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Badja Djola is a Actor American born on 9 april 1948
Badja Medu Djola (April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor. D’jola appeared in 47 films and TV shows during his career. His best role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate in the movie Penitentiary. D’jola played the bad guy character "Half Dead." He showed exceptional acting talent in the movie, which led to more roles. He also had a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow. Mr. D’jola’s other film and TV credits include Mississippi Burning, A Rage in Harlem, The Lonely Guy, The Last Boy Scout, NYPD Blue, Rosewood, Who's the Man, The Hurricane, Night Shift, The Waterdance, ER, The X Files, Millennium and Roc. He also had a role in The Players Club starring Ice Cube. Badja D’jola died of a heart attack at age 56. Interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
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Badja Medu Djola (April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor. D’jola appeared in 47 films and TV shows during his career. His best role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate in the movie Penitentiary. D’jola played the bad guy character "Half Dead." He showed exceptional acting talent in the movie, which led to more roles. He also had a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow. Mr. D’jola’s other film and TV credits include Mississippi Burning, A Rage in Harlem, The Lonely Guy, The Last Boy Scout, NYPD Blue, Rosewood, Who's the Man, The Hurricane, Night Shift, The Waterdance, ER, The X Files, Millennium and Roc. He also had a role in The Players Club starring Ice Cube. Badja D’jola died of a heart attack at age 56. Interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
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Back in the Day (2005)
, 1h43Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Morton, Ja Rule, Ving Rhames, Tatyana Ali, Tia Carrere, Lahmard J. Tate
Roles Grant Brown
Rating44%
Reggie Cooper (Ja Rule) is a young man who lives with his father (Giancarlo Esposito) in order to avoid the violent gang activity that almost claimed his life when he was a teenager. However, when his recently paroled mentor, J-Bone (Ving Rhames) reconnects with Reggie, and when his father is murdered, Reggie slips back into a life of crime. Reggie murders a local preacher (Joe Morton), whose daughter (Tatyana Ali) later develops a relationship with him.
Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)
, 1h27Directed by Adam Rifkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne, Ann Magnuson, James Caan, Vinnie Jones, Fayard Nicholas
Roles Gabriel
Rating56%
Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead a life without crime. Unfortunately, on the hottest night of the summer, these two ex-criminals seemingly get caught in the malice of prostitutes, pimps, drunken bums, fighting monkeys, and young runaways.
Deterrence (2000)
, 1h44Directed by Rod Lurie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Clotilde Courau, Sean Astin, Kathryn Morris
Roles Harvey
Rating63%
Set in 2008, President Walter Emerson, formerly an appointed Vice President and elevated by the death of the previous (unseen) commander-in-chief, is crossing the country on a campaign tour when a freak snowstorm traps him in a remote Colorado diner with members of his staff plus a group of ordinary citizens.
The Hurricane (1999)
, 2h25Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about capital punishment, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya
Roles Mobutu
Rating75%
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. Narrating Carter's life, the film concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly twenty years in prison.
The Players Club (1998)
, 1h44Directed by Ice Cube
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Lisa Raye, Dick Anthony Williams, Bernie Mac, Judyann Elder, Monica Calhoun, Jamie Foxx
Roles The Doctor
Rating58%
Diana Armstrong (LisaRaye) arrives at the scene of the raunchy, dysfunctional Players Club. She narrates of that she used to work at the club and begun when she moved out of her parents home after an argument with her father, as she was pregnant with her son. Diana ends up working at a shoe store, when she meets Ronnie (Chrystale Wilson) and Tricks (Adele Givens), who work for Dolla Bill (Bernie Mac) at The Players Club. They convince Diana she would make better money stripping, by saying, "Use what you got to get what you want."
Butter (1998)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Ernie Hudson, Shemar Moore, Nia Long, Donnie Wahlberg, Tony Todd, Tom Lister, Jr.
