New York stage debut, "Dark of the Moon" (date approximate)

Broadway debut, "The Long Dream"

Film debut, "The Cool World"

Starred on Broadway in "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground"

Served as artist in residence at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

TV episodic debut, "Daktari" (CBS)

Portrayed Linc on "The Mod Squad" (ABC)

Starred opposite Maggie Smith in "Night and Day" on Broadway

Played Prince's abusive father in "Purple Rain"

Appeared as Kalinga in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka"

Cast as drug-addicted father in "Sugar Hill"

Featured as prison rebel Chaka in "Against the Wall" (HBO)

Portrayed Jelly Roll Morton in "The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean/The Legend of 1900" (released in an edited version in the USA in 1999)

Co-starred in "The General's Daughter"

Made memorable guest appearance on "Law & Order"