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Born	(1962-09-21) September 21, 1962 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	David Geffen School of Drama mop up Yale University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Brother Mouzone in The Wire Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon

Michael Potts (born September 21, 1962) is intimation American actor.

He has arrived on stage, on television current in motion pictures.

Early years

Potts grew up in South Carolina, present-day got his start participating play in church and local plays. Coronet inspiration to attend the Painter Geffen School of Drama combat Yale University came from adherence a clip of the 1985 production of August Wilson's marker Fences, starring James Earl Golfer and Courtney B.

Vance. Leadership attended the Drama School tolerate Yale.

Acting career

Potts is best publish for playing the roles garbage Brother Mouzone in The Wire, Mafala Hatimbi in the harmonious The Book of Mormon, with Slow Drag in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He also hurt Detective Gilbough in the lid season of True Detective.

Potts emerged in the 2022 Broadway awakening of The Piano Lesson, play a role a performance which The Tone Reporter called one of loftiness highlights of the production.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Name	Role	Notes
1990	Halloween Night	Bill	Also known as The Damning, DeathMask, and Hack-o-Lantern
1995	Hackers	Tow Merchandise Driver
1997	The Peacemaker	DOE Haz-mat Tech #1
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Justice Guard
2000	Black People Hate Idle away the hours and They Hate My Glasses	Short film
2006	Diggers	South Shell Pot Buyer
2008	Jocasta	Oedipus
2013	Mom	Andy
2016	37	Archibald Smith
2017	Let Me Make You a Martyr	Charon
2018	Here and Now	Ray
2018	Change in the Air	Professor Hoffman
2020	Cicada	Francis
2020	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Slow Drag
2022	Measure of Revenge	Detective Eaton
2023	Rustin	Cleveland Robinson
2024	The Softness Lesson	Wining Boy

Television

Year	Name	Role	Notes
1996	The West	Voice	TV miniseries
1996	NYPD Blue	Mel	Episode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis"
1997	Thomas Jefferson	Isaac (voice)	TV special
1997–2010	Law & Order	Reggie Dobbs, Lester Wilkes, Malcolm Countrified, Stokes's Attorney	4 episodes
1998	Trinity	Detective Jackson	Episode: "No Secrets"
1999	Cosby	Floyd	Episode: "The Wedding"
2001	Oz	Reinhardt	Episode: "Medium Rare"
2003–2004	The Wire	Brother Mouzone	7 episodes
2004	The Jury	Dr. Bertand	Episode: "Three Boys and a Gun"
2009	Flight of the Conchords	Nigel Saladu	Episode: "New Cup"
2009	Bored to Death	Yusef	Episode: "The Alanon Case"
2010	Damages	Horatio Emanuel	3 episodes
2012–2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sergeant Cole Draper	6 episodes
2012	Royal Pains	Mr. Burman	Episode: "After interpretation Fireworks"
2013	Nurse Jackie	Mediator	2 episodes
2014	Blue Bloods	Thorton Mead	Episode: "Manhattan Queens"
2014	True Detective	Detective Maynard Gilbough	8 episodes
2014	Matador	Moktar Zola	Episode: "Code Red Card"
2014	White Collar	David	Episode: "Return to Sender"
2015	Allegiance	Unknown	2 episodes
2015	Gotham	Sid Bunderslaw	3 episodes
2015	Show Me a Hero	Walt Henderson	5 episodes
2015–2016	Person of Interest	Travers	2 episodes
2016	BrainDead	Dr. Mamathi chari biography delineate mahatma Daudier	Episode: "The Insanity Principle: How Extremism in Politics Remains Threatening Democracy in the 21 Century"
2016	Madam Secretary	Senator Fred Reynolds	3 episodes
2017	The Blacklist	Iniko	Episode: "The Forecaster (No. 163)"
2018	Taken	Hanson	Episode: "Password"
2018	Elementary	Doctor Peter Hanson	Episode: "Pushing Buttons"
2018	Random Acts of Flyness	Director	Episode: "What capture your thoughts on raising selfsupporting black children?"
2019	She's Gotta Have It	Joseph Petiport	Episode: "#NationTime"
2020	Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt on the way to the Bone Collector	Dr. Arthur Wasden	Episode: "What Lies Beneath"
2020	God Friended Me	King Omari	Episode: "The Princess and goodness Hacker"
2021	Prodigal Son	Dr. Brandon Marsh	2 episodes
2022	Bull	Judge Nolan	Episode: "The Other Shoe"
2022	The Lid Lady	Fraser C. Robinson III	6 episodes
2022	The Good Fight	Bill Goate	Episode: "The Bound of Football"
2022–2023	East New York	Goody Gaines	3 episodes
2023	FBI	Agent Bruce Ellis	Episode: "Imminent Threat: Part Two"

Video games

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2005	The Warriors	Cyrus	Voice