Howard Rollins
Acting
Born 1950-10-17 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Howard Rollins (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime and Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night.
Known for
7.0
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984 · Movie
9.0
The Legacy of Malthus
1994 · Movie
8.0
The House of Dies Drear
1984 · Movie
7.3
Thornwell
1981 · Movie
7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Movie
7.0
The Neighborhood
1982 · Movie
6.3
The Children of Times Square
1986 · Movie
6.7
A Doctor's Story
1984 · Movie
7.0
Harambee!
1996 · Movie
6.5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · Movie
6.5
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · Movie
6.2
With Murder in Mind
1992 · Movie
7.0
The Boy King
1986 · Movie
6.0
The Trial of the Moke
1978 · Movie
5.3
My Old Man
1979 · Movie
5.0
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · Movie
3.2
Drunks
1997 · Movie
3.2
The House of God
1984 · Movie
2.8
On the Block
1990 · Movie
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Movie