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AKA:
Howard Rollins
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Howard Ellsworth Rollins
,
Niko Pirosmaniscwili
Birthplace:
Baltimore, Maryland
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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
Captain Richard Davenport
1967
Stage debut, "Of Mice and Men" in Baltimore, MD
1969
Appeared as regular on PBS series "Our Street"
1974
Broadway debut, "We Interrupt This Program"
1978
Feature film debut, "The House of God"
Was a regular on the NBC daytime drama "Another World"
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