1992 | Won an award from the Speech and Theater League Festival |
2001 | Received critical accolades as rapper Tupac Shakur in the off-off-Broadway play "Up Against the Wind" |
2002 | Appeared in the New York stage production of "Talk" |
2002 | Feature film debut as the fearsome Papa Doc in "8 Mile" |
2002 | Was an understudy to Don Cheadle in Suzan-Lori Parks' play "Topdog/Underdog" |
2003 | Appeared as a young art student in acclaimed drama "Brother to Brother"; earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination |
2004 | First lead role in Spike Lee's "She Hate Me" |
2005 | Appeared as a loud-mouthed boxer in Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" |
2005 | Had a small role as a dealer in the independent film "Half Nelson" |
2006 | Played real-life college football player Nate Ruffin in "We Are Marshall" |
2008 | Had a supporting role in Kathryn Bigelow's film about the Iraq war, "The Hurt Locker" (released theatrically in 2009); earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male |
2009 | Again portrayed Tupac Shakur in the biopic "Notorious," about the life of rapper The Notorious B.I.G. |
2010 | Starred in "Night Catches Us" with Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce |
2011 | Cast opposite Anna Faris in the romantic comedy "What's Your Number?" |
2011 | Co-starred in the science fiction thriller "The Adjustment Bureau" |
2011 | Co-starred opposite Hugh Jackman in the robot-boxing drama "Real Steel" |
2012 | Co-starred with Sam Worthington in the crime thriller "Man on a Ledge" |
2012 | Played the U.S. president's valet and friend in the genre mash-up "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith |
