Was cast in Apocalypse Now when he was 14 by telling director Francis Ford Coppola he was 18
Turned down the role of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It five times
When he heard Angela Bassett would be playing Tina, he reconsidered
First African-American to play Shakespeare's Othello on film, in the 1995 movie
Wrote his 2000 directorial debut film Once in the Life, which he based on his play, Riff Raff
In 2008, began a two-and-a-half season stint as criminal pathologist Dr
Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Portrayed Thurgood Marshall on Broadway in 2008's one-man play Thurgood; later reprised his role for a 2010 Kennedy Center production that HBO filmed and then debuted in 2011
Awards
2017Producers Guild Awards-Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:nominated
2017Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:nominated
2017Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:nominated
2016Emmy-Outstanding Narrator:nominated
2016Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:nominated
2016Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:nominated
2011Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:nominated
2011Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie:nominated