Actor

Harry
Lennix

Harry Lennix earned a Tony Award nomination for playing “Solomon ‘Sonny’ Jasper” in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. He made his Broadway debut in August Wilson’s Radio Golf, and his stage credits include Off-Broadway’s Titus Andronicus and regional productions of A Raisin in the Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Othello, and The Great Gatsby. He won the inaugural Ollie Award for playing “Malcolm X” in The Meeting at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, and returned there this past March as associate director and musical director of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, in which he previously starred as “Levee.” His film credits include Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Man of Steel, The Matrix franchise, Ray, and The Five Heartbeats. On television, he is best known for his decade-long role as “Harold Cooper” on NBC’s The Blacklist, with additional appearances in Commander in Chief, Billions, and Dollhouse.