---
name: "Donnell Rawlings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donnell-rawlings"
fi1m_id: "donnell-rawlings"
imdb_id: "nm0712603"
tmdb_id: 115218
wikidata_id: "Q5296575"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 December 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T03:29:36.113240+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donnell Rawlings

## Identity

Donnell Rawlings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donnell-rawlings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donnell-rawlings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0712603
- **TMDB ID:** 115218
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5296575
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnell_Rawlings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5296575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115218

Actor. Born 6 December 1968 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 December 1968, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 50 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $123m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnell_Rawlings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5296575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115218

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Donnell Rawlings is an American comedian, actor and radio host. Born on 6 December 1968 in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, and served in the United States Air Force in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He began performing in 1991 and gained prominence as a cast member on the Comedy Central sketch series *Chappelle's Show* (2003–2006), playing characters including Ashy Larry. He also appeared in the HBO drama *The Wire* (2002–2008) as Damien 'Day-Day' Price.

Rawlings has credits in film and television including a role in *Spider-Man 2* (2004), *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), *Clerks III* (2022) and the voice of Dez in the Pixar film *Soul* (2020).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, as Dez (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), Fi1m 50, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, as Damien 'Day-Day' Price — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Paradise Records* (2025), as Mitch Callahan
- *Switch Up* (2024), as Marcel
- *Chappelle's Home Team - Donnell Rawlings: A New Day* (2024), Writer
- *Clerks III* (2022), as Auditioner
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, as Mr. Earl
- *BMF* (2021), series, as Alvin
- *Soul* (2020), as Dez (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *The Urbans* (2019), series, Actor
- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), as Captain — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)
- *It's Bruno!* (2019), series, as Carl
- *Hollyweed* (2018), series, as Nipsey
- *Hollyweed* (2018), as Nips
- *The Last O.G.* (2018), series, as Duke
- *Kuso* (2017), as Mazu (voice)
- *Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live From Sin City* (2016), Actor
- *The Last Film Festival* (2016), as Jermaine Johnson
- *Percentage* (2013), as Petey
- *Something Like A Business* (2010), as Avery
- *Last Day of Summer* (2009), as Cop #1
- *Legacy* (2008), as Det. Sams
- *Reality Bites Back* (2008), series, Actor
- *Twisted Fortune* (2007), as Costello
- *Car Babes* (2006), as Julius Jefferson
- *Fifty Pills* (2006), as C-Low
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as Pizza "Heist" Witness
- *Kings County* (2003), as Winston
- *Chappelle's Show* (2003), series, as Ashy Larry, Crowd Member
- *The Wire* (2002), series, as Damien 'Day-Day' Price — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Don
- *The Corner* (2000), series, as Bread
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Tony
- *Premium Blend* (1997), series, Actor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Etienne — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Kill Tony*, series, Actor
- *Bed-Ridden*, as Robert Wright

## Gallery

- ![Dave Chappelle (right) and Donnell Rawlings, actors and comedians, stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 2, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Chappel](https://film.one/media/person/389401/gallery-1d1fab1e9827.jpg) Dave Chappelle (right) and Donnell Rawlings, actors and comedians, stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 2, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Chappel — US Air Force from USA

Senior Airman Tom Brading/315th Airlift Wing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Dave_Chappelle_and_Donnell_Rawlings_stand_in_front_of_a_C-17_Globemaster_III_%2832666816002%29.jpg/1280px-Dave_Chappelle_and_Donnell_Rawlings_stand_in_front_of_a_C-17_Globemaster_III_%2832666816002%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donnell Rawlings 2016](https://film.one/media/person/389401/gallery-aa4bfe136ca6.jpg) Donnell Rawlings 2016 — TastyPoutine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Donnell_Rawlings.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Donnell Rawlings](https://film.one/media/person/389401/gallery-c581e54a2741.jpg) Donnell Rawlings — US Air Force from USA

Senior Airman Tom Brading/315th Airlift Wing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Donnell_Rawlings_stands_in_front_of_a_C-17_Globemaster_III_%2832666816002%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Donnell Rawlings](https://film.one/media/person/389401/gallery-4f9295cf0271.jpg) Donnell Rawlings — Image via TMDB
- ![Donnell Rawlings](https://film.one/media/person/389401/gallery-f91a9e1f5731.jpg) Donnell Rawlings — Image via TMDB

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