2011 | Cast opposite Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in the 9/11 drama "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," Stephen Daldry's feature adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel |
2011 | Cast in "The Ides of March" with George Clooney, who also directed, co-wrote and produced |
2011 | Landed a featured role in "Source Code" opposite Jake Gyllenhaal |
2008 | Portrayed American blues musician Muddy Waters in the musical biopic "Cadillac Records" |
2008 | Reprised role of Felix Leiter in "Quantum of Solace"; second collaboration with Craig as Agent 007 |
2008 | Portrayed former Secretary of State Colin Powell in Oliver Stone's controversial film "W." |
2007 | Co-starred with Bruce Willis in "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth "Die Hard" film in long-running franchise |
2006 | Portrayed Felix Leiter, Bond's long time CIA friend in "Casino Royale," starring Daniel Craig as 007 |
2006 | Co-starred in M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" with Bryce Dallas Howard and Paul Giamatti |
2005 | Co-starred with George Clooney and Matt Damon in the geopolitical thriller "Syriana," based on the real-life memoirs of CIA agent Robert Baer; produced by Clooney |
2005 | Co-starred with Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers"; earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Supporting Male |
2005 | Cast in the HBO original movie "Lackawanna Blues," based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson's autobiographical one man show |
2005 | Co-starred with Ben Stiller in "This Is How It Goes," a play by Neil LaBute about an interracial love triangle set in small-town America; performed at the Public Theater in New York |
2004 | Starred in the remake of the 1962 thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" |
2003 | Recreated his award-winning stage role as nurse Belize in the Mike Nichols-directed adaptation of "Angels in America"; received a SAG nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (2004) |
2001 | Portrayed Howard Bingham in "Ali" |
2001 | Acted off-Broadway opposite Don Cheadle in "Topdog/Underdog"; moved to Broadway in 2002 opposite Mos Def |
2001 | Played Marting Luther King Jr. in the HBO original "Boycott" |
2000 | Garnered attention portraying a flamboyant Dominican drug lord in "Shaft" |
1999 | Had featured role as a freed slave involved in the border skirmishes between Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War in "Ride With the Devil" |
1996 | First starring role in a film, "Basquiat"; played the celebrated but doomed graffiti artist |
1996 | Played da Voice on Broadway in "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" |
1996 | Played The Fool to F Murray Abraham's "King Lear" off-Broadway |
1993 | Originated the role of Belize, Roy Cohn's nurse, in the Broadway play "Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika" |
1993 | Played celebrated jazz musician Sidney Bechet in two installments of ABC's "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" |
1991 | Played a small role in "Jumpin at the Boneyard" |
1991 | TV acting debut, "Separate But Equal" (ABC) |
1990 | Feature acting debut, a bit part in "Presumed Innocent" |
| Arena's founder director Zelda Fischandler arranged for him to receive a full scholarship to NYU |
| Performed at the Yale Rep and in regional theater |
1987 | Returning to D.C. after graduation, appeared in several Arena Stage productions |
| Still planning to attend law school, took a summer job at a prestigious Washington, D.C. firm |
| Took an acting course in his senior year while pursuing a degree in political science |
| Raised in Washington, D.C. by his mother and aunt |
