James Pickens Jr.
Know for: Acting
Born: 1954-10-26
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Boiling Point (1993)
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated....
Liberty Heights (1999)
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during...
Sharon's Secret (1995)
A sixteen-year-old girl is accused of killing her parents.
A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private...
Just Wright (2010)
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a...
White Rush (2003)
A group of young tourist couples comes across a drug deal gone bad while on vacation.
Home Room (2002)
A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
For the Love of Ruth (2015)
Ruth Summerling has spent the majority of her life struggling to find her way and comes to some understanding of where exactly it is she belongs.
42 (2013)
In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous colour line when he...
Trial by Fire (1995)
A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.
Nixon (1995)
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from...
Trespass (1992)
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they...
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really...
RocketMan (1997)
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the...
The Uninvited (1996)
A family, trying to pull themselves together after losing their infant son, moves into a new home, where, almost immediately, the mother begins...
Little Girl Fly Away (1998)
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
Sphere (1998)
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists...
Bulworth (1998)
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by...
8 (2012)
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
Bloodhounds (1996)
Charles Veasey is a cop killer who's on death row waiting for his execution. One day he escapes. Nikki a cop, whose father Veasey killed has decided...
Sleepers (1996)
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes...
Menace II Society (1993)
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Venom (2005)
A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in...
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has...
Red Dragon (2002)
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it...
Dead Presidents (1995)
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself...
Traffic (2000)
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control...
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil...
A Child's Cry for Help (1994)
A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor...
Power 98 (1996)
A controversial talk show host becomes involved in the murder of a beautiful woman in a war for ratings.
One Last Prayer (2020)
A hot-tempered father with a sordid past learns that his daughter has a rare illness and he doesn't have the resources to pay for treatment. He finds...