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Pfolio
Spotlight

© 2002 RLP Ventures, LLC
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Michael Kenneth Williams
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Brooklyn, NY
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Brooklyn, NY
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Actor (Film), Actor (Theater), Actor (TV)
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Tupac Shakur, having seen Williams
headshot, selected Williams for the role as High Top in Bullet. However, William's breakout role is his portrayal of of Omar in the HBO series The
Wire.
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MORE>>>> |
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Woodie
King, Jr. - Dedicated To His Craft
Writer,
producer and director, Woodie King, Jr. remains unrivaled in terms of
the number of projects he has shepherded to both Broadway and
Off-Broadway stages including the critically-acclaimed For Colored
Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. As founder
and executive director of the New Federal Theater (NFT) at the Henry
Street Settlement in New York, King has brought minority playwrights,
actors and directors to national attention with hordes of awards to
prove it. Twenty-nine years of such accomplishments has made him the
mentor to an entire generation of African-American theater
professionals. MORE>>>
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Courtesy Woodie King
Woodie King, Jr.
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