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Bokeem Woodbine
Woodbine in 2011.
Born (1973-04-13) April 13, 1973 (age 51)
Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present

Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. He won a Black Reel Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his role as Mike Milligan on the second season of Fargo. Woodbine also portrayed Daniel in season 2 of the WGN series Underground and Herman Schultz/Shocker in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Early life and education

Woodbine was born on April 13, 1973 in Harlem, New York. He attended the prestigious Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, before transferring to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city.[1]

Career

With the encouragement of his actress mother, Woodbine entered show business at age 19 as a stand-in and extra in Ernest Dickerson's directorial debut, Juice (1992), starring Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. In the following year, he made his TV acting debut in the CBS Schoolbreak Special entitled "Love Off Limits". His appearance was noticed by casting director Jaki Brown-Karman, who later recommended him to Forest Whitaker for the latter's directorial effort, the HBO television movie Strapped (1993). Since then, he has worked with other major African-American filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Mario Van Peebles and the Hughes Brothers in the films Crooklyn (1994), Panther (1995) and Dead Presidents (1995), respectively.[2]

In 1996 he appeared in Shakur’s music video for "I Ain't Mad at Cha"[3] and formed a friendship with the rapper. They subsequently reunited in Vondie Curtis-Hall's directorial debut, Gridlock'd, which was released four months after Shakur’s death.[4]

Entering the new millennium, Woodbine was featured as a regular on the NBC midseason sitcom Battery Park and played Dr. Damon Bradley, who later turned out to be a serial rapist,[5] in the short-lived CBS medical drama City of Angels, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[citation needed] Additionally, he appeared in the Wu-Tang Clan's music videos for their songs "Protect Ya Neck II (The Jump Off)", "Gravel Pit", and "Careful (Click, Click)".[6] Woodbine went to portray saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman in the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic Ray.[3]

Over the next few years, Woodbine made minor appearances in both film and television. On the small screen, he could be seen in an episode of Fox's crime drama Bones and ABC's short-lived cop drama The Evidence, as well as two episodes of Spike TV's Blade: The Series, based on Marvel Comics' character and popular film series. The next year, Woodbine appeared with his Blade: The Series co-star Sticky Fingaz in his musical drama film A Day in the Life, starring Omar Epps and Mekhi Phifer, and two films by Jesse V. Johnson: the low-budget sci-fi/action movie The Last Sentinel (alongside Don "The Dragon" Wilson and Katee Sackhoff), and the action film The Butcher, opposite Eric Roberts. He also landed a series regular, as Leon Cooley, an inmate on death row, in the TNT crime/drama series Saving Grace alongside Holly Hunter.

In 2009, Woodbine appeared in the blaxploitation film Black Dynamite[3] and followed it up the next year with the M. Night Shyamalan-produced supernatural thriller Devil.[7] He has also appeared as a police officer on the critically acclaimed series Southland (2011). He next appeared in the 2012 remake of Total Recall[8] and then Riddick the next year.[9]

In December 2015, he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his role as Mike Milligan in Fargo.[10]

In 2017, Woodbine appeared in the Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming, as Shocker, one of four villains, alongside Michael Keaton, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Chernus.[11]

