Gbenga Akinnagbe

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Born: December 12, 1978
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Movies for Gbenga Akinnagbe...

Rob Peace
Title: Rob Peace
Character: Carl
Released: January 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Film follows a young man who grew up in a crime-ridden section of Newark, NY and later graduated from Yale with degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry earned on scholarship. Peace led a dual life living in the insular world of academia and as a lab researcher of cancer and infectious diseases, while at the same time making six figures from the sale of marijuana.
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Fast Charlie
Title: Fast Charlie
Character: Beggar
Released: December 8, 2023
Type: Movie
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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Starbright
Title: Starbright
Character: Peter
Released: October 28, 2022
Type: Movie
A young orphan escapes the realities of her life by fantasizing about, and then entering, a fairy tale world.
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Title: The Old Man
Character: Julian Carson
Released: June 16, 2022
Type: TV
Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
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Merry Wives
Title: Merry Wives
Character: Mister Nduka Ford
Released: May 20, 2022
Type: Movie
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
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Reopening Night
Title: Reopening Night
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2021
Type: Movie
This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of COVID-19 and one of the rainiest Julys on record, the production marks the return of live theatre following more than a year of closures in the city.
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Passing
Title: Passing
Character: Dave
Released: October 27, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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Pitch Black Panacea
Title: Pitch Black Panacea
Character: Carl
Released: May 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Amy and Carl both have lazy eyes. Amy’s left and Carl’s right. They are strangers, volunteers for an unusual, life-altering treatment in which they will enter a completely dark room together for ten days. But in the hallucination-inducing darkness, they are forced to confront personal demons.
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Title: FBI: Most Wanted
Character: James Johnson
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: TV
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
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Title: Modern Love
Character: Jordan
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: TV
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
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Title: Evil
Character: Lando Mutabazi
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: TV
Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
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Title: Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Character: Mook
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: TV
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.
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The Sun Is Also a Star
Title: The Sun Is Also a Star
Character: Samuel Kingsley
Released: May 16, 2019
Type: Movie
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
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DC Noir
Title: DC Noir
Character: Detective Mitch Brooks
Released: April 29, 2019
Type: Movie
A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.
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EGG
Title: EGG
Character: Wayne
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Two couples and a surrogate lay bare the complications, contradictions, heartbreak, and absurdities implicit in how we think about motherhood.
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All the Devil's Men
Title: All the Devil's Men
Character: Samuelson
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: Movie
A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.
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The Hammer
Title: The Hammer
Character: George
Released: October 7, 2017
Type: Movie
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
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Title: The Deuce
Character: Larry Brown
Released: September 10, 2017
Type: TV
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
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Crown Heights
Title: Crown Heights
Character: Sampson
Released: August 25, 2017
Type: Movie
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
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Mad Genius
Title: Mad Genius
Character: Sun Moon
Released: August 25, 2017
Type: Movie
A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity.
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Detroit
Title: Detroit
Character: Aubrey Pollard Sr.
Released: July 28, 2017
Type: Movie
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
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Detour
Title: Detour
Character: Michael Andrews
Released: January 20, 2017
Type: Movie
A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Title: Independence Day: Resurgence
Character: Agent Matthew Travis
Released: June 22, 2016
Type: Movie
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
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Paranormal Abduction
Title: Paranormal Abduction
Character: Alex Chandler
Released: April 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Having recently escaped a brutal assault at the hands of psycho Frank, Rebekah Lakin finds herself a shadow of who she once was. The constant state of fear and anxiety she now lives in brings about frequent hallucinations, paranoia and insomnia.
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Knucklehead
Title: Knucklehead
Character: Langston
Released: February 1, 2015
Type: Movie
When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. If Langston can become "mentally excellent", it will mean moving into an apartment of his own with his girlfriend, who may herself be a creation of his wishful thinking. Landing in the unscrupulous world of pharmaceutical marketing, the search for his mysterious doctor and hero leads to some unwanted discoveries. Langston strives for independence from his prior life; from his mother, from his neighborhood and from his fractured mind - while all around him people are not who they seem.
