Vondie Curtis-Hall | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Curtis-Hall in 2019 | |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, includingHenry Hunter Hall |
| Relatives | Kevan Hall (brother) |
Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor, film director, and television director.[1] As an actor, he is known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on theCBS medical dramaChicago Hope created byDavid E. Kelley and asBen Urich in theMarvel Cinematic Universe TV seriesDaredevil. He wrote and directed the cult filmGridlock'd.
Initially a stage actor, Curtis-Hall was a member of the original cast of theBroadway musicalDreamgirls. He originated the role of Marty, James "Thunder" Early's original manager. Curtis-Hall has appeared in numerous films includingOne Good Cop,Passion Fish,Sugar Hill,Falling Down,Coming To America,Crooklyn,Drop Squad,Eve's Bayou,Turn It Up andWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. His credits as a director include the filmsGridlock'd,Glitter,Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story,[2]Waist Deep, as well as episodes of television showsThe Shield,Firefly,Chicago Hope, andMDs. In 2000, Vondie Curtis-Hall andDanny Glover (who later portrayed Marty in the film adaptation ofDreamgirls) both appeared in theTNT made-for-television movieFreedom Song. In 2019 Curtis-Hall appeared in the filmHarriet, where, according to one reviewer, "Vondie Curtis-Hall gives one of the finest performances of his long career as Reverend Green."[3]
He has had recurring roles on TV series such asSoul Food,I'll Fly Away, andER. His one-time role as a suicide patient onER earned him anEmmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series; later in that series he appeared in a recurring role as Roger McGrath.
His most prominent television role as an actor to date is as supporting character Dennis Hancock on the medical dramaChicago Hope. Curtis-Hall portrayedBen Urich in the Netflix seriesDaredevil.[4] He also appeared in an episode ofThe Sopranos.
Curtis-Hall is a full-time arts professor atNew York University Tisch School of the Arts.[5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Shakedown | Speaker (voice) | |
| Coming to America | Basketball Game Vendor | ||
| 1989 | Mystery Train | Ed | Segment: "Lost in Space" |
| Black Rain | Detective | ||
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Miller | |
| 1991 | One Good Cop | Father Wills | |
| Healing Hurts | |||
| 1992 | The Mambo Kings | Miguel Montoya | |
| Passion Fish | Sugar LeDoux | ||
| 1993 | Falling Down | Not Economically Viable Man | |
| Sugar Hill | Mark Doby | ||
| 1994 | Crooklyn | Uncle Brown | |
| Clear and Present Danger | Voice-Print Analyst | ||
| Drop Squad | Rocky Seavers | ||
| 1995 | Tuesday Morning Ride | Carver | Short film |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Chief Sam Rhodes | |
| Heaven's Prisoners | Minos P. Dautrieve | ||
| Romeo + Juliet | Captain Prince | ||
| Dr. Hugo | Dr. Hugo | Short film | |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | D-Reper | |
| Eve's Bayou | Julian Grayraven | ||
| 2000 | Turn It Up | Cliff | |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Sunny Jim Kelsey | |
| Honeydripper | Slick | ||
| 2008 | Crenshaw Nights | Frank "Jupiter" Johnson | Short film |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Dixon | |
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | James Brasser | ||
| 2013 | Black Nativity | Pawnbroker | |
| 2015 | Cymbeline | Caius Lucius | |
| Experimenter | Thomas Shine | ||
| 2018 | Come Sunday | J.D. Ellis | |
| The Row | Short film | ||
| Breaking Brooklyn | Greg Bryant | ||
| 2019 | Harriet | Reverend Green | |
| 2020 | The Night House | Mel | |
| 2021 | Residue | Reverend Washington | |
| Blue Bayou | Barry Boucher | ||
| 18½ | Samuel | ||
| 2022 | Raymond & Ray | Reverend West | |
| 2024 | The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat | Lester | |
| 2026 | The Last Resort | Sam | |
