Actor
Dorian Harewood
Born 6 August 1950 · Dayton, Ohio, USA
Dorian Harewood (born 1950, Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor with a long career across film and television. He first drew wide notice in the miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, playing Simon Haley, and later appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. He also has extensive voice-acting credits.
Key films
Sparkle (1976)
Early screen role in a music drama set in a 1950s-60s Harlem girl group, early in his film career.
Against All Odds (1984)
Supporting role in a major studio thriller-romance of the mid-1980s.
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Supporting part in a well-regarded Cold War espionage drama based on a true story.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Played Eightball, a Marine, in Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam War film, his most widely recognised film role.
Pacific Heights (1990)
Supporting role in a popular psychological thriller, showing his range in 1990s mainstream cinema.
Key awards
- 1994 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie (for I'll Fly Away)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 68
- 1974Miss Moffat · as Morgan EvansActor
- 1975Foster & Laurie · as Gregory FosterActor
- 1976Sparkle · as LeviActor
- 1977Panic in Echo Park · as Michael StonerActor
- 1978Gray Lady Down · as FowlerActor
- 1978Siege · as SimonActor
- 1979An American Christmas Carol · as Matt ReevesActor
- 1980High Ice · as Lt. Zack HawkinsActor
- 1981Looker · as Lt. MastersActor
- 1981God's Trombones · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1982I, Desire · as Detective Jerry Van NessActor
- 1982The Ambush Murders · as Ray EllsworthActor
- 1984Against All Odds · as TommyActor
- 1984Tank · as Sergeant TippetActor
- 1984The Jesse Owens Story · as Jesse OwensActor
- 1984Don't Ask Me, Ask God · as Black SoldierActor
- 1985The Falcon and the Snowman · as GeneActor
- 1985Dirty Work · as Lt. Jack HillActor
- 1987Full Metal Jacket · as EightballActor
- 1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story · as Lenell GeterActor
- 1988God Bless the Child · as Calvin ReedActor
- 1989Polly · as Doctor ShannonActor
- 1989Kiss Shot · as Kevin MerrickActor
- 1990Pacific Heights · as DennisActor
- 1990The Easter Story · as (voice)Actor
- 1990Polly: Comin' Home! · as Doctor ShannonActor
- 1990The Knife and Gun Club · as Dr. Jack DucetteActor
- 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II · as StretchActor
- 1992Solar Crisis · as BorgActor
- 1992Getting Up and Going Home · as Ted OwensActor
- 1994The Pagemaster · as Jamaican Pirates (voice)Actor
- 1994Shattered Image · as HardyActor
- 1994Viper · as Julian WilkesActor
- 1995Sudden Death · as Matthew HallmarkActor
- 1996Space Jam · as Monstar BUPKUS (voice)Actor
- 1996Superman: The Last Son of Krypton · as Ron Troupe (voice)Actor
- 1996Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the ImpossibleActor
- 199712 Angry Men · as Juror 5Actor
- 1997When The Cradle Falls · as Lt. Harlan DuggerActor
- 1998Evasive Action · as Luke SinclairActor
- 1998Change of Heart · as Dr. Lewis FranklinActor
- 1998Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartisteActor
- 1998Archibald the Rainbow Painter · as Archibald WrightActor
- 2000Hendrix · as Al HendrixActor
- 2000The Last Debate · as Brad LilyActor
- 2001Glitter · as Guy RichardsonActor
- 2001The Triangle · as Captain Louis MorganActor
- 2001Walter and Henry · as Pete HortonActor
- 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin · as Tombstone (voice)Actor
- 2002The Christmas Shoes · as Dalton GregoryActor
- 2002Framed · as George AdamsActor
- 2003Gothika · as Teddy HowardActor
- 2003Levity · as Mackie WhittakerActor
- 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man · as Lonnie / Tombstone (voice)Actor
- 2003Hollywood Wives: The New Generation · as Claude St. ClaireActor
- 2004Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! · as Lead Agent (voice)Actor
- 2004Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound · as Jim Tate (voice)Actor
- 2005Assault on Precinct 13 · as GilActor
- 2005A History of God · as Self - NarratorActor
- 2006The Adventures of Brer Rabbit · as Mister Man (voice)Actor
- 2006Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall · as Jim MonroeActor
- 2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure · as Older Irwin (voice)Actor
- 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil · as SelfActor
- 2008Grave Misconduct · as Baxter KyleActor
- 2008Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem · as NarratorActor
- 2011Mayor Cupcake · as Albert PeachActor
- 2015The Right Girl · as James ClineActor
- 2015The Making of the Wiz Live! · as Self - NarratorActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.