To be honest I didn't know much about Vondie Curtis-Hall when I
first saw him in his starring role in Passion Fish playing
Sugar LeDoux who wins Afre Woodard's heart.
Then I saw him again in Chicago Hope and got curious. In the
video-tape library I came across Gridlock'd. Vondie Curtis-Hall
wrote and directed this movie and also plays the part of
D-Repper. This movie is worth seeing it. With the late Tupac Shakur
and Tim Roth telling the story of a music-trio: Cookie has to be
rushed to the ER after having an overdose and while she is fighting
with her life the two friends try to find a rehab program which they
can attend to get clean. (also see the Vondie Curtis-Hall Filmography).
The movie was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and highly claimed
by the critics.
Vondie Curtis-Hall's wife Kasi Lemmons is a talented actress and
writer/director. She wrote and directed the movie "Eve's Bayou"
which stars Samuel L. Jackson as well as Vondie Curtis-Hall.
His guest-starring role as a suicidal transsexual patient in
ER brought him an Emmy nomination.
On Broadway he starred in Dreamgirls (a Tony Award winning
musical). He also appeared in It's so nice to be civilized and
several other Broadway plays.
In 1987 he won the Audelco Award for Best Actor playing in
Williams and Walker.
