The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harry J. Lennix.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 23 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318155
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Harry J. Lennix
Harry J. Lennix
Other authors / contributors:Lennix, Harry J., interviewee.
Brock, Paul, 1932- interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Paul Brock, interviewer.
Recorded Los Angeles, California 2006 April 1.
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Summary:Actor Harry J. Lennix was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 16, 1964. Lennix attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary where he studied to become a Dominican priest. Lennix was a good student and upon graduation attended Northwestern University where he majored in acting and directing. After graduation, Lennix spent eight years teaching in Chicago Public Schools while performing in prominent Chicago theaters, including the Goodman and Steppenwolf Theatres. His professional acting career began in the late 1980s. He won an Obie Award in 1990 for his portrayal of Malcolm X in The Meeting. Lennix's film and television credits include roles in movies such as Ray, The Matrix: Revolutions and Love and Basketball, as well as television programs such as Commander in Chief, Diagnosis Murder and E.R. Although he resides in Los Angeles, Lennix is on the board of advisors at Chicago's Goodman Theater, and continued to work in acting.