Harry Lennix
Date of birth: 1964-11-16
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Harry J. Lennix, Harry Joseph Lennix, Гарри Дж. Ленникс, ハリー・J・レニックス
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harold Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in the science-fiction series Dollhouse. Lennix co-starred as Harold Cooper, assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist. Lennix also played J'onn J'onzz/Calvin Swanwick/Martian Manhunter in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder's Justice League. He was nominated for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Purpose.
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The Matrix Reloaded
2003-05-15
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion
The Matrix Revolutions
2003-11-05
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to
Ray
2004-10-29
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by
A Christmas Together With You
2021-11-20
During the Christmas season, Megan and her father-figure Frank head out on a road trip to find his l
Bob Roberts
1992-09-04
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickl
Stomp the Yard
2007-05-16
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is abl
The Human Stain
2003-10-29
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial
Suspect Zero
2004-08-27
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felo
Mo' Money
1992-07-24
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love w
Pumpkin
2002-06-28
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenge
Titus
1999-12-25
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S
Collateral Damage
2002-02-06
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism
Vanishing Son II
1994-07-23
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa h
The Five Heartbeats
1991-03-29
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group cal
Too Close to Home
1997-04-29
A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in ord
Love & Basketball
2000-04-21
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since chi
State of Play
2009-04-17
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case inv
Super Turnt
2022-02-08
Libaraiers "Rilla" Stanford, has just been released from prison and finds that his immediate world h
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
2022-02-08
A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.
Black Listed
2003-01-21
Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigi
Vanishing Son IV
1994-10-15
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-Wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for
Chicago Cab
1998-09-18
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad par
They Die by Dawn
2013-09-20
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last m
Evidence
2013-07-19
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre
Don't Explain
2003-01-01
A city symphony of kinetic movement in the concrete jungle. A cacophony of textures, layers and surf
A Beautiful Soul
2012-05-04
An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his c
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989-12-03
The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her
Curse of the Macbeths
2022-07-11
In their unrelenting quest for power, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth engage in murder and mayhem to attain
Timeless
2016-11-27
Time travel comedy with an international cast: In 1932, Arnold disappears and suddenly finds himself
Nothing But the Truth
1995-05-23
A polygraph examiner has an affair with a murder suspect after her test clears him, but new evidence
Guarding Tess
1994-03-11
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—t
The Last Fall
2012-03-09
An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life's complexities after his professional career is over.
In the Best Interest of the Children
1992-02-16
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Back to School Mom
2015-02-14
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at ag
Winter Ball
2022-03-24
A minor league pitcher is about to get called up to the big leagues - or so he thinks. Instead, he's
Eyes in the Trees
A video journalist and his film crew embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their
Man of Steel
2013-06-12
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he jou
Troubled Waters
2020-10-01
The story of a comedian, Ron Waters, who is a Richard Pryor-type of entertainer who makes commentary
Since You've Been Gone
1998-06-06
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humil
The Algerian
2015-08-07
The Algerian is an international political thriller about the colliding worlds of the Middle East an
Nothing Is Impossible
2022-10-06
When an NBA team suddenly announces open tryouts, a high school janitor gets a second chance at both
Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdr
Comfortably Numb
1995-01-01
A clean-cut young lawyer meets a beautiful prostitute who drags him into a decadent dead-end world o
Sunny and RayRay
2013-08-17
After losing contact with, and the financial support of, her sexually abusive father, Sunny begins t
Cru
2014-06-21
A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state champ
Get on the Bus
1996-10-16
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in
H4
2014-02-01
H4 translates Shakespeare's Henry IV plays to contemporary Los Angeles to explore political struggle
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016-03-23
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015-01-13
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against th
72 Hours
2015-02-13
The story revolves around Chef Cleavon 'Von' Burkett, a former ladies' man who was living the good l
The Unspoken
1999-10-01
Jean, a small-town child preacher grows up in an institution without speaking. When involuntarily re
Friends 'Til The End
1997-01-01
Heather and Suzanne were childhood friends, both singers, who have always been competing against eac
Isla Monstro
2024-10-06
When loser Duke, who has screwed up every hair-brained scheme he's ever come up with, accidentally f
Macbeth Unhinged
2016-06-16
This is a modern interpretation of the bard's tragedy, set in the claustrophobic confines of a stret
Needlestick
2017-02-21
A desperate doctor locks down South Union Cardiac Hospital to keep the greatest discovery in human h
Cruel Will
2013-12-30
Tragedy strikes married couple Paul and Lily, when Lily's father dies. Lily has her father cremated,
The Package
1989-08-25
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Bo
Chrystal
2004-02-26
Many years after a devastating accident that took the life of his only son and permanently injured h
Clockers
1995-09-15
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manag
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004-01-20
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop
The Fright Night Files
2014-10-08
Three stories told by a lady fortune teller.
Across the Universe
2007-09-14
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002-02-11
Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Right
Stand Down Soldier
2014-07-09
After Sergeant Stacy Armstrong returns from three deployments with PTSD, Jesse and Stacy are determi
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017-07-01
The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color th
Canal Street
2019-01-18
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate
Revival!
2018-12-07
A unique visual and musical experience based on the Gospel of John. Originally a Passion play, it fr
Resurrecting the Champ
2007-06-14
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact,
Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission
2016-01-01
Three teens realize their science project is the key to finding their missing parents, in another wo
Hound Dogs
2011-01-01
Drawing from Ron Shelton's own experiences as a baseball player, Hound Dogs is set in the world of m
Victimless Crimes
1991-10-01
A pair of art thieves steal a painting, believing that no one will get hurt. The gallery owner gets
Emperor
2020-08-18
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Bas
Rehabilitation of the Hill
2020-05-14
Rehabilitation of the Hill follows two quirky, headstrong women from opposing backgrounds as they ba
Lazaretto
2020-09-07
A terrible disease has swept the nation. Amidst riots, food shortages and growing unrest, the govern
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990-09-30
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021-03-18
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with D
That's Harassment
2018-01-26
This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in th
Godless
After signing a progressive bill into law, a Catholic governor with hopes of the presidency is excom
Home Invaders
2001-08-02
A seemingly foolproof plan to scam gas station customers backfires when a small-time crook crosses t
The Price for Freedom
At 10:20 pm, on a foggy December 25th in 1951, a bomb exploded under their small shotgun-style home
Notes in a Minor Key
1994-09-09
Set in Harlem in 1947, this film is the story of Grandpa Kansas and his jazz band that set out to be