Acting
Ossie Davis
- Titles
- 102movies36TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2026, with a break from 2006 to 2023, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 39top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Do the Right Thing87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.4average 2.6
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.5average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Wholesome3.8average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity0.8, average 1.6
- Mystery3.3, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Character Study 5
- Social Justice 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Social Realism 3
- American History 3
- Historical Setting 2
- Sharp Dialogue 2
- Nostalgic Reflection 2
- Urban Setting 2
- Underdog Story 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ruby DeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Feast of All Saints, Gone Are the Days!, Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years, +7 more
Spike LeeActorShe Hate Me, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze
Paul WinfieldActorKing, Gordon's War, The Unfinished Journey
Laurence FishburneActorSchool Daze, Miss Evers' Boys, For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Roscoe Lee BrowneActorKing, For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers, Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
Sidney LumetActorThe Hill, John Brown's Raid, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Barry Alexander BrownEditorShe Hate Me, Do the Right Thing, School Daze- AArnold PerlWriterCotton Comes to Harlem, Malcolm X, The Sheriff
Ernest R. DickersonCinematographerDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze
Jack LemmonActor12 Angry Men, Grumpy Old Men
Harry AndrewsActorThe Hill, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill- LLouise StubbsActorBlack Girl, Freedom Man
Movies and TV shows
1092020s
2 titles
Writer
Writer, Original Story
2000s
15 titles · average score 63
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
as Judge Buchanan
as Lorenzo DuFau
as Granddad
TV show · as Melvin Porter
as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
as Jean-Jacques
as Yar (voice)
as Buck McHenry
as Duncan Cox
1990s
36 titles · average score 64
as Too Tall
as Alexander Billman
as Archer Dolittle
as Juror 2
as Midge Carter
TV show · as Judge Harry Roosevelt
as Chuck
as Grandfather
as Noah
as Reverend Purify
as Marshall
1980s
12 titles · average score 50
as Da Mayor
TV show · as Oz Jackson
as Coach Odom
as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
as Capt. Harry Moradian
as Raymond
as Dr. Sanders
Musical
as Chuffy Russell
as Blaine Whitfield
1970s
16 titles · average score 64
as Captain John Geiberger
TV show · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
as Dr. Fredericks
as Reed
as Ernest Motapo
as Elder Johnson
Director
as Eulogy (voice)
Director
as James Lucas
Director, Screenplay
as Narrator
1960s
23 titles · average score 66
as Osmond Portifoy
as Luke
as Jed Hooker
as Charles Carter
TV show · as Ramon Borelle
as Joseph Lee
as Nelson Davis
as Jacko King
as Capshaw
as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
TV show · as Lt. Johnny Gaines
1950s
4 titles · average score 76
TV show · as Sam Davis
TV show · as Charles Carter
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
as John Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
1 title · average score 78
TV show · as The Emperor Jones