Who played the starring role in the 1992 film 'Malcolm X'?
"Malcolm X (1992 film) Malcolm X, sometimes stylized as X, is a 1992 American epic biographical drama film about the Afro-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a supporting role, while Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South Africa president Nelson Mandela make cameo appearances. This is the second of four film collaborations between Washington and Lee. The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: his"
"screen biographies, celebrating the sweep of an American life that bottomed out in prison before its hero reinvented himself."" Ebert and Martin Scorsese both ranked ""Malcolm X"" among the ten best films of the 1990s. In 2010, ""Malcolm X"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Malcolm X (1992 film) Malcolm X, sometimes stylized as X, is a 1992 American epic biographical drama film about the Afro-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written"
"the rage of Malcolm X's autobiography. During production of ""Malcolm X"", Spike Lee showed Bassett a tape of the exact moment when Malcolm X was shot during his assassination, since they would be filming the scene. Bassett called the recording ""haunting"", but noted that after listening, she was ""able to grab hold of the pain and re-create the scene."" Bassett felt it was important for her to get the assassination scene correct, and wondered how Betty ""found the strength to keep going, to raise her family, to educate, to sustain them."" ""Malcolm X"" was released on November 18, 1992. In"
"Malcolm X, before fading to a photograph of them shaking hands. Prior to the credits, Lee dedicates the film to the families of six victims of police brutality: Eleanor Bumpurs, Michael Griffith, Arthur Miller, Jr., Edmund Perry, Yvonne Smallwood, and Michael Stewart. Spike Lee first got the idea for the film after watching the ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" episode ""Shopping for Death"" where the main characters discuss their theory that hot weather increases violent tendencies. He was also inspired by the Howard Beach racial incident and the shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs. Lee wrote the screenplay in two weeks. The original script"
"In director Spike Lee's 1992 bio-pic film ""Malcolm X"", Howard portrayed jazz singer Billie Holiday, performing Holiday's ""I Cover the Waterfront"". She had always been strongly influenced by Holiday's vocal technique and music. In the fall of 1992, Miki decided to pay tribute to Billie by recording covers of her favorite classic songs by Holiday. During recording, she also landed a role in John Singleton's 1993 film ""Poetic Justice"" starring pop singer Janet Jackson and hip-hop artist/actor Tupac Shakur. In December 1993, Miki's fifth studio album, """" was released under Giant Records, the album peaked at number 74 on the"
"recalled in 1993, ""I mostly went for the public figure, rather than the private man. I aimed for showing the evolution of the man and what he had to say. I wanted to do it with the public speeches."" Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, served as a consultant to the film-makers. She was so pleased with the resulting film, she took her six daughters—who ranged in age from six to thirteen—to see it. Afterwards, one of them asked, ""Daddy was everything to you, wasn't he?"" According to the ""Los Angeles Times"", ""Malcolm X"" garnered ""enthusiastic reviews"". ""Time"" wrote: For Warner"
"and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Washington was raised in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Denzel Washington and actress and singer Pauletta Washington (née Pearson); he is the oldest of their four children. At the age of nine, he appeared as a student in a Harlem classroom in Spike Lee's 1992 feature film ""Malcolm X"", which starred Washington's father in the title role. Washington attended Campbell Hall School in Los Angeles, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. He graduated from Campbell Hall School in 2002. At Morehouse College, Washington"
"played by Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Odom received a nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance, but lost to David Strathairn at the 1992 ceremony. Odom's and Strathairn's fellow nominees in that category were William H. Macy, John Malkovich and Glenn Plummer. Odom's additional film roles included ""Malcolm X"" in 1992 and ""The Hurricane"" in 1999 film. His television credits included guest appearances on ""New York Undercover"", ""The Sopranos"", ""Third Watch"" and """". Odom appeared on eight episodes of ""Law & Order"" between 1991 and 2008. George T. Odom died around September 21, 2016, in Charlotte,"
"After leaving ""One Life to Live"", Freeman appeared in the 1998 motion picture ""Down in the Delta"". His Broadway theatre credits include ""The Hot L Baltimore"" and ""Look to the Lilies"". His portrayal of Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader, in the film ""Malcolm X"" earned him the 1992 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. He had played Malcolm X in the 1979 miniseries, """". In the 1990s he had a recurring guest role as the manipulative Baltimore deputy police commissioner James Harris in """". In 1991 Freeman joined the Department of Theatre Arts"
"Better Blues"". In 1991, he starred as Demetrius Williams in the romantic drama ""Mississippi Masala"". Washington was reunited with Lee to play one of his most critically acclaimed roles, the title character of 1992's ""Malcolm X"". His performance as the black nationalist leader earned him another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The next year, he played the lawyer of a gay man with AIDS in the 1993 film ""Philadelphia"". During the early and mid-1990s, Washington starred in several successful thrillers, including ""The Pelican Brief"" and ""Crimson Tide"", as well as in the movie of the Shakespearean comedy"
"XXX (2002 film) xXx (pronounced as Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the ""xXx"" film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen had previously directed ""The Fast and the Furious"" (2001),"
"Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. At the age of nine, he demonstrated an interest in show business which led to enrollment in acting schools. His career as a child performer later led him to graduate high school from The Professional Children's School in New York City, New York. With appearances and roles on many television shows and films, he landed his most successful role as Theo Huxtable, the only son of Heathcliff Huxtable, who was played by Bill Cosby on the NBC sitcom, ""The Cosby Show"" from 1984 to 1992. Warner auditioned for the role on the very"
