Stage and screen actor Charles S. Dutton won multiple Tony awards before becoming recognizable in film. Though he appeared in Crocodile Dundee II and An Unremarkable Life in the 1980s, his 90s films Alien 3, Menace II Society and Cry, the Beloved Country established him as a solid supporting performer.

Television viewers know him best as Roc Emerson on the FOX sitcom Roc.

• 1985: Dom in Cat's Eye
• 1991: Tyrone in Mississippi Masala
• 1992: Rev. Elijah Hawkins in The Distinguished Gentleman
• 1992: Dillon in Alien 3
• 1994: Rothmiller in A Low Down Dirty Shame
• 1994: Roc Emerson in Roc
• 1996: Sheriff Ozzie Walls in A Time To Kill
• 1997: Leonard in Mimic
• 2002: Hendricks in D-Tox
• 2004: Felix Reynolds in Against the Ropes
• 2007: Maceo in Honeydipper
• 2008: Sydney Washington in The Third Nail
• 2008: Grandfather of Ernie Davis in The Express

• Note: The IMDb links in this timeline have pop-ups.

• 1988: Crocodile Dundee II - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1989: An Unremarkable Life - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1991: Mississippi Masala - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1992: Alien 3 - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1994: Roc - IMDb Listing

• 1994: A Low Down Dirty Shame - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1995: Cry, the Beloved Country - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1996: A Time to Kill - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1997: Mimic - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1999: Cookie's Fortune - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1999: Random Hearts - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2004: Against the Ropes - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2006: Threshold - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2007: Honeydripper - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2008: The Third Nail - IMDb Listing

• 2008: The Express - IMDb Listing