Acting
Ossie Davis
- Titles
- 105movies36TV 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.
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.2average 4.7
- Wholesome3.8average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Mystery3.3, average 4.1
- Dark Humor2.1, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Justice 5
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Character Study 5
- American History 3
- Father-Son Relationship 2
- Survival 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Civil Rights Movement 2
- Historical Analysis 2
- Emotional Journey 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, All God's Children, +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
Paul WinfieldActorKing, Gordon's War, The Unfinished Journey
Sidney LumetActorThe Hill, John Brown's Raid, The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Roscoe Lee BrowneActorKing, For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers, Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood- AArnold PerlDirectorCotton Comes to Harlem, The Sheriff, Malcolm X
Barry Alexander BrownEditorDo the Right Thing, School Daze, She Hate Me
Ernest R. DickersonCinematographerDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze
Muhammad AliActorFreedom Road, Malcolm X
T.K. CarterActorBilly: Portrait of a Street Kid, Baadasssss!
Godfrey CambridgeActorCotton Comes to Harlem, Gone Are the Days!
Movies and TV shows
312000s
3 titles · average score 67
73
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
67
TV show · as Melvin Porter
60
as Yar (voice)
1990s
17 titles · average score 70
76
as Too Tall
64
as Alexander Billman
81
TV show · as Mr. Parker
73
as Mordecai
68
as Mr. Evers
68
TV show · as Erasmus Jones
71
as Judge Richard Farris
66
TV show · as Judge Richard Farris (credit only) / Judge Richard Farris
69
as Harry Roosevelt
71
as Grandfather
80
as Eulogy Performer (voice)
72
as Reverend Purify
1980s
2 titles · average score 60
87
as Da Mayor
34
as Raymond
1970s
5 titles · average score 71
51
TV show · as 'Dad' Jones
73
TV show · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
as Dr. Fredericks
81
Director
80
as Eulogy (voice)
1960s
3 titles · average score 73
65
as Nelson Davis
79
as Jacko King
76
TV show · as Major Glenn Luke
1950s
1 title · average score 67
67
as Cab Driver (uncredited)