Al Freeman Jr.

Al Freeman Jr.

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1934-03-21
Deathday: 2012-09-09 (78 years old)

Biography

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Al Freeman, Jr., M.Ed. (born Albert Cornelius Freeman, Jr. on March 21, 1934, in San Antonio, Texas) is an African-American actor and director.


Freeman has made appearances in many films, such as My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, and television series such as The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Edge of Night. He is mostly recognized for his portrayal of Police Captain Ed Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played from 1972 through 1985, with recurring roles in 1988 and 2000. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for that role, the first African-American actor to be so honored. He left the show briefly to appear in the network's controversial sitcom Hot L Baltimore. During that period, "Ed" was played by another actor, Arthur Pendleton.


He was also a director of One Life to Live, and was one of the first, if not the first, African-Americans to direct a soap opera.


After leaving One Life to Live, Freeman appeared in the motion picture Down in the Delta. His Broadway theatre credits include Look to the Lilies, Blues for Mister Charlie, and Medea. His portrayal of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in the motion picture Malcolm X earned him the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Coincidently, he had previously played Malcolm X in the 1979 miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations.


Freeman currently teaches acting as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C..


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Filmography

all 42

Movies 27

TV Shows 15

Narrator 1

Writer 1

self 1

Deputy Commissioner James Harris
Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

TV
6
Reverend Thayer / Stan Wallace
Law & Order

Law & Order (1990)

TV
5.78
Damon Lockwood
King

King (1978)

TV
Donald Mosher
Kojak

Kojak (1973)

TV
6
Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
Castle Keep

Castle Keep (1969)

Movie
7.5

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1934-03-21

Deathday
2012-09-09 (78 years old)

Birth Place
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Al Freeman, Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr., Albert C. Freeman Jr.

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