A great
actor who's been
nominated for an
Oscar three times. I first remember seeing him in
Lean On Me, where he portrayed Joe Clark, a fiery
principal of an inner city school. He followed this with a stirring performance in
Glory, the story of the first Black
regiment to fight for the North in the
Civil War.
My favorite performance was his portrayal of Red in The Shawshank Redemption, which starred Tim Robbins.
Some of you may, or may not, remember him from The Electric Company. It was a bit before my time, but reruns were shown on PBS in the 80's (when I was a kid), so I do remember him, vaguely, though I could be implanting him in that memory.