Leonard Jackson

Actor 1968–1997 (29 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · as Cemetery Manager

8.1

Together for Days

1972 · as Phil

8.0

The Color Purple

1985 · as Pa

7.7

Known For

Film

The Color Purple

Film

Conspiracy Theory

Old Man in Book Store

Film

Eddie Murphy Raw

Uncle Gus

Film

Basquiat

Jean Michel's Father

Film

Boomerang

Lloyd

Film

The Brother from Another Planet

Smokey

Film

Car Wash

Earl

Film

Basket Case 2

Police Commissioner

Filmography

Acting (29)

Movies (21)

Conspiracy Theory

1997

as Old Man in Book Store

6.6

Basquiat

1996

as Jean Michel's Father

6.6

Palookaville

1995

as Bus Driver

5.8

Shining Time Station: One of the Family

1995

as Harry Cupper

Boomerang

as Lloyd

Separate But Equal

as Harold Boulware

A Rage in Harlem

as Mr. Clay

Murder in Black and White

1990

as Contrary Man

Basket Case 2

1990

as Police Commissioner

Second Sight

as Doorman

Eddie Murphy Raw

as Uncle Gus

The Color Purple

as Pa

The Brother from Another Planet

as Smokey

King of the Gypsies

The Baron

as Junebug

Car Wash

as Earl

Super Spook

as Super Spook

Ganja & Hess

1973

as Archie

5.8

Five on the Black Hand Side

as Mr. Brooks

Together for Days

as Phil

Uptight

as Mr. Oakley (uncredited)

6.6

Television (8)

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Mark (segment "The Guardian")

7.2

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Cemetery Manager

Separate but Equal

as Harold Boulware

Law & Order

as Marty

Shining Time Station

as Harry Cupper

The Cosby Show

as Exterminator

Rage of Angels

as Judge North

Kojak

as Dr. Logan