Badja Djola

Badja Medu Djola (born Bernard Bradley; April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) was an American actor from Brooklyn, New York who worked primarily within black film.[1][2] He is best known for Mississippi Burning,[1] Penitentiary,[3] A Rage in Harlem,[1] and Who's the Man?.[4]

Badja Djola
Born
Bernard Bradley

(1948-04-09)April 9, 1948
New York City, U.S.
DiedJanuary 8, 2005(2005-01-08) (aged 56)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1979–2005
Notable workMississippi Burning, Who's the Man?, Penitentiary, A Rage in Harlem

Career

Djola's breakout role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate, the villainous "Half Dead" Johnson, in the 1979 movie Penitentiary, which led to many more feature films, including a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow.[3][1] He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Doctor Dré in Who's the Man? (1993).[1][4] In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several television shows, including The X-Files, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue.[5][6][7] He also starred in theatre performances, with shows including Once in a Wife Time (1981),"[8] Edmond (1984),[9] 227,[10] Southern Rapture (1993),[11] and Dancing on Moonlight (1995),[12]

Personal life

Djola died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleRef
1979The Main EventHeavyweight in Gym[13]
Penitentiary"Half Dead" Johnson[14]
1982Night ShiftCleon[15]
1984The Lonely GuyNative[16]
1985The LightshipNate[17]
1988The Serpent and the RainbowLieutenant Gaston[18]
Mississippi BurningFBI Agent Monk[19]
1989An Innocent ManIA Detective John Fitzgerald[20]
1991A Rage in HarlemSlim[21]
The Last Boy ScoutAlley Thug[22]
Christmas on Division StreetScorpio[23]
1992The WaterdanceDecton[24]
Eddie PresleyThe Drycleaner (uncredited)
1993Who's the Man?Lionel Douglas[4]
Marked for Murder[25]
1994Knight Rider 2010Zeke[25]
1996Heaven's PrisonersBatist[26]
1997RosewoodJohn Bradley[27]
The BraveRider
First Time FelonDisciple Leader[28]
1998GunshyAbel[29]
The Players ClubThe Doctor[30]
ButterRoscoe[25]
1999DeterrenceHarvey[31]
The HurricaneMobutu[32]
2000Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel"Fast Eddie"
The Price of AirSugar[33]
2001Night at the Golden EagleGabriel[34]
2005Back in the DayGrant Brown
SlipdreamSahdu

Television
YearTitleRoleEpisode/sRef
1981Palmerstown, U.S.A."The Threat"[35]
1982Tales of the Gold MonkeyOomupwah"Legends Are Forever"[36]
1984Maximum SecurityPrisoner Preacher"Pilot"
1987Spenser: For HireTyrone Blackwell"Among Friends"
1990B.L. Stryker"Grand Theft Hotel"[25]
WiseguyEtoile de Joie"Black Gold"[37]
1991The 100 Lives of Black Jack SavageFrancoise Benoir"The Not-So-Great Dictator"[38]
1993—1994RocWilliam Long"Final Analysis" and "Citizen Roc: Part 2"
1995The X-FilesNapoleon "Neech" Manley"The List"[5]
1997Nash BridgesJack Archer"Inside Out"[7]
NYPD BlueClyde Bell"Bad Rap"[6]
The Last DonPhil Sharkey"Part III"[25]
MillenniumLacuna"Sense and Antisense"[39]
1998Brooklyn SouthClude Miller"Skel in a Cell"
ERMike Lembreaux"Shades of Gray"[40]
Chicago HopeJean Baptiste Marche"Austin, We Have a Problem"
Born FreeMotumbo"Celebration of Life"
2001The FugitiveDominick"Lagniappe"
The Lone GunmenSpike"Maximum Byers"[41]

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