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Phantom Halo
Title: Phantom Halo
Character: Roman
Released: October 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?
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Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
Title: Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
Released: October 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Standup special recorded at Union Hall in Brooklyn.
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Fort Bliss
Title: Fort Bliss
Character: Sgt. Butcher
Released: September 5, 2014
Type: Movie
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
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Mall
Title: Mall
Character: Michel
Released: June 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a bag full of weapons and self-made bombs, he makes his way to the nearby mall to really stir things up. On his personal war campaign, he not only changes his life radically, but also the fate of other people who are in the wrong place at the same time: a teenager whose favorite pastime is smoking pot in his dreary existence, a housewife, where their best days have been left behind, a greedy businessman whose only desire is to increase his wealth and a depressed pervert.
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Home
Title: Home
Character: Jack Hall
Released: November 22, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
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Title: The Blacklist
Character: Boukman Baptiste
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
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Big Words
Title: Big Words
Character: James
Released: July 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
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Title: Graceland
Character: Jeremiah Bello
Released: June 6, 2013
Type: TV
In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house unofficially known as "Graceland". Coming of a new graduating at the top of his class, FBI rookie, Mike Warren, could make the life of a legendary FBI agent Paul Briggs and the others, more complicated or it could reveal the truth. It is based upon actual events.
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Title: The Following
Character: Tom Reyes
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Jeremy Lopez
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Overnight
Title: Overnight
Character: TMJ
Released: April 19, 2012
Type: Movie
After breaking up with her boyfriend on Valentine's Day, Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York with a love-damaged group of passengers-- a pilot with anger management issues, some oversexed flight attendants, a hip-hop superstar trying to keep it real in coach and a handsome young professor who's been unlucky in romance.
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Clap One Day
Title: Clap One Day
Released: March 8, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Blue Bloods
Character: Pierre
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: TV
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
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Lottery Ticket
Title: Lottery Ticket
Character: Lorenzo
Released: August 20, 2010
Type: Movie
Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million
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Edge of Darkness
Title: Edge of Darkness
Character: Detective Darcy Jones
Released: January 28, 2010
Type: Movie
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Pastor Isaiah Easton
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Title: Dark Blue
Released: July 15, 2009
Type: TV
Wandering in and out of he underbelly of Los Angeles, where criminals roam free under the veil of night or hide in the shadows of day, is routine for Lieutenant Carter Shaw and his special undercover task force. This team understands that to bring down a criminal, one must first get on their level.
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Title: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Character: Wallace, hostage
Released: June 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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Title: Fringe
Character: Akim
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: TV
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
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The Wire: The Last Word
Title: The Wire: The Last Word
Released: December 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
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The Wire Odyssey
Title: The Wire Odyssey
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
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The Savages
Title: The Savages
Character: Jimmy
Released: November 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Title: Conviction
Character: Calvin Wade
Released: March 3, 2006
Type: TV
A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge their limited experience – and force them to mature quickly or be overwhelmed.
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They're Made Out of Meat
Title: They're Made Out of Meat
Character: Merlin
Released: September 11, 2005
Type: Movie
After years of investigation, an alien meets with his partner in a diner to discuss an unbelievably shocking discovery.
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Title: Barbershop
Character: Yinka
Released: August 14, 2005
Type: TV
Calvin Palmer is the owner of a barbershop on the Southside of Chicago. Reluctantly inheriting the neighborhood establishment and popular hangout from his father, he juggles his responsibilities to his clients, his family, and his community as a cast of unique characters regularly bring their hopes, dreams and problems with them into the shop.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Victor Nash
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: The Wire
Character: Chris Partlow
Released: June 2, 2002
Type: TV
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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Title: The Wire
Character: Chris Partlow (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 2002
Type: TV
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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Title: 24
Character: Erik Ritter
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Father Biobaku
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Elijah Okello
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Check Me in Another Place
Title: Check Me in Another Place
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Thicket
Title: The Thicket
Character: Eustace
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.