Hassan Johnson

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Hassan Johnson
Born (1976-11-19) November 19, 1976 (age 48)
Other namesHinikoj
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Children1

Hassan "Iniko" Johnson (born November 19, 1976) is an American actor from Park Hill, Staten Island, New York. [1] He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's The Wire and also starred as Drew Hill in Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime.

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Hershal Pandya wrote for Vulture that Johnson's "niche is that of the gangster who pivots between being terrifying and baffling from line to line, and who delivers deeply silly lines with the untouchable swagger of someone whom no one in their life dares to question". [2]

Career

Johnson's first acting role was in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers . [3] He also had a significant role in the motion picture In Too Deep , which was based on a true story. He also had a recurring role on ER as Darnell Thibeaux. Johnson has appeared in Brooklyn's Finest , Belly and The Devil's Own . [4] [5]

He owns a production company called Autumn Leaves, which he named after his daughter. [6]

He has also appeared in Mýa's music video for "Fallen", Killarmy's music video "Fair, Love & War", The Roots' music video for "Break You Off", GZA's music video for "Knock Knock", Boyz n da Hood's "Dem Boyz", Obie Trice's music video for "Snitch", Jadakiss's music video "Time's up", Freeway's "What We Do?" music video alongside his fellow cast-members from The Wire, Jay-Z's music video for "Anything", 50 Cent's music video "Just a Lil Bit", the crime-drama web series "Dead Man's Trigger", [7] and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie Belly . He was Jennifer Hudson's love interest in "No One Gonna Love You" video. Johnson also played a small role in Entourage as rapper Saigon's manager.

Most recently Johnson has appeared as the character Lorenzo on the CBS television show Person of Interest , [8] and as the voice actor for Harold "Stretch" Joseph in the video game Grand Theft Auto V . [9] He appeared in the 2018 WWE Studios film Blood Brother .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Clockers Skills
1997 The Devil's Own Teenager
1998 Belly Mark
1999 In Too Deep Latique
Black and White Iniko
2000Amour InfinitySilence
2001 Prison Song Jay
SluggersChappyShort
2002 Paid in Full Accomplice
2003 Marci X Tinfoil
2007I TriedKP
2008Who's Deal?Clock
American DreamWisdom
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Beamer
FrankenhoodMarcellus
A Day in the Life Mr. Fix It
BreatheJimmyShort
2010 Gun Clinton
The Blue WallCloudShort
2013NewlyweedsTwo For Three
Once Upon a Time in Queens Agent Butler
BugDerrickShort
2014An American in HollywoodPaul
Top Five Craig
2015ConjureBlessShort
OvumBarnard
Staten Island Summer Murray
2016Happy BabyMarco
Guns and GramsFreaky
2017 Bobbi Kristina Bobby Brown TV movie
Ms. RenaissancePierre GardanShort
2018No Good Gang GirlsLos Muertos MemberShort
A Talent for TroubleSean Wellington
Ladies Love Leo Littles: A Lesson in ChivalryLeo Littles
Blood Brother Joe
2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Aaron
2020Lethal ProceduresRay Thornton
Equal Standard Justice
Guns and GramsFreaky
2021Better Than My LastDamion CarterTV movie
2022HuntherCharlie
2023 Story Ave Reggie
2024Marriage MansionRich Harris
2025ZekeZekeShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995–96 New York Undercover Red/AhmedEpisode: "Manchild" & "Toy Soldiers"
2001 NYPD Blue Lenny SheltonEpisode: "Waking Up Is Hard to Do"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit JuniorEpisode: "Wrath"
2002 Law & Order ArnoldEpisode: "Access Nation"
2002–08 The Wire Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 4, Guest: Season 2-3 & 5
2004 Law & Order Trevor HawkinsEpisode: "Gunplay"
2005–07 ER Darnell ThibeauxRecurring Cast: Season 11-12, Guest: Season 13
2006 Rescue Me Cell MateEpisode: "Chlamydia"
Entourage BunkyEpisode: "I Wanna Be Sedated"
2007 Numbers Calvin BradleyEpisode: "End of Watch"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rick TylerEpisode: "Undercover"
2009 Dark Blue Bobby KilgoreEpisode: "August"
2010 Cold Case Robert Miggs '10Episode: "Shattered"
2012Dead Man's TriggerAgent PatelMain Cast
The Good Wife Gavin WellsEpisode: "Waiting for the Knock"
2013 Person of Interest LorenzoEpisode: "2 Pi R"
2014 The Blacklist Pete MaguireEpisode: "Mako Tanida (No. 83)"
2016 Blue Bloods Morgan RutherfordEpisode: "The Extra Mile"
2017 The Breaks Detective Anthony PurdellRecurring Cast
2018Trappin'GreedyEpisode: "Money Ain't a Thang"
2019 Tales DougieEpisode: "Deep Cover"
2019–20 The Last O.G. HowardGuest Cast: Season 2-3
2020 For Life Bobby LatimerRecurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2021-22 Flatbush Misdemeanors Drew HillMain Cast
2022 This Fool DavonteEpisode: "Putazos"
2025 Survival of the Thickest Dr. LawrenceRecurring Cast: Season 2

Music Video

YearArtistSongRole
2019 Jadakiss "Me"Bank Robber

Video Game

YearTitleRole
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Harold 'Stretch' Joseph

References

  1. Murphy, Joel (January 2008). "One on One with Hassan Johnson". www.hobotrashcan.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. Pandya, Hershal (August 17, 2022). "Hassan Johnson Is Television's Funniest Gangster". Vulture . Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. "Hassan Johnson: BEing More Progressive". Bemagazine.me. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  4. Voger, Mark (July 10, 2010). "'Brooklyn's Finest' DVD review". The Star-Ledger . New Jersey On-Line . Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  5. Lawrence Van Gelder (November 4, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; For Young Blacks, Decency vs. Crime". The New York Times . Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  6. "Hassan Johnson: Unconventional Means". Allhiphop.com. December 3, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  7. Eisenberg, Dave (August 3, 2012). "A New Generation of Filmmakers Look to Fund Their Craft on the Web, With Help from Zoomtilt". BostInno . Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  8. "Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey Brice) — Where Are They Now? The Post-Finale Careers of 'The Wire's' Cast". Complex . February 19, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  9. "Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 15, 2019.