Gbenga Akinnagbe

AKA: 겐가 아킨너베

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1978-12-12

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {65}

Dave

2021-10-27 6.3

Passing

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white. ...

Genre :Drama

Detective Darcy Jones

2010-01-28 6.364

Edge of Darkness

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's kil ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Eustace

2024-09-05 6.509

The Thicket

An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a cr ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller, Western

Lorenzo

2010-08-20 5.629

Lottery Ticket

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

2021-12-20 6

Reopening Night

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater ...

Genre :Documentary

James

2013-07-12 5

Big Words

Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008. ...

Genre :Documentary

TMJ

2012-04-19 4.5

Overnight

After breaking up with her boyfriend on Valentine's Day, Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York with a love-damaged group of passengers-- a pilot with anger management issues, som ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mister Nduka Ford

2022-05-20 0

Merry Wives

Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit hi ...

Genre :

Self

2007-12-27 1.5

The Wire: The Last Word

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2007-12-20 6.6

The Wire Odyssey

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire. ...

Genre :Documentary

Jack Hall

2013-11-22 6.6

Home

The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life. ...

Genre :Drama

Beggar

2023-12-08 6.2

Fast Charlie

When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

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Check Me in Another Place

Genre :Drama

Michel

2014-06-18 4.746

Mall

Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a bag full of weapons and self-made bombs, he makes ...

Genre :Drama

Roman

2014-10-24 5.882

Phantom Halo

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price? ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime, Drama

2014-10-21 5.9

Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn

Wyatt Cenac heads to Brooklyn to share his observations on the borough that's the backdrop for three sitcoms and a reality show about cheesemongers. ...

Genre :Comedy

Carl

2024-08-02 6.8

Rob Peace

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future. ...

Genre :Drama, History

Langston

2015-02-01 7

Knucklehead

When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodar ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Michael Andrews

2017-01-20 6.272

Detour

A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father. ...

Genre :Thriller, Action

2011-03-08 0

Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)

Short film about a police raid gone horribly wrong, featuring music by Pharoahe Monch. ...

Genre :Music, Crime

Agent Matthew Travis

2016-06-22 5.345

Independence Day: Resurgence

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the a ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Alex Chandler

2016-04-08 6.2

Paranormal Abduction

Having recently escaped a brutal assault at the hands of psycho Frank, Rebekah Lakin finds herself a shadow of who she once was. The constant state of fear and anxiety she now lives in brings about fr ...

Genre :Thriller

Verdis

2024-03-28 6.286

Asphalt City

A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama

John Scobell

2025-05-23 0

Trail of Vengeance

In 1875, Katherine's life is shattered when her beloved husband Caleb falls victim to a murder orchestrated by the nefarious Colonel Davis. Alone and overwhelmed, Katherine’s path crosses with John Sc ...

Genre :Western

Jimmy

2007-11-28 6.9

The Savages

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sampson

2017-08-25 6.6

Crown Heights

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence. ...

Genre :Drama

Sgt. Butcher

2014-09-05 6.444

Fort Bliss

After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son. ...

Genre :War, Drama

Sun Moon

2017-08-25 4.895

Mad Genius

A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity. ...

Genre :Science Fiction

Aubrey Pollard Sr.

2017-07-28 7.263

Detroit

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller, History

Samuelson

2018-05-12 5.748

All the Devil's Men

A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his p ...

Genre :Action

Wayne

2019-01-18 5.389

EGG

Two couples and a surrogate lay bare the complications, contradictions, heartbreak, and absurdities implicit in how we think about motherhood. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Samuel Kingsley

2019-05-16 6.961

The Sun Is Also a Star

Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamai ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

George

2017-10-07 4

The Hammer

When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning ...

Genre :Drama

Detective Mitch Brooks

2019-04-29 3.2

DC Noir

A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title. ...

Genre :Crime

Wallace, hostage

2009-06-10 6.352

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermin ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller, Action

Peter

2025-04-18 0

Starbright

A young orphan escapes the realities of her life by fantasizing about, and then entering, a fairy tale world. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action

Carl (voice)

2020-05-04 6.4

Pitch Black Panacea

Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an unusual, life-altering treatment in which they will enter a completely dark room together for ten d ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Merlin

2005-09-11 6.385

They're Made Out of Meat

After years of investigation, an alien meets with his partner in a diner to discuss an unbelievably shocking discovery. ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

2025-10-10 0

A House of Dynamite

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. ...

Genre :Thriller, War

Narrator (voice)

2013-01-01 0

Children of the Wind

Two brothers and a cousin journey from humble fishing families on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire to become three of the best freestyle windsurfers in history. ...

Genre :Documentary

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American Muscle

A desperate mechanic's plan to escape his past unravels when his sister returns home and two violent debt collectors close in. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chris Partlow

2002-06-02 8.603

The Wire

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-s ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Victor Nash

2003-09-28 7.779

Cold Case

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated t ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Calvin Wade

2006-03-03 5.7

Conviction

A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confron ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Elijah Okello

1999-09-20 7.937

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squ ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

James Johnson

2020-01-07 7.673

FBI: Most Wanted

The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Yinka

2005-08-14 7.3

Barbershop

Calvin Palmer is the owner of a barbershop on the Southside of Chicago. Reluctantly inheriting the neighborhood establishment and popular hangout from his father, he juggles his responsibilities to hi ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2009-07-15 6.853

Dark Blue

Wandering in and out of he underbelly of Los Angeles, where criminals roam free under the veil of night or hide in the shadows of day, is routine for Lieutenant Carter Shaw and his special undercover ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Jordan

2019-10-18 7.318

Modern Love

An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribu ...

Genre :Comedy

Jeremy Lopez

2012-09-27 7.6

Elementary

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where h ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Crime

Erik Ritter

2001-11-06 7.791

24

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Pierre

2010-09-24 7.794

Blue Bloods

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Tom Reyes

2013-01-21 6.88

The Following

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 ag ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Father Biobaku

1999-09-20 7.937

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Boukman Baptiste

2013-09-23 7.639

The Blacklist

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dang ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Pastor Isaiah Easton

2009-09-22 7.59

The Good Wife

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. ...

Genre :Drama

Larry Brown

2017-09-10 7.578

The Deuce

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there unti ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Akim

2008-09-09 8.14

Fringe

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable even ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

Mook

2019-09-04 8.2

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will e ...

Genre :Drama

Jeremiah Bello

2013-06-06 7.146

Graceland

In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house unoffic ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

Lando Mutabazi

2019-09-26 7.769

Evil

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordin ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Earl Little

2017-04-25 7.659

Genius

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius. ...

Genre :Drama

Julian Carson

2022-06-16 7.23

The Old Man

Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Chris Santumari

2014-09-21 6.992

Madam Secretary

After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling of ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Ben Ellis

2005-01-23 7.031

Numb3rs

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide r ...