Portrait of Howard Rollins

Acting

Howard Rollins

Career

Active from 1978 to 1996, busiest in 1984 and 1986 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story
GoodWatch score75/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Actor in a Supporting Role

    1982 ยท Nominated ยท 54th Academy Awards

    Ragtime

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Howard Rollins played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Howard Rollins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Romance
    2.8, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Ensemble Cast 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Remembering Ragtime
Remembering Ragtime (2004)

as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 61
Drunks
Drunks (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

as Joseph

Harambee!
Harambee! (1996)

as Chimbuko

Remember WENN
Remember WENN (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as George Smith

New York Undercover
New York Undercover (1994)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Reverend Hundley

With Murder in Mind
With Murder in Mind (1992)
GoodWatch score 61

as Samuel Carver

On the Block
On the Block (1990)

as Clay Beasley

1980s

17 titles ยท average score 63
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Virgil Tibbs

The Children of Times Square
The Children of Times Square (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

as Otis Travis

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)

as T.C. Russell

The Boy King
The Boy King (1986)

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Wildside
Wildside (1985)

TV show

A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

as Captain Davenport

The House of Dies Drear
The House of Dies Drear (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

as Walter Small

A Doctor's Story
A Doctor's Story (1984)

as Dr. Zack Williams

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)

as Medgar Evers

The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding (1982)

as Honey Brown

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Medgar Evers

Thornwell
Thornwell (1981)

as Carson

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as George Haley

My Old Man
My Old Man (1979)

as Doctor

The Trial of the Moke
The Trial of the Moke (1978)

as James Smith

King
King (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Andrew Young

1960s

1 title ยท average score 42
Another World
Another World (1964)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show