Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, [citation needed] New York who worked primarily within black film.[1][2] He is best known for Mississippi Burning,[1] Penitentiary,[3] A Rage in Harlem,[1] and Who's the Man?.[4]
Badja Djola | |
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Born | Bernard Bradley April 9, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 8, 2005 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–2005 |
Notable work | Mississippi Burning, Who's the Man?, Penitentiary, A Rage in Harlem |
Career
editDjola's breakout role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate, the villainous "Half Dead" Johnson, in the 1979 movie Penitentiary, which led to many more feature films, including a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow.[3][1] He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Doctor Dré in Who's the Man? (1993).[1][4] In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several television shows, including The X-Files, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue.[5][6][7] He also starred in theatre performances, with shows including Once in a Wife Time (1981),"[8] Edmond (1984),[9] 227,[10] Southern Rapture (1993),[11] and Dancing on Moonlight (1995),[12]
Personal life
editDjola died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Ref |
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1979 | The Main Event | Heavyweight in Gym | [13] |
Penitentiary | "Half Dead" Johnson | [14] | |
1982 | Night Shift | Cleon | [15] |
1984 | The Lonely Guy | Native | [16] |
1985 | The Lightship | Nate | [17] |
1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Lieutenant Gaston | [18] |
Mississippi Burning | FBI Agent Monk | [19] | |
1989 | An Innocent Man | IA Detective John Fitzgerald | [20] |
1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Slim | [21] |
The Last Boy Scout | Alley Thug | [22] | |
Christmas on Division Street | Scorpio | [23] | |
1992 | The Waterdance | Decton | [24] |
Eddie Presley | The Drycleaner (uncredited) | [citation needed] | |
1993 | Who's the Man? | Lionel Douglas | [4] |
Marked for Murder | [25] | ||
1994 | Knight Rider 2010 | Zeke | [25] |
1996 | Heaven's Prisoners | Batist | [26] |
1997 | Rosewood | John Bradley | [27] |
The Brave | Rider | [citation needed] | |
First Time Felon | Disciple Leader | [28] | |
1998 | Gunshy | Abel | [29] |
The Players Club | The Doctor | [30] | |
Butter | Roscoe | [25] | |
1999 | Deterrence | Harvey | [31] |
The Hurricane | Mobutu | [32] | |
2000 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | "Fast Eddie" | [citation needed] |
The Price of Air | Sugar | [33] | |
2001 | Night at the Golden Eagle | Gabriel | [34] |
2005 | Back in the Day | Grant Brown | [citation needed] |
Slipdream | Sahdu | [citation needed] |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Episode/s | Ref |
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1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | "The Threat" | [35] | |
1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Oomupwah | "Legends Are Forever" | [36] |
1984 | Maximum Security | Prisoner Preacher | "Pilot" | [citation needed] |
1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Tyrone Blackwell | "Among Friends" | [citation needed] |
1990 | B.L. Stryker | "Grand Theft Hotel" | [25] | |
Wiseguy | Etoile de Joie | "Black Gold" | [37] | |
1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Francoise Benoir | "The Not-So-Great Dictator" | [38] |
1993—1994 | Roc | William Lawn | "Final Analysis" and "Citizen Roc: Part 2" | [citation needed] |
1995 | The X-Files | Napoleon "Neech" Manley | "The List" | [5] |
1997 | Nash Bridges | Jack Archer | "Inside Out" | [7] |
NYPD Blue | Clyde Bell | "Bad Rap" | [6] | |
The Last Don | Phil Sharkey | "Part III" | [25] | |
Millennium | Lacuna | "Sense and Antisense" | [39] | |
1998 | Brooklyn South | Clude Miller | "Skel in a Cell" | [citation needed] |
ER | Mike Lembreaux | "Shades of Gray" | [40] | |
Chicago Hope | Jean Baptiste Marche | "Austin, We Have a Problem" | [citation needed] | |
Born Free | Motumbo | "Celebration of Life" | [citation needed] | |
2001 | The Fugitive | Dominick | "Lagniappe" | [citation needed] |
The Lone Gunmen | Spike | "Maximum Byers" | [41] |
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