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Russell Hornsby (born May 15, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights, as Luke on the HBO drama In Treatment, as Detective Hank Griffin on the NBC series Grimm, and as Lyons in the movie Fences.
Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, based on his 1985 play. It stars Washington, Viola Davis , Stephen McKinley Henderson , Jovan Adepo , Russell Hornsby , Mykelti Williamson , and Saniyya Sidney .
Jennings won the 1994 CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her role in Laurel Avenue. [1] She guest-starred in many television series, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Ellen, Chicago Hope, 7th Heaven, Touched by an Angel, The Practice, Soul Food and Justified.
He has starred in the action thriller The Equalizer franchise (2014–2023) and has directed films such as Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). He has also asserted himself onstage acting in The Public Theatre productions of William Shakespeare 's tragedies Coriolanus (1979), and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990).
In 2016 he starred in Fences alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. [13] In Fences, he stars as Cory Maxson, the son of the main characters played by Davis and Washington. [14] Adepo was "the only member of the Fences cast who did not star in the play's 2010 Broadway revival before it made the jump to feature film." [15]
Best Drama Movie 2016 Fences: 4th Place [26] Houston Film Critics Society: January 6, 2017: Best Actor Denzel Washington: Nominated [27] [28] Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis: Won IndieWire Critics Poll: December 19, 2016 Best Actor Denzel Washington: 5th Place [29] Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis: 4th Place London Film Critics Circle ...
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Dog Brownie played a pivotal role while Jackie Shroff and Poonam Dhillon played the lead roles. The movie is a remake of director's own 1984 Kannada film Thaliya Bhagya starring Shankar Nag which had also been remade in Telugu as Nammina Bantu , in Malayalam as Ithente Neethi and in Tamil as Nandri .