In 2018, Woodbine starred in the series Unsolved. He played Daryn Dupree, who was part of a police task force that investigated the murders of rappers Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Strapped Diquan Mitchell
1994 Crooklyn Richard
1994 Jason's Lyric Joshua Alexander
1995 Panther Tyrone
1995 Dead Presidents Staff Sgt. Cleon
1996 Freeway Chopper
1996 The Rock Gunnery Sergeant Crisp
1996 The Elevator Malcolm
1997 Gridlock'd Mud Uncredited
1998 Caught Up Daryl Allen
1998 The Big Hit Crunch
1998 Almost Heroes Jonah
1999 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Mr. Farralon Direct-to-video
1999 Life Can't Get Right
1999 The Runner 477
2000 BlackMale Jimmy Best
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland Benjamin Franklin
2001 The Breed FBI Agent Steve Grant
2002 Run for the Money Rock a.k.a. Hard Cash
2002 Sniper 2 U.S. Army Sniper Jake Cole Direct-to-video
2003 Detonator Jack Forrester
2004 Ray Fathead Newman
2005 The Circle Cop
2005 Blood of a Champion Shadow Direct-to-video
2005 Edmond Prisoner
2006 18 Fingers of Death! Billy Buff Direct-to-video
2006 Confessions of a Call Girl Miles Adams
2006 The Champagne Gang Rock Star
2007 The Last Sentinel Anchilles
2008 The Poker House Duval
2008 The Fifth Commandment Miles Templeton
2009 Black Dynamite Black Hand Jack
2009 A Day in the Life Bam Bam
2009 The Butcher Chinatown Pete
2009 Three Bullets Bo Short film
2010 Devil Guard
2010 Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Miller Video
2011 Flesh Wounds Jackie
2011 Ghost of New Orleans Lipp a.k.a. Little Murder
2012 Total Recall Harry
2013 Caught on Tape Tyrone
2013 The Host Nate Cameo
2013 Five Thirteen Nestor
2013 Riddick Moss
2013 1982 Scoop
2013 They Die by Dawn Bill Pickett
2014 For Love or Money Jacoby
2014 Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Corporal Danny Kettner
2014 Guardian Angel Detective Jackson
2015 AWOL72 Myron Also co-producer
2015 The Night Crew Crenshaw
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Herman Schultz / Shocker #2
2017 Mom and Dad Parent
2018 Billionaire Boys Club Tim Pitt
2018 Overlord Sgt. Rensin
2019 In the Shadow of the Moon Maddox
2019 Queen & Slim Uncle Earl
2020 Spenser Confidential Driscoll
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sheriff Domingo Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Steve Newberg Episode: "Love Off Limits"
Strapped Diquan Mitchell TV movie
1995 The X-Files Sammom Roque Episode: "The List"[12]
1997 New York Undercover Mobster Episode: "No Place Like Hell"
1999 The Sopranos Massive Genius Episode: "A Hit Is a Hit"
2000 Sacrifice Agent Gottfried TV movie
Battery Park Detective Derek Finley 6 episodes
Soul Food Detective Conrad Episode: "Bad Luck"
City of Angels Dr. Damon Bradley 4 episodes
2002 R.U.S./H. TV movie
2003 Fastlane Super G. Episode: "Overkill"
Jasper, Texas Khalid X TV movie
2004 Why Blitt? TV movie
CSI: Miami Byron Middlebrook / B-Slick Episode: "Pro Per"
2005 Bones Randall Hall Episode: "The Man in the Wall"
2006 The Evidence Chaz Roberts Episode: "Stringers"
Blade: The Series Steppin' Razor 2 episodes
2007 Shark Willy Tarver Episode: "The Wrath of Khan"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gordon 'G-Man' Thomas Episode: "Flipped"
2007–2010 Saving Grace Leon Cooley 28 episodes
2011–2012 Southland Officer Jones 5 episodes
2015 Battle Creek Devin Episode: "Old Wounds"
Chicago P.D. Derek Keyes Episode: "Life Is Fluid"
Life in Pieces Officer Wood Episode: "Sleepy Email Brunch Tree"
Fargo Mike Milligan 10 episodes
Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
2016 Drunk History George Washington Episode: "Hamilton"
2017 Underground Daniel 8 episodes
Snowfall Knees Episode: "A Long Time Coming"
2018 Unsolved Officer Daryn Dupree 10 episodes
2019 Wu-Tang: An American Saga Jerome Episode: "Impossible"

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2013 Payday 2 The Elephant

References

  1. ^ "Bokeem Woodbine Profile - Metacritic". Metacritic.
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  4. ^ "Tupac Month: Bokeem Woodbine Remembers Working With 'Pac". XXL. September 14, 2011.
  5. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 224. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  6. ^ Michael, Brett (February 25, 2016). "Bokeem Woodbine On Life After 'Fargo,' His Mysterious 'Sopranos' Character, And His Hazy Wu-Tang Memories". Uproxx (Interview).
  7. ^ "Bokeem Woodbine Rides with the "DEVIL"". Fangoria. July 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  8. ^ Gallagher, Brian (May 3, 2011). "Total Recall Wants Bokeem Woodbine". MovieWeb. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  9. ^ Gallagher, Brian (November 3, 2011). "Riddick Wants Katee Sackhoff and Bokeem Woodbine". MovieWeb. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  10. ^ Gray, Tim (December 14, 2015). "Critics' Choice Award Nominations: Complete List". Variety. Los Angeles, California: Penske Media Corporation.
  11. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (June 23, 2016). "Spider-Man: Homecoming Casts Third Villain in Fargo's Bokeem Woodbine". IGN. San Francisco, California: j2 Global.
  12. ^ "Bokeem Woodbine". IMDb. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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