Hassan Johnson

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Hassan Johnson
Born (1977-10-03) October 3, 1977 (age 44)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other namesIniko
OccupationActor, model, film producer
Years active1995–present
Children1

Hassan "Iniko" Johnson (born October 3, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, model and film producer from Brooklyn, New York. He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's The Wire and also appears as Drew in Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime.

Career[]

Johnson's first acting role was in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers.[1] He also had a significant role in the motion picture In Too Deep, which was based on a true story. He also had a recurring role on ER as Darnell Thibeaux. Johnson has appeared in Brooklyn's Finest, Belly and The Devil's Own.[2][3]

He owns a production company called Autumn Leaves, which he named after his daughter.[4]

He has also appeared in Mýa's music video for "Fallen", Killarmy's music video "Fair, Love & War", The Roots' music video for "Break You Off", GZA's music video for "Knock Knock", Boyz n da Hood's "Dem Boyz", Obie Trice's music video for "Snitch", Jadakiss's music video "Time's up", Freeway's "What We Do?" music video alongside his fellow cast-members from The Wire, Jay-Z's music video for "Anything", 50 Cent's music video "Just a Lil Bit", the crime-drama web series "Dead Man's Trigger",[5] and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie Belly. He was Jennifer Hudson's love interest in "No One Gonna Love You" video. Johnson also played a small role in Entourage as rapper Saigon's manager.

Most recently Johnson has appeared as the character Lorenzo on the CBS television show Person of Interest,[6] and as the voice actor for Harold "Stretch" Joseph in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.[7] He appeared in the 2018 WWE Studios film Blood Brother.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Clockers Skills
1997 The Devil's Own Teenager
1998 Belly Mark
1999 In Too Deep Latique
1999 Black and White Iniko
2000 Amour Infinity Silence
2001 Prison Song Jay
2002 Paid in Full Accomplice
2003 Marci X Tinfoil
2007 I Tried KP
2008 Who's Deal? Clock
2008 American Dream Wisdom
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Beamer
2009 Frankenhood Marcellus
2009 A Day in the Life Mr. Fix It
2010 Gun Clinton
2013 Newlyweeds Two For Three
2013 Once Upon a Time in Queens Agent Butler
2014 An American in Hollywood Paul
2014 Top Five Craig
2015 Ovum Barnard
2015 Staten Island Summer Murray
2016 Happy Baby Marco
2016 Guns and Grams Freaky
2018 A Talent for Trouble Sean Wellington
2018 Ladies Love Leo Littles: A Lesson in Chivalry Leo Littles
2018 Blood Brother Joe
2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Aaron
2020 Lethal Procedures Ray Thornton
2020 Equal Standard Justice

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1995, 1996 New York Undercover Ahmed / Red 2 episodes
2001 NYPD Blue Lenny Shelton Episode: "Waking Up Is Hard to Do"
2001, 2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rick Tyler / Junior 2 episodes
2002, 2004 Law & Order Trevor Hawkins / Arnold
2002–2008 The Wire Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice 19 episodes
2005–2007 ER Darnell Thibeaux 7 episodes
2006 Rescue Me Cell Mate Episode: "Chlamydia"
2006 Entourage Bunky Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated"
2007 Numbers Calvin Bradley Episode: "End of Watch"
2009 Dark Blue Bobby Kilgore Episode: "August"
2010 Cold Case Robert Miggs '10 Episode: "Shattered"
2012 Dead Man's Trigger Agent Patel 6 episodes
2012 The Good Wife Gavin Wells Episode: "Waiting for the Knock"
2013 Person of Interest Lorenzo Episode: "2 Pi R"
2014 The Blacklist Pete Maguire Episode: "Mako Tanida (No. 83)"
2016 Blue Bloods Morgan Rutherford Episode: "The Extra Mile"
2017 The Breaks Detective Anthony Purdell 3 episodes
2017 Bobbi Kristina Bobby Brown Television film
2018 Trappin' Greedy Episode: "Money Ain't a Thang"
2019 Tales Dougie Episode: "Deep Cover"
2019–2020 The Last O.G. Howard 2 episodes
2020 For Life Bobby Latimer 9 episodes
2021 Flatbush Misdemeanors Drew 10 episodes
2022 ReVerso Rick 2 episodes

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Harold 'Stretch' Joseph

References[]

  1. ^ "Hassan Johnson: BEing More Progressive". Bemagazine.me. 2012-05-17. Archived from the original on 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  2. ^ Voger, Mark (2010-07-10). "'Brooklyn's Finest' DVD review". The Star-Ledger. New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  3. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (November 4, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; For Young Blacks, Decency vs. Crime". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  4. ^ "Hassan Johnson: Unconventional Means". Allhiphop.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  5. ^ Eisenberg, Dave (2012-08-03). "A New Generation of Filmmakers Look to Fund Their Craft on the Web, With Help from Zoomtilt". BostInno. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  6. ^ "Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey Brice) — Where Are They Now? The Post-Finale Careers of 'The Wire's' Cast". Complex. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  7. ^ "Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

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