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Christian Payton is a Actor American born on 24 december 1965 at Chicago (USA)

Christian Payton

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Nationality USA
Birth 24 december 1965 (58 years) at Chicago (USA)

Christian Payton (born on December 24, 1965) in Chicago Illinois. Is an American actor. He started out in musicals and plays when he was very young. Christian Payton has landed roles in a variety of movies ranging from U.S. Marshals and Strange as Angels. In The Temptations, Christian Payton was cast as Paul Williams, one of the original famous Temptations, and sang his own parts.

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Mel Jackson
Mel Jackson
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Filmography of Christian Payton (3 films)

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Actor

The Temptations (miniseries)
Directed by Allan Arkush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Charles Malik Whitfield, D.B. Woodside, Terron Brooks, Leon Robinson, Jenifer Lewis, Christian Payton
Roles Paul Williams
Rating89% 4.490044.490044.490044.490044.49004
The story begins in 1958 when Otis Williams, a black teenager living in Detroit, Michigan, is running to meet his friend Elbridge "Al" Bryant at a musical performance by The Cadillacs, where Otis and the singer lock eyes, which he credits as the moment he devoted his life to music. Otis' stepfather Edgar is less than pleased with Otis' plans to become a singer instead of an assembly line worker, but his mother Haze is supportive.
Hoodlum
Hoodlum (1997)
, 2h10
Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride
Roles Jimmy
Rating63% 3.150043.150043.150043.150043.15004
After being paroled from Sing Sing, Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) returns to Harlem to resume his old life. He is welcomed back by his cousin, Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride) as well as Stephanie "Madame Queen" St. Clair, the monarch reigning over the numbers racket in Harlem. The psychopathic Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), a Mafia associate who reports to mob boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Andy Garcia) runs the numbers rackets in downtown New York. His gang has been crowding into Harlem, terrorizing residents to only play the numbers with his operation.
To Sir, With Love II, 1h32
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Sidney Poitier, Christian Payton, Dana Eskelson, Saundra Santiago, Daniel J. Travanti, Lulu
Roles Wilsie Carrouthers
Rating63% 3.1501553.1501553.1501553.1501553.150155
Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) is a West Indian, who in the 1967 film took a teaching position in a London East End school. He spent twenty years teaching and ten in administrative roles. He has taught the children of his former pupils, and is now retiring.