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name: "Clifton Powell"
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born: "16 March 1956"
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updated: "2026-09-16T14:56:16.606950+00:00"
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# Clifton Powell

Actor. Born 16 March 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Also known as:** クリフトン・パウエル , کلیفتون پاول

## Biography

Clifton Powell is an American actor and comedian. Born on 16 March 1956 in Washington, D.C., he trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Emerson College.

He has appeared in numerous films since the 1980s, including *Menace II Society* (1993), *Rush Hour* (1998), *Ray* (2004) as Jeff Brown, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination, and *Norbit* (2007) as Earl Latimore. Powell also voiced Big Smoke in the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004).

On television he has had recurring roles in series such as *Roc*, *South Central* and *Army Wives*, and guest appearances including on *House* and *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Norbit* (2007), Fi1m 31, as Earl Latimore — [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)

## Also known for

- *House* (2004), Ken Hall
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Luke
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Correctional Officer Earl
- *Ray* (2004), Jeff Brown
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Percy Grover Jr.
- *Street Kings* (2008), Sergeant Green
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Terrance Crowley
- *All Eyez on Me* (2017), Floyd

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