Stage debut in "Porgy and Bess"

Toured as bass soloist with DePaur Infantry Chorus

Film debut, "Carmen Jones"

TV debut, "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts"

Debut as film producer, "Five on the Black Hand Side"

TV producing debut, "This Far By Faith"

Starred as Zecharia in "The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance"

Cast in the television saga "Roots: The Next Generation"

c Potrayed Jim in the made-for-television movie "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Was a regular on the soap opera "The Young And The Restless"

Portrayed Admiral Cartwright in "Star Trek IV"

Cast in the television feature "Polly"

Reunited with the cast of "Star Trek IV" for "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"

Cast as Joseph Sisko in the television series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"

Cast in the feature drama "Ghosts of Mississippi"

Co-starred in the feature "Park Day"

Cast in the Robert Townsend feature "10,000 Black Men Named George

Cast in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television feature "The Locket"