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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.
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).
The drug baron Bobby Glass in Guy Ritchie's new series 'The Gentlemen' is played by Ray Winstone, who has built a career on criminal roles.
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American actor who was known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television and films. He was frequently cast as police officers, soldiers, or authority figures, many of them villainous or corrupt.
Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination.