Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Curtis-Hall in 2019
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Spouse
(m. 1995)
Children4, including Henry Hunter Hall
Relatives Kevan Hall (brother)

Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor, film director, and television director. [1] As an actor, he is known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley and as Ben Urich in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Daredevil . He wrote and directed the cult film Gridlock'd .

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Career

Initially a stage actor, Curtis-Hall was a member of the original cast of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls . He originated the role of Marty, James "Thunder" Early's original manager. Curtis-Hall has appeared in numerous films including One Good Cop , Passion Fish , Sugar Hill , Coming To America , Crooklyn , Drop Squad , Eve's Bayou , Turn It Up and William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet . His credits as a director include the films Gridlock'd , Glitter , Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story , [2] Waist Deep , as well as episodes of television shows The Shield , Firefly , Chicago Hope , and MDs. In 2000, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Danny Glover (who later portrayed Marty in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls ) both appeared in the TNT made-for-television movie Freedom Song . In 2019 Curtis-Hall appeared in the film Harriet, where, according to one reviewer, "Vondie Curtis-Hall gives one of the finest performances of his long career as Reverend Green." [3]

He has had recurring roles on TV series such as Soul Food , I'll Fly Away , and ER . His one-time role as a suicide patient on ER earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series; later in that series he appeared in a recurring role as Roger McGrath.

His most prominent television role as an actor to date is as supporting character Dennis Hancock on the medical drama Chicago Hope . Curtis-Hall portrayed Ben Urich in the Netflix series Daredevil . [4] He also appeared in an episode of The Sopranos .

Personal life

Curtis-Hall is a full-time arts professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [5]

Filmography

Actor

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Shakedown Speaker (voice)
Coming to America Basketball Game Vendor
1989 Mystery Train EdSegment: "Lost in Space"
Black Rain Detective
1990 Die Hard 2 Miller
1991 One Good Cop Father Wills
Healing Hurts
1992 The Mambo Kings Miguel Montoya
Passion Fish Sugar LeDoux
1993 Falling Down Not Economically Viable Man
Sugar Hill Mark Doby
1994 Crooklyn Uncle Brown
Clear and Present Danger Voice-Print Analyst
Drop Squad Rocky Seavers
1995Tuesday Morning RideCarverShort film
1996 Broken Arrow Chief Sam Rhodes
Heaven's Prisoners Minos P. Dautrieve
Romeo + Juliet Captain Prince
Dr. HugoDr. HugoShort film
1997 Gridlock'd D-Reper
Eve's Bayou Julian Grayraven
2000 Turn It Up Cliff
2007 Talk to Me Sunny Jim Kelsey
Honeydripper Slick
2008Crenshaw NightsFrank "Jupiter" JohnsonShort film
2009 Life Is Hot in Cracktown Dixon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans James Brasser
2013 Black Nativity Pawnbroker
2015 Cymbeline Caius Lucius
Experimenter Thomas Shine
2018 Come Sunday J.D. Ellis
The RowShort film
Breaking BrooklynGreg Bryant
2019 Harriet Reverend Green
2020 The Night House Mel
2021ResidueReverend Washington
Blue Bayou Barry Boucher
18½ Samuel
2022 Raymond & Ray Reverend West
2024 The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Lester
2026 The Last Resort Sam

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 A Man Called Hawk TractonEpisode: "The Master's Mirror"
1990 Heat Wave Clifford TurpinTV movie
Cop Rock Cmdr. Warren OsborneMain cast; 10 episodes
1991 China Beach BillEpisode: "Through and Through"
...And Then She Was GoneDet. Gary HopkinsTV movie
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Dr. VarrickEpisode: "For Love or Money"
1992Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry StoryC. Yernon MasonTV movie
What She Doesn't KnowVinnie
Nightmare Cafe ThomasEpisode: "Sanctuary for a Child"
Civil Wars Jack TurrentineEpisode: "The Old Man and the 'C'"
1992–1993 I'll Fly Away Joe Clay6 episodes
1993There Was a Little BoyDanforthTV movie
Fallen Angels David O'ConnorEpisode: "Dead-End for Delia"
1994 L.A. Law Eugene ClayEpisode: "Three on a Patch"
South Central James MoselyEpisode: "Dad"
Dead Man's RevengeJessup BushTV movie
KeysLouche Amarant
ZoomanDavis
1994-2001 ER Henry Colton / Rena / Roger McGrath8 episodes
1995–1999 Chicago Hope Dr. Dennis HancockMain cast; 104 episodes
1997 Don King: Only in America Lloyd Price TV movie
1999 Sirens Vincent Morgan
2000 Freedom Song Daniel Wall
Ali: An American Hero Drew "Bundini" Brown
2001 ER Roger McGrath7 episodes
2002 The Sopranos Maurice TiffenEpisode: "Watching Too Much Television"
2002–2003 Fastlane Andre Hayes2 episodes
2003 1-800-Missing Agent Vic MartinsenEpisode: "Pilot"
2004DeceitDetective Hal KazinTV movie
DenseRossTV short
Soul Food Charles Miller6 episodes
2005 LAX Dele EkokuEpisode: "Cease & Assist"
2006 Law & Order Dr. Andrew CopelanEpisode: "Positive"
2007 Medium Scanlon's FriendEpisode: "Second Opinion"
2009 Fear Itself Walter MarkhamEpisode: "Chance"
Criminal Minds Stanley UsherEpisode: "Cold Comfort"
2010Lens on TalentEpisode: "Taking on Different Hats"
2011 Law & Order: SVU Dwight TalcottEpisode: "Reparations"
A Gifted Man Dennis JonesEpisode: "In Case of Missed Communication"
2012 NYC 22 Fred WheelerEpisode: "Self Cleaning Oven"
2014 Chasing Life Lawrence3 episodes
Tin ManJack GarrisonTV movie
2015 Daredevil Benjamin "Ben" Urich Main cast (season 1);
9 episodes
2015–2017 Rosewood Beaumont Rosewood Sr.3 episodes
2016SparkPhilippe Lavelle1 episode
2018–2019 For the People Chief Judge Nicholas ByrneMain cast; 20 episodes
2019 Evil Leon AcostaEpisode: "2 Fathers"
2022-2025 The Recruit Walter NylandMain cast; 14 episodes
2023 Justified: City Primeval Marcus "Sweety" SweetonMain cast; 8 episodes [6]
TBA Death by Lightning Frederick Douglass Upcoming miniseries

Director

Film

Music video

TV series

YearTitleNotes
2001-2002 ER Episodes "Start All Over Again" and "It's All in Your Head"
2002 Firefly Episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds"
MDs Episode "Cruel and Unusual"
2005 The Shield Episode "Insurgents"
2006 Sleeper Cell Episode "Torture"
2008 Boston Legal Episode "Glow in the Dark"
Gossip Girl Episode "Pret-a-Poor-J"
The Starter Wife Episode "Das Booty Call"

TV movies

References

  1. Vondie Curtis-Hall Movies & TV, The New York Times
  2. Redemption overview, The New York Times
  3. Historically Rich Harriet a Haunting Tale of an American Legend, MovieFreak.com
  4. Netflix's "Daredevil"
  5. "Vondie Curtis Hall". NYU Tisch. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  6. Rice, Lynette (July 22, 2022). "Justified: City Primeval Production Halted After Outsiders Engaged In Gun Battle Drive Through Barricades In Chicago; PD Releases Statement". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 22, 2022.