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Richard L. Brooks is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 9 december 1962 at Cleveland (USA)
Richard L. Brooks (born December 7, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his roles as Paul Robinette on Law & Order and the bounty hunter Jubal Early in the final episode of the Fox TV sci-fi show Firefly.
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Filmography of Richard L. Brooks (19 films)
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Officer Down (2013)
, 1h39Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Stephen Dorff, Dominic Purcell, David Boreanaz, Richard L. Brooks, AnnaLynne McCord, April Lee Hernández
Rating54%
The story revolves around a corrupt police officer (Dorff) and his road to redemption.
Dough Boys (2009)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wood Harris, Arlen Escarpeta, Amanda Aardsma, Sticky Fingaz, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Cory Hardrict
Roles Detective Nichols
Rating46%
1100 Jefferson Street is not just any address; it’s the Mecca for four friends bonded by both their circumstances and their struggle to make something, anything out of their seemingly predetermined fate.
In Too Deep (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Rymer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Stanley Tucci, Pam Grier, Philip Akin, Hill Harper
Roles Wesley
Rating62%
Undercover cop Jeffrey Cole (Omar Epps) is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati police academy who dreams of working undercover. Cole manages to get an undercover assignment the day of graduation and earns the praise of his superiors. Good at earning the trust of small-time drug dealer, Cole is given the task of taking down state-wide crack dealer Dwayne Gittens (LL Cool J), an underworld boss so powerful that his nickname is "God". Gittens is known as a family man and a man of the people, contributing to his community and helping those in need. However, there is another side to him, a ruthless leader of a criminal empire who will torture or kill anyone without question. Gittens controls eighty percent of the drug traffic in Cincinnati, Ohio, controls many of his opponents through bribery or intimidation, and appears to be untouchable. Building up his skills and credentials as an effective undercover officer, Cole earns the praise and adoration from his superiors, and he is eventually assigned to undercover work in the case against Gittens.
The Wedding (1998)
, 2h15Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Halle Berry, Lynn Whitfield, Carl Lumbly, Shirley Knight, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Cynda Williams
Roles Lincoln Odis
Rating61%
Shelby Cole (Halle Berry) returns to Martha's Vineyard and the Cole family home, affectionately known in town as 'The Oval', to wed her white fiancé, jazz pianist and composer Meade Howell (Eric Thal). While her black high-society parents initially accept the pair, even arranging the wedding to be held at the mansion, they have growing misgivings as to the pair's ability to withstand the racial prejudice of the time, only made stronger after Meade admits that his own middle-class parents will not be attending the wedding because of their prejudice against their daughter-in-law-to-be. Through frequent flashbacks throughout, we see the racial, societal and class choices made by Shelby's white great-grandmother on her mother's side (Shirley Knight), her grandparents and parents to insure the family's standing, even while those choices may have robbed them of the very happiness they sought. While Shelby dismisses and even rebuffs much of their advice, her own doubts grow as she and Meade go through their own current experiences of racism and racial expectations. Seeing her growing misgivings, Lute McNeil (Carl Lumbly), local architect, father and neighbor of the Coles, sees an opportunity to try to win Shelby's heart, having loved her from afar for some time. With Lute's persistent, sometimes unwanted, attentions, Shelby starts to question her marrying Meade. After a racist incident at a local restaurant, Shelby even confesses to Meade that she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life defending their relationship and asks him to give her time to finally decide.
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
, 1h24Directed by Tim Pope
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about birds, Ghost films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Vincent Pérez, Mia Kirshner, Iggy Pop, Richard Brooks, Thuy Trang, Thomas Jane
Roles Judah Earl
Rating46%
The film is set in Los Angeles, where drug kingpin Judah Earl (Richard Brooks) has mechanic Ashe Corven (Vincent Pérez) and his eight-year-old son Danny (Eric Acosta) killed after they witness a gang of Judah's thugs murdering a fellow drug dealer.
Chameleon (1996)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Pollak, Wayne Knight, Melora Hardin, Andy Romano, Richard L. Brooks
Roles Tom Wilson
Rating59%
When agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration are ambushed during a raid, Agent Matt Gianni suspects a leak and asks his boss Stuart Langston to enlist an outside agent. Langston brings in Willie Serling, who is a master of disguises and whose family was killed by Alberto Cortese, a drug smuggler. Langston sends Serling to jail undercover to investigate a drug operation possibly run by Cortese.
The Substitute (1996)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Mandel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Cliff De Young, Richard Brooks
Roles Wellman
Rating60%
Shale (Berenger) is a mercenary and a Vietnam veteran who returns home to Miami after a botched covert operation in Cuba in which three men from his platoon were killed. He surprises his girlfriend, Jane Hetzko (Diane Venora) at her apartment and is warmly welcomed. On the outside, Jane is a schoolteacher at inner-city Columbus High School, an institution with a gang problem, complete with metal detectors and gates protecting its boundaries. She also clashes with Juan Lacas (Anthony), leader of the KOD ("Kings of Destruction") gang and has her leg broken in a beating while attacked on a morning jog. Jane and Shale believe this to be related to the KOD, which prompts the latter to go undercover as an Ivy League-educated, government-affiliated substitute teacher for his girlfriend's class.
