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Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Ron O'Neal. [3] It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen before his death in 2019, [4] though he continued to write screenplays through 2010.
Brown was portrayed by David Ajala in the London cast of the 2013 play One Night in Miami [136] and by Aldis Hodge in the subsequent 2021 film adaptation of the same name. [137] According to Hodge, he heard "through the grapevine" that Brown - the only subject of the film alive at the film's release - liked the film and approved of Hodge's ...
[14] [15] [16] Other films with Brown were Original Gangstas (1996) and On the Edge (2002). [2] Williamson also guest starred with Brown in various television roles. In October 1973, Williamson posed nude for Playgirl magazine, preempting Brown's appearance in 1974.
Shyheim starred in the video for TLC's "Waterfalls". [10]He has had roles in films such as the 1996 Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree vehicle Original Gangstas, [13] [failed verification] [14] In Too Deep, [15] [10] and The Preacher's Wife [9] [10] and he also starred in the television show The Parent Hood. [9]
Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York City cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972) and its sequel Super Fly T.N.T. (1973).
Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr. (born July 21, 1969), professionally known mononymously as Godfrey, is a Nigerian-American comedian, impressionist and actor who has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films, such as Soul Plane, Original Gangstas, Zoolander, and Johnson Family Vacation.
Robert Wallace Forster Jr. [1] [2] (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019), known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor.He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring role as news reporter John Casellis in the landmark [3] New Hollywood film Medium Cool (1969).
Original gangster or original gangsta (OG in short form) may refer to: Original Gangstas, a 1996 action film Original Gangstas, the 1996 soundtrack to the film; Original Gangsters (gang), a criminal gang in Sweden; O.G. Original Gangster, a 1991 album by Ice-T "O.G. Original Gangster" (song), a song on the album