First Sunday Premier - Clifton Powell - Hollywood, CA

In this hilarious comedy, Durell (ICE CUBE) and LeeJohn (TRACY MORGAN) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son - unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt - they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. But when the duo fumble their way through the break-in, they discover someone has beaten them to the punch. In order to get their hands on the money, Durell and LeeJohn are forced to spend the night in the presence of the Lord and his followers... and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.

Clifton Powell
Few actors possess the range required to craft some of the most colorful villains ever committed to celluloid before turning around to portray such a benevolent and beloved leader as Martin Luther King Jr., and it's a testament to Clifton Powell's skills as a performer that he could be equally believable doing both.
It was during the early '90s that Powell first began to rise to prominence in television and film, with standout roles in Bill Duke's Deep Cover and In the Heat of the Night preceding a pair of memorable supporting roles for the Hughes Brothers in Menace II Society and Dead Presidents. Though Powell would continue to appear in features, it was on the small screen that he gained most of his exposure in the early years. After gradually climbing the credits on such shows as Murder, She Wrote, The Jamie Foxx Show, and NYPD Blue, Powell would leave an indelible mark on viewers with his thoughtful portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in director Charles Burnett's Selma, Lord, Selma.
With versatile, everyman looks that were something of a blessing and a curse, Powell quickly established himself as an actor capable of truly disappearing into his characters -- sometimes to a fault. While a slew of roles on screens big and small kept Powell a considerably busy man in the mid-'90s, later roles in such efforts as Lockdown, Civil Brand, and Never Die Alone proved that his persistence, talent, and dedication were beginning to pay off. In 2004, Powell and the cast of the wildly popular biopic Ray would be honored with a Screen Actor's Guild nomination, and though they didn't take home the prize it was obvious Powell was finally on the verge of breaking big.
His dark turn in the T.D. Jakes screen-adaptation Woman Thou Art Loosed was followed by a series of small-screen appearances in House, M.D., CSI, and Day Break
A BlackTree Media Production

Produced by Jamaal Finkley

Host Ms Sharmayne Schaffer

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[BlackBronson]

This guy is criminally underrated!

Menace To Society

Dead Presidents

Rush Hour

Next Friday

I love this dude!

[pcrudup]

Got my vote Clifton.

[JCKAMK]

I like Clifton. He doesn't get enough work. Remember him from two different guest spots on NYPD Blue

[DaRealRudeBoyPhil]

BIG SMOKE FOR PREZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

[DaRealRudeBoyPhil]

BIG SMOKE !!!! 

[MickyBellic]

hahah big smoke's voice

[chillbackbro]

dead. presidents. nuff said. ;]

[longshot1120]

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ

[grove4mylife]

he doesnt sound like Big smoke LOL

[Eagmr]

Big Smoke.

[hasselett]

Sounds just like Big Smoke from San Andreas lol

[snorlaxx1337911]

 PINKY NIGGAH