Stogie Kenyatta Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Stogie Kenyatta
Acting
Biography
Jamaican born & Brooklyn bred of Kenyan Ancestry; Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director, Stogie has been an working artist for the last 2 plus decades, known for his lucrative touring One Man Broadway style solo show on Paul Robeson. Classically trained at the Afro American studio in Harlem, the Henry St. Settlement, and Al Fann Theatrical ensemble. A finalist in the N.Y. State theater competition with artistic director, John Houseman. A Basketball scholarship athlete, he came West to attended Film School at California St. University. Studied privately with Ivan Markota at the Van Mar Academy. Has written 2 Novels, directed several Short films, Cable Commercials as well as Music Videos, has Film & TV acting credits from Soap Operas, Movies & Sit-com, Co-headlined USO Stand-up Comedy tour in Okinawa & Tokyo, Japan. Starred in the International feature film "Joseph" about the "African 400 Year of Return" shot in Kingston, Jamaica, Cape Coast & Accra, Ghana. The Writer/Artist of acclaimed One Man Broadway style Show "The World is my Home - The Life of Paul Robeson". Performed over 450 shows with his wife of 26 years Meechi Kenyatta who is his Stage Manager & Sound Engineer. In the last 20 years he's appeared at US Embassies & Universities in 21 countries including the South of France, and London, Birmingham, England the Gulf of Mexico and a dozen Caribbean Islands . Winner of the NAACP Theater Award for Best Solo Show. It is the #1 multicultural Pan-African touring show in the USA. He's written several screenplays that are in different stages of development including the Urban Basketball drama "The gods stopped smiling" & will be directing his passion piece; the offbeat dark comedy "Promise of Paradise"
Filmography Movies
Acting
Half Past Dead 2
Long time inmate Twitch (Kurupt) gets himself transfered to a tougher prison than the re-opened Alcatraz. He claims it's to be closer to his lady but his real motives are a bit more grandiose. There he crosses paths with Burke (Bill Goldberg) a bulky prisoner who can take care of himself. Twitch, despite being less muscular, is just as mouthy and is pretty much the same. But there is a gang war brewing between the black and hispanic inmates that explodes into a hostile takeover of the prison when the black's gang leader is shot dead and the finger points at Burke. But the sh!t really hits the fan when the real killer and leader of the hispanics, Cortez (Robert Madrid) takes Twitch's girlfriend and Burke's daughter hostage.
The Eagle and The Bear
After a defecting KGB agent on the run kidnaps a Santa Monica detective, the two become friends and slowly form an unbeatable partnership.
Species
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Joseph
A Jamaican doctor trained in Western medicine and in conflict with his family (all of whom are doctors) about his belef in the benefits of bush medicine, travels to Ghana to prove then wrong.
Batman & Robin
Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.
Marked for Murder
Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a local drug lord, the conflict becomes personal.
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