Actor

Howard Rollins

Birthday: October 17, 1950

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

Remembering Ragtime (2004) as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (archive footage)
Age: 54
Drunks (1997) as Joseph
Age: 46
Harambee! (1996) as Chimbuko
Age: 46
The Legacy of Malthus (1994) as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Age: 43
With Murder in Mind (1992) as Samuel Carver
Age: 41
On the Block (1990) as Clay Beasley
Age: 39
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986) as T.C. Russell
Age: 36
The Children of Times Square (1986) as Otis Travis
Age: 35
The Boy King (1986) as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Age: 35
He's Fired, She's Hired (1984) as Raoul
Age: 34
A Soldier's Story (1984) as Captain Davenport
Age: 33
The House of Dies Drear (1984) as Walter Small
Age: 33
A Doctor's Story (1984) as Dr. Zack Williams
Age: 33
The House of God (1984) as Chuck Johnston
Age: 33
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) as Medgar Evers
Age: 32
The Member of the Wedding (1982) as Honey Brown
Age: 32
The Neighborhood (1982) as Allen Campbell
Age: 31
Ragtime (1981) as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Age: 31
Thornwell (1981) as Carson
Age: 30
My Old Man (1979) as Doctor
Age: 29
The Trial of the Moke (1978) as James Smith
Age: 27