Acting
Ossie Davis
- Titles
- 103movies36TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19602024
- Leading roles
- 39top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
East Side/West Side82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Historical4.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Nostalgia4.2average 3.6
- Wholesome3.7average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
- Mystery3.4, average 4.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Justice 4
- Character Study 4
- Thought-Provoking 4
- American History 3
- Civil Rights Movement 2
- Father-Son Relationship 2
- Survival 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Historical Analysis 2
- Feel-Good 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ruby DeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, The Stand, Feast of All Saints, The Ernest Green Story, +9 more
Spike LeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze, She Hate Me
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
Paul WinfieldActorKing, The Unfinished Journey, Gordon's War
Sidney LumetActorThe Hill, John Brown's Raid, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Ernest R. DickersonCinematographerDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze- AArnold PerlWriterCotton Comes to Harlem, Malcolm X, The Sheriff
Barry Alexander BrownEditorDo the Right Thing, School Daze, She Hate Me
Sean ConneryActorThe Hill, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Harry AndrewsActorThe Hill, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Jack LemmonActor12 Angry Men, Grumpy Old Men
Movies and TV shows
1112020s
1 titles
2000s
15 titles · average score 62
65
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
50
as Lorenzo DuFau
52
as Judge Buchanan
69
as Granddad
76
TV show · as Melvin Porter
66
as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
56
as Jean-Jacques
64
as Yar (voice)
59
as Buck McHenry
as Duncan Cox
1990s
39 titles · average score 67
76
as Too Tall
64
as Alexander Billman
55
as Archer Dolittle
77
as Juror 2
60
as Midge Carter
60
TV show · as Judge Harry Roosevelt
71
as Judge Richard Farris
68
as Chuck
71
as Grandfather
70
as Noah
64
as Reverend Purify
58
as Marshall
1980s
12 titles · average score 57
78
as Da Mayor
61
TV show · as Oz Jackson
59
as Coach Odom
as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
49
as Capt. Harry Moradian
58
as Raymond
41
as Dr. Sanders
Musical
as Chuffy Russell
as Blaine Whitfield
1970s
16 titles · average score 65
66
as Captain John Geiberger
53
as Narrator
74
TV show · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
as Dr. Fredericks
58
as Reed
as Ernest Motapo
68
as Elder Johnson
as Narrator
60
Director
70
as Eulogy (voice)
Director
63
Screenplay, Director
1960s
23 titles · average score 68
72
as Osmond Portifoy
52
as Luke
as Charles Carter
57
as Jed Hooker
65
as Joseph Lee
72
TV show · as Ramon Borelle
62
as Nelson Davis
76
as Jacko King
66
as Capshaw
76
TV show · as Major Glenn Luke
67
as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
76
TV show · as Lt. Johnny Gaines
1950s
4 titles · average score 79
76
TV show · as Sam Davis
71
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
83
TV show · as Charles Carter
87
as John Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
1 titles · average score 77
77
TV show · as The Emperor Jones