Known For
Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 17, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime and Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night.
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtimeas Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Drunksas Joseph | |
| 1996 | Harambee!as Chimbuko | |
| 1996 | Remember WENNas George Smith | |
| 1994 | New York Undercoveras Reverend Hundley | |
| 1994 | The Legacy of Malthusas Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | With Murder in Mindas Samuel Carver | |
| 1990 | On the Blockas Clay Beasley | |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Nightas Virgil Tibbs | |
| 1986 | Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIas T.C. Russell | |
| 1986 | The Children of Times Squareas Otis Travis | |
| 1986 | The Boy Kingas Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. | |
| 1985 | Wildsideas | |
| 1984 | He's Fired, She's Hiredas Raoul | |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Storyas Captain Davenport | |
| 1984 | The House of Dies Drearas Walter Small | |
| 1984 | A Doctor's Storyas Dr. Zack Williams | |
| 1984 | The House of Godas Chuck Johnston | |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Eversas Medgar Evers | |
| 1982 | The Member of the Weddingas Honey Brown | |
| 1982 | The Neighborhoodas Allen Campbell | |
| 1982 | American Playhouseas Medgar Evers | |
| 1981 | Ragtimeas Coalhouse Walker Jr. | |
| 1981 | Thornwellas Carson | |
| 1981 | Chytilová Versus Formanas Self | |
| 1980 | Fridaysas Self | |
| 1979 | My Old Manas Doctor | |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generationsas George Haley | |
| 1978 | The Trial of the Mokeas James Smith | |
| 1978 | Kingas Andrew Young | |
| 1964 | Another Worldas |
