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Badja Djola
Born
Bernard Bradley

(1948-04-09)April 9, 1948
New York City, U.S.
Died January 8, 2005(2005-01-08) (aged 56)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1979—2005
Notable work
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?.

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
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
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

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