Basic Information About Harry Lennix
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Film Producer, Teacher |
| Net worth | $4,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1964-11-16 (59 years old) |
| Place of birth | Chicago |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Djena Graves-Lennix - (27 June 2009 - present) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.93 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Harry Lennix win?
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 Golden Globe |
 Golder Raspberry |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Harry Lennix awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama | Winner | Titus | 2000 |
Harry Lennix roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | General Swanwick / Martian Manhunter |
| State of Play | Detective Bell |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Commander Lock |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Swanwick |
| Man of Steel | General Swanwick |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Lock |
| Across the Universe | Army Sergeant |
| Ray | Joe Adams |
| Love & Basketball | Nathan Wright |
| The Human Stain | Mr. Silk |
| Bad Boys | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Titus | Aaron |
| Chi-Raq | Commissioner Blades |
| Collateral Damage | FBI Agent Dray |
| Emperor | Frederick Douglass |
| Clockers | Bill Walker |
| Stomp the Yard | Nate |
| The Package | Johnny's Field Soldier |
| Billions | Frank Sacker / ... 5 episodes, 2016-2020 |
| Girlfriends | Earl 1 episode, 2002 |
| The Blacklist | Harold Cooper 169 episodes, 2013-2021 |
| Insecure | Marcus Walker 1 episode, 2018 |
| JAG | Agent John Nichols 1 episode, 1999 |
| The Practice | Asst. Attorney General Parker / ... 2 episodes, 1998-2003 |
| ER | Dr. Greg Fischer 6 episodes, 1997 |
| Ally McBeal | Ballard 1 episode, 1998 |
| Legion of Super Heroes | Dr. Mar Londo 1 episode, 2006 |
| Emily Owens M.D. | Dr. Tim Dupre 6 episodes, 2012-2013 |
| Commander in Chief | Jim Gardner 19 episodes, 2005-2006 |
| 24 | Walid Al-Rezani 5 episodes, 2007 |
| Living Single | Clayton Simmons 1 episode, 1997 |
| Any Day Now | Garrett 1 episode, 1998 |
| The Blacklist: Redemption | Harold Cooper 1 episode, 2017 |
| Undercovers | Gary Bloom 1 episode, 2010 |
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Cyclonus / ... 2 episodes, 2017 |
Interesting Facts about Harry Lennix
- Taught in the Chicago public schools system.
- His first movie was The Package (1989), starring Gene Hackman and directed by Andrew Davis. It was filmed in Lennix's hometown of Chicago, where Davis (also a Chicago native) films most of his movies.
- He went to school with David Schwimmer of Friends (1994).
- He is the youngest of four children.
- He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical or Revue for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Pegasus Players Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- He was awarded the 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Caught in the Act" at the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- He was awarded the 1997 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- He graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
- Son of the late Harry Joseph Lennix II and Lillian C. Lennix of Chicago, Illinois.
- He is the trustee of the Robey Theater Company in Los Angeles, California. [June 2009]
- Has played husband to Valarie Pettiford, in the movie "Stomp the Yard" and the TV series "The Blacklist".
- Attended Northwestern University with Stephen Colbert.
- Stephen Colbert, on The Late Show in Aug 2016 with guest Larry Wilmore, recounted their post-White House Correspondents' Dinner speech experiences having to mingle with the people they had just skewered - many of whom apparently could not take a joke. Colbert recalled after his 2006 speech during which he had famously and mercilessly skewered then President George W. Bush, said actor Harry J. Lennix - the talented, very dignified actor and classmate of his from Northwestern University, came up to the dais to compliment him. Colbert remembered telling Lennix that he didn't think anyone liked him. "Lennix leans back," Colbert recalled, "and with his deep voice goes, 'Fuck these people. That was good'.".
- Is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
- Was unaware of his character Calvin Swanwick's real identity as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter until October 2019, when Zack Snyder showed him a storyboard of "Martha Kent" shape-shifting into "Swanwick", in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). Lennix portrays Martian Manhunter in his cinematic debut in this movie.
