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

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]

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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  2. 1 2 "Badja Djola". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. n.d. Retrieved 2021-12-26 – via ancestry.com.
  3. 1 2 Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (2007-01-26). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Vol. 12. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810855458.
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  8. ↑ Chamberlain, Carl (1981-02-19). ""Once in A Wife Time" Instant Hit". Los Angeles Sentinel. Los Angeles, CA. p. A8. Retrieved 2012-12-26 – via newspapers.com.
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