Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Biography
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. is an American actor who works across film, television and theater, and who began as a music student before turning to acting. Born in New York City, he grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where he studied classical music and clarinet at the Baltimore School for the Arts, then spent three years at Juilliard as a clarinet performance student before deciding to pursue acting and training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Stella Adler Conservatory. He played the lead in his 1991 film debut, Straight Out of Brooklyn, and went on to appear in Next Stop Wonderland (1998), The Waterboy (1998) and Gangs of New York (2002). On television he portrayed D'Angelo Barksdale on The Wire, a role that earned critical acclaim, Bob Stookey on The Walking Dead, and a part in The Deuce, which ran from 2017 to 2019. He also drew positive reviews on stage as Booth in Topdog/Underdog.
55years old
Turns 56 on September 22in 315 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Also credited as Larry Gilliard Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 25 years1998 to 2023
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First role
In 1991, Gilliard played Dennis Brown, the lead, in the independent film Straight Out of Brooklyn. That part was his film debut.
Early training
Gilliard spent three years at Juilliard School as a clarinet performance student, then decided to pursue acting instead of music.
Early training
Gilliard studied classical music and played clarinet at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where his classmates included Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. shares two films with Lance Reddick, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lance Reddick's page
Eric Roberts's page
Liam Neeson's page
Jim Broadbent's page
Forest Whitaker's page
Martin Sheen's page
Brad AndersonDirector, 2 films, 1998 to 2004
All films by Brad Anderson
All films by Frank Coraci
Box office
What Lawrence Gilliard Jr.'s films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$414 million
9 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$194M46.8% of the total
- 2$186M44.9% of the total
- 3$8.2M2.0% of the total
- 4$8.1M2.0% of the total
- 5$4.7M1.1% of the total
- 6$4.4M1.1% of the total
- 7Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World2023as Archie Moore$3.8M0.9% of the total
- 8$3.4M0.8% of the total
$2.0 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.