{{short description|American actor, theater producer and director (born 1949)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|11|7}} | birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor, theatre producer | years_active = 1970–present | spouse = }}
'''Bennet Guillory''' (born November 7, 1949 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American actor, theatre producer and director.
==Biography==
Raised in San Francisco, California, Guillory co-founded the Robey Theatre Company in honor of actor, activist, and operatic singer Paul Robeson, with actor Danny Glover in Los Angeles in 1994, is its artistic director. He received an Ovation Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Play in 2008, for his performance as Wining Boy in ''The Piano Lesson'' produced at The Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.lastagealliance.com/pdf/ovation/2008/List%20of%20Nominees%203.pdf 2008 Ovations Awards Nominees announced] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219092050/http://www.lastagealliance.com/pdf/ovation/2008/List%20of%20Nominees%203.pdf |date=February 19, 2009 }} (pdf)</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1985|| ''The Color Purple'' || Grady || |- |1987|| ''The Kindred'' || Dr. Stone || |- |1987|| ''Maid to Order'' || George Sterling || |- |1987|| ''Walker'' || Achilles Kewen || |- |1994|| ''Open Fire'' || Commander Simpson || |- |1995 |''The Tuskegee Airmen'' |Hannibal's father |Television film |- |1997|| ''Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II''|| Qu Rahn || Video game |- |1997|| ''Babylon 5'' || Leif Tanner || Season 4, Episode: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" |- |1998|| ''JAG'' || Professor Dobuto || Episode: "Embassy" |- |2000|| ''3 Strikes'' || Stan Wilson || |- |2001|| ''They Crawl'' || Captain Righetti || |- |2001|| ''Falling Like This'' || Mr. Salas || |- |2001|| ''Charmed'' || The Source || First episodes of Season 4 |- |2003|| ''The West Wing'' || Rep. Jackson || Episode: "7A WF 83429" |- |2007|| ''Daddy's Little Girls'' || Principal || |- |2009|| ''The Nation'' || Master Fard Muhammad || |- |2009|| ''The Harimaya Bridge'' || Daniel Holder || |- |2009|| ''Repo Chick'' || Rogers || |- |2011|| ''Toussaint'' || The Curmudgeon || Associate producer |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0347140|name=Bennet Guillory}}
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