Harry Lennix
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harold Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in the science-fiction series Dollhouse. Lennix co-starred as Harold Cooper, assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist. Lennix also played J'onn J'onzz/Calvin Swanwick/Martian Manhunter in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder's Justice League. He was nominated for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Purpose.
103 acting credits
Acting · 103
The Blacklist
2013
House
2004
24
2001
ER
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Billions
2016
The Practice
1997
Girlfriends
2000
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Ally McBeal
1997
Insecure
2016
Law & Order: LA
2010
Murder One
1995
Dollhouse
2009
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Man of Steel
2013
Commander in Chief
2005
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
The Parent 'Hood
1995
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Legion of Super Heroes
2006
Vanishing Son
1994
Emily Owens, M.D.
2012
The Blacklist: Redemption
2017
Ray
2004
Young Love
2023
State of Play
2009
Collateral Damage
2002
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015
Suspect Zero
2004
Second Time Around
2004
Stomp the Yard
2007
Clockers
1995
Across the Universe
2007
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
The Package
1989
Titus
1999
The Human Stain
2003
Guarding Tess
1994
Love & Basketball
2000
Chi-Raq
2015
Mo' Money
1992
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Bob Roberts
1992
Evidence
2013
Chicago Cab
1998
Emperor
2020
Since You've Been Gone
1998
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Get on the Bus
1996
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990
Chrystal
2004
Friends 'Til the End
1997
Pumpkin
2002
In the Best Interest of the Children
1992
Cru
2014
Canal Street
2019
Nothing Is Impossible
2022
A Beautiful Soul
2012
That's Harassment
2018
They Die by Dawn
2013
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Hound Dogs
2011
Stand Down Soldier
2014
Conrad
2018
Vanishing Son II
1994
Needlestick
2017
A Christmas Together With You
2021
Troubled Waters
2020
Timeless
2016
H4
2014
Revival!
2018
Nothing But the Truth
1995
Isla Monstro
2024
72 Hours
2015
The Last Fall
2012
Macbeth Unhinged
2016
Eyes in the Trees
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Back to School Mom
2015
Cruel Will
2013
Too Close to Home
1997
Comfortably Numb
1995
Curse of the Macbeths
2022
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
2022
Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission
2016
Lazaretto
2020
Rehabilitation of the Hill
2020
Super Turnt
2022
Black Listed
2003
Sunny and RayRay
2013
The Unspoken
1999
Victimless Crimes
1991
Home Invaders
2001
The Algerian
2014
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
Don't Explain
2003
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017
The Price for Freedom
—
Winter Ball
2022
Godless
—
Notes in a Minor Key
1994
The Fright Night Files
2014