Russell Hornsby
Biography
Russell Hornsby is an American actor who came to film and television through the stage. Born in San Francisco, California, he studied theater at Boston University and then at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. His early leading roles were Off Broadway, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Joe Louis Blues and Six Degrees of Separation, and in 2000 he won a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award for Jitney. On television he is known for playing Eddie Sutton in Lincoln Heights, Luke in In Treatment and Detective Hank Griffin in Grimm, which he starred in from 2011 to 2017. He also played Isaiah Butler in Seven Seconds and later starred in BMF. His film credits include After the Sunset (2004), Big Fat Liar (2002), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), Stuck (2007), Fences (2016) and Creed II (2018).
52years old
Turns 53 on May 15in 209 days
- Born Oakland
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 23 years2002 to 2025
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First role
At St. Mary's College High School in Berkeley, California, Hornsby tried out for a spring musical and landed the part of the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
Early training
Hornsby studied theater at Boston University and earned a degree in performance, then continued his training at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford.
Russell Hornsby movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stuart Gordon directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Viola Davis's page
Mykelti Williamson's page
Common's page
Donald Faison's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Sanaa LathanThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024) and Something New (2006)
- Lionel Mark SmithStuck (2007) and Edmond (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Russell Hornsby's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$509 million
10 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$214M42.1% of the total
- 2$64M12.6% of the total
- 3$61M12.0% of the total
- 4$53M10.4% of the total
- 5$46M9.1% of the total
- 6$35M6.9% of the total
- 7$23M4.6% of the total
- 8$11M2.2% of the total
$286,083from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.