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Dennis Haysbert

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Biography

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS military action drama series The Unit, God on the Netflix show Lucifer, and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24. He has also appeared in the films Love Field, Navy SEALS, Heat, Waiting to Exhale, Far from Heaven, and the science fiction series Incorporated. He is the narrator for the A&E Network's American Justice television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Haysbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Heat

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Far from Heaven

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Send Help

As Franklin

Wreck-It Ralph

As General Hologram (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 2

As Master Storming Ox (voice)

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

As Manute

Flamin' Hot

As Clarence C. Baker

The Thirteenth Floor

As Det. Larry McBain

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Melodrama They Never Let Us Keep

Rachel Morrison's Love of Your Life arrives as a reminder: the woman's picture was never a lesser form. It was grief, desire and colour, and the Europeans knew...

8 films

Second Chances

From Hitchcock to Mann, a journey through films where directors revisit their own earlier work, refining obsession into art.

8 films

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