Roles Roscoe
Rating43%
Rosewood (1997)
, 2h20Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Roles John Bradley
Rating71%
A married white woman, Fanny Taylor, claims to have been beaten and raped by a black man. The movie shows a white man, not Fanny’s husband, in her bedroom where they have sex. They have an argument and strike each other. Some black workers outside heard what was happening but did not think they should intervene in white people's business. The white residents readily believe Fanny's claim. Hearing of an escaped black convict, a posse and other unaffiliated white men from Sumner and nearby towns go to Rosewood to investigate. The black residents of Rosewood quickly become targeted by a white mob, including men from out of state and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Brave (1997)
, 2h3Directed by Johnny Depp
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about psychiatry
Actors Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell, Frederic Forrest, Elpidia Carrillo, Clarence Williams III, Johnny Depp
Roles Rider
Rating60%
The film concerns a Native American man named Raphael who lives with his wife and two children in a remote community near a rubbish dump selling whatever he can to make a living. Raphael, seeing the hopelessness of his situation and his inability to provide for his family, agrees to star in a snuff film for a large sum of money that he hopes will give his family a chance for a better life.
First Time Felon (1997)
Directed by Charles Dutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo, Rachel Ticotin, Treach, Justin Pierce, William Forsythe
Roles Disciple Leader
Rating67%
A young inexperienced drug dealer and "Vice Lords" gang member, Greg Yance (Omar Epps) has been given the choice between facing a five-year prison sentence or the successful completion of an intensive boot camp. Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant (Delroy Lindo) continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp, in lieu of the prison sentence.
Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
, 2h12Directed by Phil Joanou
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Roles Batist
Rating57%
A former police detective in New Orleans and a recovering alcoholic, Dave Robicheaux is living a quiet life in the swamplands of Louisiana with his wife Annie. The couple's tranquility is shattered one day when a drug smuggler's plane crashes in a lake, right before their eyes.
Knight Rider 2010 (1994)
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Hudson Leick, Michael Beach, Nicky Katt, Badja Djola, Mark Pellegrino, Brion James
Roles Zeke
Rating29%
In a Mad Max style future, Jake McQueen is the ultimate smuggler, smuggling in Mexicans for money to survive, only for his smuggling to come to a halt when he is busted by his brother while getting his truck repaired.
Who's the Man? (1993)
, 1h25Directed by Ted Demme, Suzanne de Passe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Badja Djola, Richard Bright, Colin Quinn, Denis Leary, Bernie Mac, Richard Gant
Roles Lionel Douglas
Rating53%
Doctor Dré and Ed Lover are two bumbling barbers at a Harlem barbershop. Knowing full well that cutting hair is not their calling, their boss, friend, and mentor Nick (Jim Moody) tells the two maybe they should try out for the police academy. Crazily enough, it works out for the two, and they are accepted on the New York City police force. Things seem to be going well for them, when tragedy suddenly strikes, and they lose Nick. Now enforcers of the law, the tag team decides to investigate the incident, which they believe to be a murder.
The Waterdance (1992)
, 1h46Directed by Michael Steinberg, Neal Jimenez
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about disabilities
Actors Helen Hunt, Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Elizabeth Peña, Grace Zabriskie
Roles Decton
Rating67%
Joel Garcia (Eric Stoltz) is a writer who, after a hiking accident at a mountain, must struggle with paralysis. At the same time, he carries a relationship with Anna (Helen Hunt), a married woman, with whom he was having an affair at the time of the accident. The lovers attempt to carry on their affair during his emotional and difficult rehabilitation as a paraplegic.
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
, 1h46Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, American football films, Buddy films
Actors Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris
Roles Alley Thug
Rating69%
During halftime of a live-televised professional football game, L.A. Stallions star running back Billy Cole (Billy Blanks) receives a phone call from someone named Milo (Taylor Negron), warning him to win the game at all costs, or "he's history". Cole ingests PCP and, in a drug-induced rage, brings a gun onto the field, shooting three opposing players to make it to the end zone. Cole then shoots himself in the head.
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
, 1h48Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover, Badja Djola
Roles Slim
Rating58%
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail.