Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton
Dutton in 2000
Born	Charles Stanley Dutton (1951-01-30) January 30, 1951 (age 73) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Hagerstown Community College (AA) Towson University (BA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupations	Actor director producer
Years active	1984–2016
Spouse	Debbi Morgan ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1994)​

Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is a retired^{[citation needed]} American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series Roc (1991–1994) and the television film The Piano Lesson (1995), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His other accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards and three NAACP Image Awards.

Dutton has also appeared in many feature films such as Alien 3 (1992), Rudy (1993), Menace II Society (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), and Gothika (2003).