AKA: Niko Pirosmaniscwili, Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr, Howard Rollins
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/17/1950
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Death Date: 12/09/1996
biography
This commanding black actor came to prominence as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Milos Forman's adaptation of the E.L. Doctorow novel "Ragtime" (1981), for which he earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Rollins was also memorable in Norman Jewison's tightly-wound drama, "A Soldier's Story" (1984). But Rollins is perhaps best remembered for his television appearances.On the small screen, the intense actor has portrayed a wide range of characters, ranging from the factual (Andrew Young in the 1978 NBC biographical miniseries "King" and George Haley in the 1979 ABC miniseries "Roots: The