| 2026 | Sheepdog | Whitney St. Germain |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Tracton | Episode: "The Master's Mirror" |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Clifford Turpin | TV movie |
| Cop Rock | Cmdr. Warren Osborne | Main cast; 10 episodes | |
| 1991 | China Beach | Bill | Episode: "Through and Through" |
| ...And Then She Was Gone | Det. Gary Hopkins | TV movie | |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Dr. Varrick | Episode: "For Love or Money" | |
| 1992 | Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story | C. Yernon Mason | TV movie |
| What She Doesn't Know | Vinnie | ||
| Nightmare Cafe | Thomas | Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child" | |
| Civil Wars | Jack Turrentine | Episode: "The Old Man and the 'C'" | |
| 1992–1993 | I'll Fly Away | Joe Clay | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | There Was a Little Boy | Danforth | TV movie |
| Fallen Angels | David O'Connor | Episode: "Dead-End for Delia" | |
| 1994 | L.A. Law | Eugene Clay | Episode: "Three on a Patch" |
| South Central | James Mosely | Episode: "Dad" | |
| Dead Man's Revenge | Jessup Bush | TV movie | |
| Keys | Louche Amarant | ||
| Zooman | Davis | ||
| 1994-2001 | ER | Henry Colton / Rena / Roger McGrath | 8 episodes |
| 1995–1999 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Dennis Hancock | Main cast; 104 episodes |
| 1997 | Don King: Only in America | Lloyd Price | TV movie |
| 1999 | Sirens | Vincent Morgan | |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | Daniel Wall | |
| Ali: An American Hero | Drew "Bundini" Brown | ||
| 2001 | ER | Roger McGrath | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | The Sopranos | Maurice Tiffen | Episode: "Watching Too Much Television" |
| 2002–2003 | Fastlane | Andre Hayes | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | 1-800-Missing | Agent Vic Martinsen | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2004 | Deceit | Detective Hal Kazin | TV movie |
| Dense | Ross | TV short | |
| Soul Food | Charles Miller | 6 episodes | |
| 2005 | LAX | Dele Ekoku | Episode: "Cease & Assist" |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Dr. Andrew Copelan | Episode: "Positive" |
| 2007 | Medium | Scanlon's Friend | Episode: "Second Opinion" |
| 2009 | Fear Itself | Walter Markham | Episode: "Chance" |
| Criminal Minds | Stanley Usher | Episode: "Cold Comfort" | |
| 2010 | Lens on Talent | Episode: "Taking on Different Hats" | |
| 2011 | Law & Order: SVU | Dwight Talcott | Episode: "Reparations" |
| A Gifted Man | Dennis Jones | Episode: "In Case of Missed Communication" | |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Fred Wheeler | Episode: "Self Cleaning Oven" |
| 2014 | Chasing Life | Lawrence | 3 episodes |
| Tin Man | Jack Garrison | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Daredevil | Benjamin "Ben" Urich | Main cast (season 1); 9 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Rosewood | Beaumont Rosewood Sr. | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Spark | Philippe Lavelle | 1 episode |
| 2018–2019 | For the People | Chief Judge Nicholas Byrne | Main cast; 20 episodes |
| 2019 | Evil | Leon Acosta | Episode: "2 Fathers" |
| 2022-2025 | The Recruit | Walter Nyland | Main cast; 14 episodes |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Marcus "Sweety" Sweeton | Main cast; 8 episodes[6] |
| TBA | Death by Lightning† | Frederick Douglass | Upcoming miniseries |
Film
Music video
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-2002 | ER | Episodes "Start All Over Again" and "It's All in Your Head" |
| 2002 | Firefly | Episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds" |
| MDs | Episode "Cruel and Unusual" | |
| 2005 | The Shield | Episode "Insurgents" |
| 2006 | Sleeper Cell | Episode "Torture" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | Episode "Glow in the Dark" |
| Gossip Girl | Episode "Pret-a-Poor-J" | |
| The Starter Wife | Episode "Das Booty Call" |
TV movies
