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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Guest starring as Yaphet Kotto
- Episode 1994-07-07: Yaphet Kotto, Jack Noseworthy, Tripping Daisy (Jul 7, 1994)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Starring as Lieutenant Al Giardello
(27 episodes)
- Episode 7x22: Forgive Us Our Trespasses (May 21, 1999)
- Episode 7x21: The Why Chromosome (May 14, 1999)
- Episode 7x19: Identity Crisis (Apr 30, 1999)
- Episode 7x18: Self Defense (Apr 9, 1999)
- Episode 7x02: Brotherly Love (Oct 16, 1998)
- Episode 6x08: All is Bright (Dec 12, 1997)
- Episode 3x20: The Gas Man (May 5, 1995)
- Episode 3x19: Colors (Apr 28, 1995)
- Episode 3x18: Nothing Personal (Apr 21, 1995)
- Episode 3x17: In Search of Crimes Past (Apr 14, 1995)
- Episode 3x16: The Old and the Dead (Mar 3, 1995)
- Episode 3x15: Law & Disorder (Feb 24, 1995)
- Episode 3x14: End Game (Feb 10, 1995)
- Episode 3x13: Dead End (Feb 3, 1995)
- Episode 3x12: The City That Bleeds (Jan 27, 1995)
- Episode 3x11: Partners (Jan 20, 1995)
- Episode 3x10: Cradle to Grave (Jan 13, 1995)
- Episode 3x09: Every Mother's Son (Jan 6, 1995)
- Episode 3x08: All Through the House (Dec 16, 1994)
- Episode 3x07: The Last of the Watermen (Dec 9, 1994)
- Episode 3x06: Crosetti (Dec 2, 1994)
- Episode 3x05: Happy to Be Here (Nov 18, 1994)
- Episode 3x04: A Model Citizen (Nov 11, 1994)
- Episode 3x03: Extreme Unction (Oct 28, 1994)
- Episode 3x02: Fits Like a Glove (Oct 21, 1994)
- Episode 3x01: Nearer My God to Thee (Oct 14, 1994)
- Episode 2x02: See No Evil (Jan 13, 1994)
Guest starring as Lieutenant Al Giardello
- Episode 7x20: Lines of Fire (May 7, 1999) [Credit Only]
Civil Wars (1991)
Guest starring as Judge Louis Decker
- Episode 1x09: Pro Se Can You See (Jan 22, 1992)
Law & Order (1990)
Guest starring as Lieutenant Al Giardello
- Episode 8x06: Baby, It's You (Nov 12, 1997)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Lt. Bradshaw
- Episode 4x08: Steal Me a Story (Nov 15, 1987)
For Love and Honor (1983)
Guest starring as Platoon Sgt. James 'China' Bell
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: The Real Thing (Jan 15, 1984) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x11: Bloodline (Jan 15, 1984) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x10: The Price of Dreams (Dec 27, 1983) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x09: Mixed Signals (Dec 20, 1983) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x08: Team Work (Dec 13, 1983)
- Episode 1x07: Learning Experience (Dec 6, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: Mind Games (Nov 4, 1983)
The A-Team (1983)
Guest starring as Charles 'East-Side Charlie' F. Struthers
- Episode 1x08: The Out-of-Towners (Mar 15, 1983)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Guest starring as Calvin Matthias
- Episode 6x01: Blues in the Night (Sep 26, 1985)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Big Gus Belly
- Episode 6x15: Return to the Cotton Club / No Friends Like Old Friends (Feb 26, 1983)
Night Gallery (1969)
Guest starring as Buckner
- Episode 2x38: The Messiah on Mott Street (Dec 15, 1971)
The Name of the Game (1968)
Guest starring as Wyman Jackson
- Episode 3x06: The Time is Now (Oct 23, 1970)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as LCpl. John T. Auston
- Episode 1x15: King of the Hill (Jan 8, 1969)
Mannix (1967)
Guest starring as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
- Episode 2x18: Death in a Minor Key (Feb 8, 1969)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Guest starring as Jonah
- Episode 5x17: Jonah (Feb 13, 1969)
Guest starring as Luke
- Episode 5x07: Big, Black and Out There (Nov 14, 1968)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Yaphet Kotto
- Episode 1969-10-21: Oct 21, 1969 (Oct 21, 1969)
Crew Credits
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 7x18: Self Defense (Apr 9, 1999)