Carl Craig Biography (1954-)

Born August 1, 1954, in Tallahassee, FL; son of Walter O. (a music professor)and Ruth (a secretary; maiden name, Roper) Craig; married Angela E. Fong (anairline worker).

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor, singer, producer
Birth Details
August 1, 1954
Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Jacques Le Monde, Bummer! (also known as The Sadist), 1972
  • Willie, Tom (also known as The Bad Bunch, Mothers, Fathers, and Lovers, and Nigger Lover), 1973
  • Titons gang leader, Warriors, Paramount, 1979
  • Street punk, Fort Apache, the Bronx, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
  • Junkie, Prince of the City, Warner Bros., 1981
  • Mental patient, Endless Love, Universal, 1981
  • Type, reporter, fool, Beaner Gang member, basketball player, and actor inaudition, Hollywood Shuffle (also known as Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle), Goldwyn, 1987
  • Man in love, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
  • Modulations, Strand Releasing, 1998
  • Film Work
  • Executive producer and production manager, Hollywood Shuffle (alsoknown as Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle), Goldwyn, 1987
  • (With Peter McCarthy) Producer, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
  • Coproducer, Mo' Money, Columbia, 1992
  • Producer and executive movie consultant, House Party 3, New Line Cinema, 1994
  • Producer, The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998
  • Producer, Book of Love, Artisan Entertainment, 2002
  • Coproducer, Playas Ball, Summertime Films LLC, 2003
  • Television Work
  • Specials
  • (With Keenan Ivory Wayans) Producer, "Robert Townsend and His Partners inCrime," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1987
  • Producer, "Damon Wayans: The Last Stand?," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991
  • Pilots
  • Associate producer, Hammer, Slammer, and Slade, ABC, 1990
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • Hollow Image, 1979
  • Appeared as paramedic cop, As the World Turns, CBS; as waiter, All My Children, ABC; and in "Lead Poisoning," Black Dimensions, PBS.
  • Stage Appearances
  • My Fair Lady, Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, 1985-1986
  • Also appeared as Shine, The Great Mac Daddy, Negro Ensemble Company, New York City; in The Brownsville Raid, Negro Ensemble Company; Bubba, Second Thoughts, Afro American Total Theatre, NY; Universal Man, Poets from the Inside, Public Theatre, New York City; Tony, Black Sheep, Billie Holiday Theatre, New York City; Pierre, Sister Racher andthe Ton Ton Maconte, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City; Catesby, Richard III, U.R.S.T., Rochester, NY; in Ceremonies in DarkOld Men, GEVA Theatre, Rochester, NY.