Acting
Ossie Davis
- Titles
- 103movies36TV 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 66 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
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.2average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Adrenaline4.2, average 5.1
- Mystery3.3, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Social Justice 5
- Character Study 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- American History 3
- Social Realism 3
- Father-Son Relationship 2
- Survival 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Civil Rights Movement 2
- Educational Value 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ruby DeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Feast of All Saints, The Ernest Green Story, All God's Children, +8 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, The Unfinished Journey, Gordon's War
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
Ernest R. DickersonCinematographerDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, School Daze- AArnold PerlWriterCotton Comes to Harlem, The Sheriff, Malcolm X
Barry Alexander BrownEditorDo the Right Thing, School Daze, She Hate Me
Giancarlo EspositoActorDo the Right Thing, School Daze
John TurturroActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
Tom BosleyActorNight Gallery, The Legend of the Candy Cane
Movies and TV shows
1102020s
2 titles
Writer
Writer, Original Story
2000s
15 titles · average score 63
74
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
44
as Lorenzo DuFau
40
as Judge Buchanan
82
as Granddad
67
TV show · as Melvin Porter
69
as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
65
as Jean-Jacques
60
as Yar (voice)
65
as Buck McHenry
as Duncan Cox
1990s
37 titles · average score 64
76
as Too Tall
65
as Alexander Billman
52
as Archer Dolittle
86
as Juror 2
50
as Midge Carter
46
TV show · as Judge Harry Roosevelt
65
as Chuck
71
as Grandfather
60
as Noah
72
as Reverend Purify
56
as Marshall
1980s
12 titles · average score 50
87
as Da Mayor
41
TV show · as Oz Jackson
58
as Coach Odom
as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
37
as Capt. Harry Moradian
33
as Raymond
44
as Dr. Sanders
Musical
as Chuffy Russell
as Blaine Whitfield
1970s
16 titles · average score 64
68
as Captain John Geiberger
73
TV show · as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
as Dr. Fredericks
59
as Reed
66
as Elder Johnson
as Narrator
60
Director
68
Director
80
as Eulogy (voice)
63
as James Lucas
64
Director, Screenplay
as Narrator
1960s
23 titles · average score 66
73
as Osmond Portifoy
55
as Luke
as Charles Carter
48
as Jed Hooker
48
TV show · as Ramon Borelle
66
as Joseph Lee
50
as Nelson Davis
79
as Jacko King
66
as Capshaw
71
as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
84
TV show · as Lt. Johnny Gaines
1950s
4 titles · average score 76
73
TV show · as Sam Davis
85
TV show · as Charles Carter
67
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
80
as John Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
1 title · average score 78
78
TV show · as The Emperor Jones