"Malcolm X (1972 film) Malcolm X, also known as Malcolm X: His Own Story as It Really Happened, is a 1972 American documentary film directed by Arnold Perl. It is based on ""The Autobiography of Malcolm X"". The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Marvin Worth and Perl started working on ""Malcolm X"" in 1969, four years after the human rights activist's assassination. The pair initially intended for the film to be a drama, but in the end they made a documentary when some people close to Malcolm X refused to talk to them. Worth"
"in her honor. In 2005, Columbia University announced the opening of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. The memorial is located in the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated. In March 2012, New York City co-named Broadway at the corner of West 165th Street, the corner in front of the Audubon Ballroom, Betty Shabazz Way. Shabazz was the subject of the 2013 television movie ""Betty & Coretta"", in which she was played by Mary J. Blige. She was portrayed by Angela Bassett in the 1992 film ""Malcolm X"". Bassett also played the part of"
"by showing his gory demise. XXX (2002 film) xXx (pronounced as Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the ""xXx"" film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen had previously directed ""The"
"Collateral (film) Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie. It stars Tom Cruise as Vincent and Jamie Foxx as Max. The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. ""Collateral"" was released in the United States on August 6, 2004 and grossed $217 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics, and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2004. Cruise and Foxx's performances were widely praised, with Foxx being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting"
"2007, Randle was a regular cast member of the Lifetime show ""State of Mind"" as Dr. Cordelia Banks. Theresa Randle Theresa E. Randle (born December 27, 1964) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as ""Malcolm X"" (1992), ""Sugar Hill"" (1994), ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" (1994), ""Bad Boys"" (1995), ""Girl 6"" (1996), ""Space Jam"" (1996), ""Spawn"" (1997), and ""Bad Boys II"" (2003). Randle was born in Gary, Indiana. She began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern, jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School with a special program for the exceptionally gifted. At the"
"that doesn't miss a stop along the well-trod ghetto-to-musical-charts path, but makes its journey with tuneful conviction."" Of the people who appeared in the movie, Irene Cara became the film's breakout star: she went on to record many chart topping singles. Lonette McKee went on to other TV and film appearances with Richard Pryor, including playing Denzel Washington's on screen mother in ""Malcolm X"", and Dorian Harewood and Philip Michael Thomas did more TV and film appearances. Thomas would be famous as Ricardo Tubbs on the TV show ""Miami Vice"". ""Sparkle"" was previewed by an appreciative audience in Baltimore in"
"James McDaniel James McDaniel (born March 25, 1958, Washington, D.C.) is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Arthur Fancy on the television show ""NYPD Blue"". He created the role of Paul in the hit Lincoln Center play ""Six Degrees of Separation"". He played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series ""Cop Rock"", and a close advisor to the director Spike Lee regarding the activist Malcolm X in the 1992 film ""Malcolm X"". He also played Sgt. Jesse Longford in the ABC television series ""Detroit 1-8-7"". McDaniel won a 1995 Screen Actors"
"Malcolm (film) Malcolm is a 1986 Australian cult film comedy, written by the husband-and-wife team of David Parker and Nadia Tass, and directed by Nadia Tass (who made her debut as a feature director on this film). The film stars Colin Friels as Malcolm, a tram enthusiast who becomes involved with a pair of would-be bank robbers. His co-stars are Lindy Davies and John Hargreaves. The film won the 1986 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, and seven other AFI awards including Best Script and Best Director. At the start of the film Malcolm is working for the Metropolitan"
"venture between Gordon and JVC. As the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Gordon was responsible for the production of such films as ""Point Break"" (1991), starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves; ""The Super"" (1991), starring Joe Pesci; ""Unlawful Entry"" (1992), starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe; ""Used People"" (1992), starring Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden and Marcello Mastroianni; and ""Timecop"" (1994), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Largo also co-financed and handled the foreign distribution of the acclaimed 1992 biopic ""Malcolm X"", directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington in the title role. In"
"of Malcolm X""; Baldwin was joined by screenwriter Arnold Perl, who died in 1971 before the screenplay could be finished. Baldwin developed his work on the screenplay into the book ""One Day, When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based on Alex Haley's ""The Autobiography of Malcolm X"""", published in 1972. Other authors who attempted to draft screenplays include playwright David Mamet, novelist David Bradley, author Charles Fuller, and screenwriter Calder Willingham. Director Spike Lee revised the Baldwin-Perl script for his 1992 film ""Malcolm X"". In 1992, attorney Gregory Reed bought the original manuscripts of ""The Autobiography of Malcolm X"" for"
"first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle ""Endeavour"". Carol Moseley Braun (D-California) became the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Senate on November 3, 1992. Director Spike Lee's film ""Malcolm X"" was released in 1992, a serious biography of the leader of the Nation of Islam. Cornel West's text, ""Race Matters,"" was published in 1994. The Million Man March was held on October 16, 1995, in Washington, D.C., co-initiated by Louis Farrakhan and James Bevel. The Million Woman March was held on October 25, 1997, in Philadelphia."
"Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film ""Glory"" (1989) and Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller ""Training Day"" (2001). Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1980s, including his portrayals of real-life figures, such as South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in ""Cry Freedom"" (1987), Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in ""Malcolm"
"Theresa Randle Theresa E. Randle (born December 27, 1964) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as ""Malcolm X"" (1992), ""Sugar Hill"" (1994), ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" (1994), ""Bad Boys"" (1995), ""Girl 6"" (1996), ""Space Jam"" (1996), ""Spawn"" (1997), and ""Bad Boys II"" (2003). Randle was born in Gary, Indiana. She began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern, jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School with a special program for the exceptionally gifted. At the end of college, she earned her first role at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center and was"
"XX/XY XX/XY is a 2002 American romantic drama film starring Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, and Maya Stange. The film is a romantic drama written and directed by Austin Chick, the title referring to the different chromosome pairings present in men and women. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in the year it was released. Although the funding for the film came from the US, the film was produced by British company Natural Nylon. Two college students, Sam (Maya Stange) and Thea (Kathleen Robertson), meet Coles (Mark Ruffalo), an animator, at a party, and"
"Hands"": It entered the popular culture through a speech given by Malcolm X in the last year of his life. In the final scene of the 1992 movie ""Malcolm X"", Nelson Mandela—recently released after 27 years of political imprisonment—appears as a schoolteacher in a Soweto classroom. Yet Mandela informed director Spike Lee that he could not utter the famous final phrase """"by any means necessary"""" on camera; fearing that the apartheid government would use it against him if he did. Lee obliged, and the final seconds of the film feature black-and-white footage of Malcolm X himself delivering the phrase. By"
"from movie roles to concentrate on stage acting; Allen appeared as Laura in the Paul Newman-directed film version of the Tennessee Williams play ""The Glass Menagerie"", with John Malkovich and Joanne Woodward, in 1987. In 1988, Allen returned to the big screen as Bill Murray's long-lost love, Claire, in the Christmas comedy ""Scrooged"". In 1990, she portrayed the doomed crew member Christa McAuliffe in the television movie ""Challenger"", based on the 1986 Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" disaster. Subsequently, she appeared in Spike Lee's ""Malcolm X"" (1992), in a small supporting role in ""The Perfect Storm"" (2000) and ""In the Bedroom"" (2001)."
"Double X: The Name of the Game Double X: The Name of the Game is a 1992 British thriller film. The screenplay by Shani S. Grewal is based in part on ""Vengeance"", a novel by David Fleming. The film features Norman Wisdom, William Katt, Gemma Craven, Simon Ward, Bernard Hill, & Chloë Annett Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten (Wisdom) masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out by gang leader, Ignatius Smith (Hill) Clutten decides to quit. But he realises the gang would sooner see him killed than quitting."
"X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes is a 1963 science-fiction horror film written by Ray Russell and Robert Dillon and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Ray Milland as Dr. James Xavier, a world-renowned scientist, whose experiments with X-ray vision go awry. While most of the cast are relatively unknown, Don Rickles is notable in an uncharacteristically dramatic role. Veteran character actor Morris Ankrum makes an uncredited appearance, his last in the movie industry. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with ""Dementia 13"". Corman described the success"
"for their successes. Bassett had previously worried that after her role as Betty Shabazz in ""Malcolm X"", she would not find another role ""as satisfying"". Bassett at the time of the film's release expressed her belief that her career would never receive such high-profile roles again. ""I think I have been incredibly blessed and it is probably just all downhill from here."" Later that year, Bassett was cast as Tina Turner in ""What's Love Got to Do with It"" (1993). Bassett returned to Los Angeles after ""Malcolm X"" filming was completed, and got a call for an audition for a"
"in widescreen-only on both formats. Collateral (film) Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie. It stars Tom Cruise as Vincent and Jamie Foxx as Max. The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. ""Collateral"" was released in the United States on August 6, 2004 and grossed $217 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics, and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2004. Cruise and Foxx's performances were widely praised, with Foxx being nominated for the"
"he did not commit before his conviction was overturned in 1985. Spike Lee was soon named the director, and he made substantial changes to the script. ""I'm directing this movie and I rewrote the script, and I'm an artist and there's just no two ways around it: this film about Malcolm X is going to be my vision of Malcolm X. But it's not like I'm sitting atop a mountain saying, 'Screw everyone, this is the Malcolm I see.' I've done the research, I've talked to the people who were there."" Soon after Spike Lee was announced as the director"