Markuann Smith (born November 19, 1977 in New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama Godfather of Harlem.
Markuann Smith (born November 19, 1977 in New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama Godfather of Harlem.
Markuann was born in NYC and raised in Harlem. He graduated from Morgan State University minored in theater. [1] He is an American actor, producer, and director who is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama Godfather of Harlem . [2] [3] Markuann's brother, Father M.C., at the outset of the New Jack Swing era, signed a deal with Uptown MCA Records, a Hip Hop and R&B labels of the early 1990s. [1] [4]
He began his career working in production at Black Entertainment Television (BET) after college. [1] [5] He also worked in reality television as the Presenter of VH1's Let's Talk About Pep , which featured Pep of Salt N' Pepa, the girl hip-hop trio of the 1990s. [1]
Markuann Smith has appeared on The Dave Chappelle Show, Juice, Poetic Justice , Code Blue , and A Good Day to Die . Also, he plays the Junie Byrd character in Godfather Of Harlem. [6] [7]
Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Fred Lee Scruggs Jr., better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American hardcore rapper, record producer, actor and author, best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. Fredro Starr was discovered by the late hip hop star Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records. Onyx went on to release three top selling albums before Fredro began his solo career. As a part of Onyx, Fredro Starr was nominated as "Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist" on American Music Awards of 1994 and won "Best Rap Album" on 1994 Soul Train Music Awards.
Terrance Quinn, known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor. He played John Locke on the TV series Lost, the title role in The Stepfather and Stepfather II, and Peter Watts in Millennium, which ran for three seasons (1996–1999). He has also hosted Mysteries of the Missing on The Science Channel.
Big "Bumpy" Johnson was an American Crime Boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Bruce L. Cohen is a film, television, and theater producer.
Reginald Alan Hudlin is an American film screenwriter, director and producer and comic-book writer. Along with his older brother Warrington Hudlin, he is known as one of the Hudlin Brothers. From 2005 to 2008, Hudlin was President of Entertainment for Black Entertainment Television (BET). Hudlin has also written numerous graphic novels. He co-produced the 88th Academy Awards ceremony in 2016 as well as other TV specials. Hudlin's breakout film was 1990's House Party, and he worked as a producer on Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film, Django Unchained, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. He also directed the 1992 film Boomerang.
Hoodlum is a 1997 American crime drama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrates on Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, Dutch Schultz, and Lucky Luciano.
Eric Gerard Laneuville is an American television director, producer and actor. His first acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston, and the ABC television series Room 222 (1970–1973). His role as Luther Hawkins in the television series St. Elsewhere is his best known role. He also starred in A Force of One (1979) playing Charlie, the adopted son of Chuck Norris's character. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas as Blue Bloods and NCIS: Los Angeles. He directed Body of Proof episode "Missing". He also appeared in Love at First Bite.
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–present). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Nelson George is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Ronald Guttman is a Belgian actor, theatrical producer and film producer.
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David Lawrence Brewster Jr., better known by his stage name Dave East, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor from Harlem, New York. East began his career in 2010, and gained attention in 2014 from his eighth mixtape, Black Rose. Its release garnered the attention of fellow New York rapper Nas, who later signed East to his record label, Mass Appeal Records, and later in conjunction with Def Jam Recordings.
The Hip Hop Hall of Fame, also known as the Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum, is a New York chartered non-profit 501 c(3) museum and educational institution whose focus is hip hop music and culture from around the world.
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunner. On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 18, 2021.
Deric Michael "D-Dot" Angelettie, also known by his stage name the Madd Rapper, is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper, TV and film producer and entrepreneur. He was a Grammy Award winner for "Best Rap Album" in 1998 and a BMI Urban Award winner in 2001.
Nigél Thatch is an American actor. He plays Malcolm X in the Epix television series Godfather of Harlem and was nominated for a best supporting actor award at the 51st NAACP Image Awards for the role. He also portrayed Malcolm X in the 2014 film Selma.
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The Hip Hop Film Festival is the first film festival in the world to focus on producers, directors and writers from the global culture of Hip Hop. The Hip Hop Film Festival was founded in 2015 by CR Capers, the CEO & Founder of the Harlem Film House. The Hip Hop Film Festival has featured Master Cyphers by Academy Award-Winning Producer Bruce Cohen, Harlem Legend Dapper Dan, Actor and Entrepreneur Theo Rossi, Director Stefon Bristol and REVOLT CEO Detavio Samuels among others.