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Remembering Badja Djola (April 9, – January 8, ).
Badja Djola was born on 9 April in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Boy Scout (), Mississippi Burning () and The..
Badja Djola
American actor (1948–2005)
Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, [citation needed] New York who worked primarily within black film.[1][2] He is best known for Mississippi Burning,[1]Penitentiary,[3]A Rage in Harlem,[1] and Who's the Man?.[4]African-American character actor, often seen in tough or villainous roles.
Was a former dancer.
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.[3][1] He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Doctor Dré in Who's the Man? (1993).[1][4] In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several te