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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. He is best known for Mississippi Burning, Penitentiary, A Rage in Harlem, and Who's the Man?.African-American character actor, often seen in tough or villainous roles. Was a former dancer.

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. He starred alongside Danny Glover in the 1991 film A Rage in Harlem and Doctor Dré in Who's the Man? (1993). In addition to movies, Djola appeared in several television shows, including The X-Files, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue. He also starred in theatre performances, with shows including Once in a Wife Time (1981)," Edmond (1984), 227, Southern Rapture (1993), and Dancing on Moonlight (1995),

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

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External links

• Badja Djola at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Badja Djola at IMDb 

• 1948 births
• 2005 deaths
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Male actors from Brooklyn
• 20th-century American male actors
• 20th-century African-American male actors
• 21st-century African-American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors