Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood can be seen in the new hit NBC series, "Las Vegas", starring James Caan, the upcoming ABC series, "Kyle XY" and the Hallmark series, "Jane Doe", starring Lea Thompson.

Dorian Harewood holds the unique distinction of having portrayed the two largest roles in the most widely seen network AND non-network mini-series in the history of television. In the role of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in "Roots: the Next Generations", the three-time NAACP Image Award winner aged from 17 to 70 years old, creating the largest role in the combined 26 hours of "Roots" I and II. Dorian Harewood is probably best known for his award-winning portrayal of 1936 Olympic champion and American hero Jesse Owens, in "The Jesse Owens Story".

An accomplished singer, Dorian Harewood has had the privilege of touring Europe with the legendary Four Tops, singing live onstage with the incomparable Stevie Wonder, and performing at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City as well as the Las Vegas Hilton with the great Gladys Knight. Dorian Harewood has performed on Broadway and in theaters across the country, starring in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" with Chita Rivera, "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Over Here" with John Travolta, "The Pajama Game", "Purlie", and "Crumbs From The Table Of Joy", for which he won his third NAACP Image Award. Mr. Harewood also starred in the Broadway plays "Streamers", directed by Mike Nichols, "Don't Call Back" and "The Mighty Gents" with Morgan Freeman. But Dorian's most fateful job was his starring role in the musical "Miss Moffat", opposite the late great Bette Davis, the woman responsible for his decision to become an actor.

Dorian Harewood has starred in several television series, including "Viper" for NBC, "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" with Sharon Gless (CBS), "Strike Force" with Robert Stack (ABC), "Trauma Center" (ABC) and the highly acclaimed NBC series "I'll Fly Away", for which he won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Dorian Harewood appeared as Reverend Hamilton in the long-running fan favorite, "7th Heaven" and Mr. Harewood has been seen in ABC's six-hour miniseries, "Little House On The Prairie" and the NBC drama, "Boomtown", and has appeared in numerous television movies and series guest appearances. Dorian Harewood also starred in the prestigious remake of the 1957 Academy Award nominated MGM classic "Twelve Angry Men."

Mr. Harewood's feature film credits include Stanley Kubrick's anti-war film "Full Metal Jacket", "Sudden Death", "Against All Odds", "Sparkle", "The Falcon and the Snowman", "Levity", starring Morgan Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Holly Hunter and Kirsten Dunst, and "Gothika", starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey, Jr.. Dorian Harewood can currently be seen in the feature film "Assault On Precinct 13", starring Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke and Gabriel Byrne.