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
, 1h42Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Mary Alice, DeVaughn Nixon, Reina King, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Roles Samuel “Babe Brother”
Rating71%
Harry (Danny Glover), an enigmatic old friend from the South, comes to visit Gideon (Paul Butler) and his wife Suzie (Mary Alice), who haven't seen him for many years, who are delighted to see him again, and who insist that he stay with them for as long as he would like. Gideon and Suzie live in South Central Los Angeles, though they retain some of their rural southern ways, including raising chickens in the backyard. Harry has a charming, down-home manner, but his presence brings to a crisis the simmering trouble that is already in the family—especially as regards the younger son, Samuel or "Baby Brother," and his relation to his parents, wife, and older brother, Junior (Carl Lumbly). His disruptive presence is dangerous (his influence threatens to break up Samuel's marriage and seems to be related to the illness that puts Gideon in bed in serious condition for a couple weeks), but ultimately purgative: Gideon's extended family is much more cohesive as a result of Harry's visit. The storm accompanying the wound Suzie suffers when she grasps the knife that Samuel and Junior are struggling over during their climactic fight clears while the two brothers quietly reconcile (during a long wait in an emergency room) and, similarly, the simmering anger that Harry seemed to bring to a boil is also dissipated. Harry's death just before the end of the film suggests, ambiguously, that he has been to a degree a self-sacrificing savior of the family.
Shocker (1989)
, 1h49Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Prison films, Films about television, Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment, Comedy horror films
Actors Peter Berg, Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, Ted Raimi, Brent Spiner, Richard Brooks
Roles Rhino
Rating55%
A serial killer, having murdered over 30 people, is on the loose in a Los Angeles suburb. A television repairman with a pronounced limp, named Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), becomes the prime suspect. When the investigating detective, Lt. Don Parker (Michael Murphy), gets too close, Pinker murders Parker's wife, foster daughter, and foster son. However, his other foster son Jonathan (Peter Berg) develops a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams and leads Parker to Pinker's rundown shop. In a shootout in which several officers are killed, Pinker manages to escape. He targets Jonathan's girlfriend Allison (Camille Cooper) in retribution.
84C MoPic (1989)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Morshower, Richard L. Brooks, Byron Thames
Roles OD
Rating67%
Un caméraman intégré à une patrouille de reconnaissance trace leur mission à travers le territoire contrôlé par les Vietnamiens. Un film Vietnam incroyablement naturaliste. Performance impressionnante d'acteurs inconnus dans ce drame vietnamien à petit budget. L'histoire est racontée sous la forme d'un documentaire; une équipe de caméras suit une unité de l'armée à la poursuite de «Charlie». Tourné en Californie du Sud. La société de production du film elle-même s'appelle «84 Charlie MoPic».
Off Limits (1988)
, 1h42Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Politique, Serial killer films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays, Scott Glenn, Lim Kay Tong
Roles Preacher
Rating61%
Although set during the war, the tale is more of a mystery than a story about the war. Sergeant First Class Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) and Sergeant First Class Albaby Perkins (Gregory Hines) are two joint services Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agents on duty in war torn Saigon. When a prostitute is found murdered they discover that the prime suspects are high ranking U.S. Army officers. As they investigate they find that there have a string of at least six murders in the last year, but the previous inquiry was shut down from higher up the chain of command. Investigations lead them to Colonel Dexter Armstrong (Scott Glenn), but Armstrong rules himself out of inquiries by committing suicide. With the help of a French nun Sister Nicole (Amanda Pays) and their non-commissioned officer in charge, Master Sergeant Dix (Fred Ward), they finally close in on their target. As their investigation leads them closer and closer to the murderer, they find their lives are in danger and they end up nearly being sent home. The movie ends with an unexpected twist when they rule out all their suspects by conducting an interview in a Viet Cong tunnel base, and their NCO is the killer.
Shakedown (1988)
, 1h52Directed by James Glickenhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Peter Weller, Jude Ciccolella, Sam Elliott, Antonio Fargas, Patricia Charbonneau, Thomas G. Waites
Roles Michael Jones
Rating59%
Roland Dalton (Weller) is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks), accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and that officer O'Leary was a 'Blue Jean Cop' (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers).
Saxo (1988)
, 1h56Directed by Ariel Zeitoun
Genres Drama
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Akosua Busia, Richard L. Brooks, Laure Killing, Roland Blanche, Clément Harari
Roles Joe
Rating52%
Le directeur d'une maison de disques est au bord de la faillite. Il rencontre deux musiciens, un saxophoniste (Joe) et sa sœur (Puppet), chanteuse et guitariste, qu'il va lancer avec succès. Mais Puppet va être assassinée.
The Hidden (1987)
, 1h36Directed by Jack Sholder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about terrorism, Serial killer films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Ed O'Ross, Richard Brooks, William Boyett
Roles Sanchez
Rating69%
Jack DeVries (Chris Mulkey), a quiet citizen with no criminal past, robs a Los Angeles Wells Fargo bank, kills all of the security guards inside, and leads the Los Angeles Police Department on a high-speed chase. The chase ends when DeVries encounters a police blockade overseen by detective Thomas Beck (Michael Nouri). DeVries is shot several times, smashes through the blockade and crashes the Ferrari he is driving. DeVries is taken to a hospital, where a doctor informs Beck and his partner, Det. Cliff Willis (Ed O'Ross) that DeVries is not expected to survive the night.
Good to Go (1986)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Musical, Crime
Actors Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Anjelica Huston, Keith Johnson, Richard L. Brooks
Rating51%