Harry Lennix
American actor (born 1964)
- Born
- 16 November 1964, Chicago
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- film producer, teacher, stage actor, film actor, television actor
- Films here
- 3
Harold Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor noted for extensive work on screen and stage.
Lennix made his film debut in The Package (1989), before taking roles in The Five Heartbeats (1991), Love & Basketball (2000), and Ray (2004). He has collaborated with director Spike Lee acting in three of his films Clockers (1995), Get on the Bus (1996), and Chi-Raq (2016). Lennix also portrayed Commander Lock in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003) and played Calvin Swanwick / Martian Manhunter in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
On television, he played Boyd Langton in the Fox science-fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010) and Harold Cooper in the NBC drama The Blacklist (2013–2023). He took recurring roles in shows such as Billions (2016–2023), Insecure (2018–2021). On stage, he acted in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Purpose (2025) for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Cast |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Cast |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
- Laurence Fishburne
- Carrie-Anne Moss
- Lambert Wilson
- Monica Bellucci
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Harold Perrineau
- Keanu Reeves
- Anthony Zerbe
- Essie Davis
- Collin Chou
- Ian Bliss
- Nona Gaye
- Nathaniel Lees
- Gina Torres
- Helmut Bakaitis
- Genevieve O'Reilly
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q608709 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.