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Badja Djola
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Bernard Bradley
April 9, 1948 New York City, U.S.
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| Died | January 8, 2005 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979—2005 |
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Notable work
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Mississippi Burning, Who's the Man?, Penitentiary, A Rage in Harlem |
Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, New York who worked primarily within black film. He is best known for Mississippi Burning, Penitentiary, A Rage in Harlem, and Who's the Man?.
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Career
Djola's breakout role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate, the villainous "Half Dead" Johnson, in the 1979 movie Penitentiary, which led to many more feature films, including a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow. He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Dr. Dre in Who's the Man? (1993). In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several television shows, including The X-Files, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue. He also starred in theatre performances, with shows including Once in a Wife Time (1981)," Edmond (1984), 227, Southern Rapture (1993), and Dancing on Moonlight (1995),
Personal life
Djola died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
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| 1979 | The Main Event | Heavyweight in Gym | |
| Penitentiary | "Half Dead" Johnson | ||
| 1982 | Night Shift | Cleon | |
| 1984 | The Lonely Guy | Native | |
| 1985 | The Lightship | Nate | |
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Lieutenant Gaston | |
| Mississippi Burning | FBI Agent Monk | ||
| 1989 | An Innocent Man | IA Detective John Fitzgerald | |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Slim | |
| The Last Boy Scout | Alley Thug | ||
| Christmas on Division Street | Scorpio | ||
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Decton | |
| Eddie Presley | The Drycleaner (uncredited) | ||
| 1993 | Who's the Man? | Lionel Douglas | |
| Marked for Murder | |||
| 1994 | Knight Rider 2010 | Zeke | |
| 1996 | Heaven's Prisoners | Batist | |
| 1997 | Rosewood | John Bradley | |
| The Brave | Rider | ||
| First Time Felon | Disciple Leader | ||
| 1998 | Gunshy | Abel | |
| The Players Club | The Doctor | ||
| Butter | Roscoe | ||
| 1999 | Deterrence | Harvey | |
| The Hurricane | Mobutu | ||
| 2000 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | "Fast Eddie" | |
| The Price of Air | Sugar | ||
| 2001 | Night at the Golden Eagle | Gabriel | |
| 2005 | Back in the Day | Grant Brown | |
| Slipdream | Sahdu |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Episode/s | Ref |
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| 1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | "The Threat" | ||
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Oomupwah | "Legends Are Forever" | |
| 1984 | Maximum Security | Prisoner Preacher | "Pilot" | |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Tyrone Blackwell | "Among Friends" | |
| 1990 | B.L. Stryker | "Grand Theft Hotel" | ||
| Wiseguy | Etoile de Joie | "Black Gold" | ||
| 1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Francoise Benoir | "The Not-So-Great Dictator" | |
| 1993—1994 | Roc | William Long | "Final Analysis" and "Citizen Roc: Part 2" | |
| 1995 | The X-Files | Napoleon "Neech" Manley | "The List" | |
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Jack Archer | "Inside Out" | |
| NYPD Blue | Clyde Bell | "Bad Rap" | ||
| The Last Don | Phil Sharkey | "Part III" | ||
| Millennium | Lacuna | "Sense and Antisense" | ||
| 1998 | Brooklyn South | Clude Miller | "Skel in a Cell" | |
| ER | Mike Lembreaux | "Shades of Gray" | ||
| Chicago Hope | Jean Baptiste Marche | "Austin, We Have a Problem" | ||
| Born Free | Motumbo | "Celebration of Life" | ||
| 2001 | The Fugitive | Dominick | "Lagniappe" | |
| The Lone Gunmen | Spike | "Maximum Byers" |
See also
In Spanish: Badja Djola para niños
