
7.622
Overview:
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”Oz
8.017
Overview:
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.Longmire
7.673
Overview:
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.Law & Order: LA
6.8
Overview:
From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the series delves into the high profile crimes of the west coast.The Following
6.87
Overview:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6
Overview:
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.Cagney & Lacey
6.9
Overview:
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.Se7en
8.376
Overview:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.Ed
7.7
Overview:
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.Celebrity Ghost Stories
7.3
Overview:
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.Threshold
7.013
Overview:
Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.Zero Hour
5.5
Overview:
As the publisher of Modern Skeptic Magazine, Hank Galliston has spent his career following clues, debunking myths and cracking conspiracies. But when his beautiful wife, Laila, is abducted from her antique clock shop, Hank gets pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history, stretching around the world and back centuries.A Man Called Hawk
6.6
Overview:
A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.The Murder of Mary Phagan
5.8
Overview:
In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man who could actually be innocent.True Women
6.662
Overview:
A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond.Sleeper Cell
7.5
Overview:
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.The Corner
7.743
Overview:
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.Acting
2015Carter High as Coach James
2015The Perfect Guy as Roger Vaughn
2015What Lola Wants as Cop
2015Bessie as William 'Pa' Rainey
2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand as Self
2015A Novel Romance as Harris
2014Comeback Dad as Othell
2014Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery as Cookie (voice)
2014Android Cop as Mayor Jacobs
2013A Very Larry Christmas as Alberic
2013The Monkey's Paw as Detective Margolis
2013Zero Hour (1 Episode) as Father Mickle
2013The Following (1 Episode) as FBI Director Tom Franklin
2013LUV as Cofield
2012Least Among Saints as George
2012The Obama Effect as John Thomas
2012Longmire (1, 1, 4 Episode) as Detective Fales, Fales, Unknown
2012Bad Ass as Panther
201240 Minutes of Hell as Narrator
2011American Horror Story (2 Episodes) as Detective Granger
2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' as Self
2010Law & Order: LA (1 Episode) as Reverend Davidson
2010Legion as Percy Walker
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories (1 Episode) as Self
2009Fame as Mr. James Dowd
2009The Good Wife (1 Episode) as Pastor Damon
2008The Express as Willie 'Pops' Davis
2008American Violet as Reverend Sanders
2008Racing for Time as Lt. Stack
2008The Third Nail as Sydney Washington
2007Honeydripper as Maceo
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
2005Sleeper Cell (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Mayday as Admiral Randolf Hennings
2005Criminal Minds (1 Episode) as Tony Cole
2005My Name Is Earl (1 Episode) as Reggie
2005Threshold (13 Episodes) as J.T. Baylock
2005The L.A. Riot Spectacular as The Mayor
2004House (2 Episodes) as Rodney Foreman
2004Clubhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004CSI: NY (1 Episode) as Talmadge Neville
2004Something the Lord Made as William Thomas
2004Secret Window as Ken Karsch
2004Against the Ropes as Felix Reynolds
2004The L Word (4 Episodes) as Dr. Benjamin Bradshaw
2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
2003Gothika as Douglas Grey
2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear as Chief Charles Moose
2002Conviction as McGill
2002Without a Trace (2 Episodes) as Chet Collins
200210,000 Black Men Named George as Milton Webster
2002D-Tox as Detective Hendricks
2000For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story as Dizzy Gillespie
2000Ed (1 Episode) as Rev. Thomas Carver
2000Deadlocked as Jacob Doyle
1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (2 Episodes) as Mayor Bruce Lincoln
1999Random Hearts as Alcee
1999Cookie's Fortune as Willis Richland
1999The 60s as Reverend Willie Taylor
1999The Sopranos (1 Episode) as Officer Wilmore
1998Blind Faith as Charles Williams
1998Black Dog as Ford
1997First Time Felon as Inmate (uncredited)
1997Mimic as Leonard
1997Oz (1 Episode) as Professor Alvah Case
1997True Women (2 Episodes) as Josiah
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance as Lieutenant Charles Silvera
1996Get on the Bus as George
1996Night Visitors as Dr. Eldon James
1996A Time to Kill as Ozzie Walls
1996Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us as Charles Silvera
1995Cry, the Beloved Country as John Kumalo
1995Nick of Time as Hucy
1995Se7en as Cop (uncredited)
1995Jack Reed: One of Our Own as Lt. Charles Silvera
1995Zooman as Emmett
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1 Episode) as Ol' George (voice)
1995The Piano Lesson as Boy Willie
1994A Low Down Dirty Shame as Rothmiller
1994Jack Reed: A Search for Justice as Charles Silvera
1994Foreign Student as Howlin' Wolf
1994Surviving the Game as Walter Cole
1993Rudy as Fortune
1993Menace II Society as Mr. Butler
1993Homicide: Life on the Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992The Distinguished Gentleman as Elijah Hawkins
1992Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1992Alien³ as Dillon
1991Mississippi Masala as Tyrone Williams
1991Roc (72 Episodes) as Roc Emerson
1990Q & A as Sam Chapman
1989An Unremarkable Life as Lou
1989Jacknife as Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader
1989Runaway as Ralph Colby
1989A Man Called Hawk (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Crocodile Dundee II as Leroy Brown
1988The Murder of Mary Phagan (2 Episodes) as Jim Conley
1988Astonished as White
1986No Mercy as Sergeant Sandy
1986Apology as Asst. District Attorney
1985Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son as Lieutenant Pearson
1985The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Abmennet
1985Cat's Eye as Dom
1984Miami Vice (2, 1 Episode) as Lieutenant Pearson, Ed McCain
1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as Unknown
Writing
2012The Obama Effect ... Writer
Directing
2012The Obama Effect ... Director
2008Racing for Time ... Director
2005Sleeper Cell (2 Episodes) ... Director
2004Against the Ropes ... Director
2000The Corner (6 Episodes) ... Director
1997First Time Felon ... Director
Production
1993Laurel Avenue (2 Episodes) ... Executive Producer