Lawrence Varnado

Acting

Lawrence Varnado

Born September 13, 1963 · Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 62)

Lawrence Varnado is an American film and television actor and producer.

Known For

Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForSin City: A Dame to Kill For · 2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
6.42014
MovieActionCrime
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
HypnoticHypnotic · 2023
Hypnotic
6.22023
MovieMysteryScience Fiction
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
Little WoodsLittle Woods · 2019
Little Woods
5.42019
MovieDramaThriller
For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.
When Zachary Beaver Came to TownWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town · 2003
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
6.52003
MovieDramaFamily
Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction also known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.
Missionary ManMissionary Man · 2007
Missionary Man
5.22007
MovieActionAdventure
A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder rights an injustice from his past and liberates the small town from a malicious oppressor.
Road House 2: Last CallRoad House 2: Last Call · 2006
Road House 2: Last Call
5.32006
MovieAdventureAction
Shane Tanner, the son of a legendary cooler named Dalton, learns that his uncle Nate got beat up by a group of men because he doesn't want to sell his bar, The Black Pelican, to a bunch of drug dealers. To help out his uncle, Shane teams up with local school teacher Beau Hampton, who is a regular at the Black Pelican, and takes down the baddies.
Support the GirlsSupport the Girls · 2018
Support the Girls
6.12018
MovieDramaComedy
Lisa Conroy is general manager at a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', Double Whammies. She nurtures and protects her employees fiercely - but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?
Walking Tall: Lone JusticeWalking Tall: Lone Justice · 2007
Walking Tall: Lone Justice
5.82007
MovieActionThriller
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.

Filmography

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The ProdigyThe Prodigy · 2005
The Prodigy
4.52005
MovieActionDrama
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have become the source of legend among Truman's underworld colleagues, drives Truman, through the pressure of constant violence and grief, to understand his own capacity for both bloodshed and compassion. Ultimately this reveals to Truman that he as with all of us, must find our place in this world or as Rains would say "our place in this grand design." This action begins quickly as Truman meets with a turncoat from a rival gang. This tense showdown erupts quickly into mayhem, when Rains makes his unexpected entrance. In the wake of the ensuing bloodbath, Truman is forced to reevaluate his own role in the small, violent world he inhabits, suddenly aware that there are larger powers at work which he does not understand...

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In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black CinemaIn the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema · 2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.52007
MovieDocumentary
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created “race movies” exclusively for black audiences. The best of these films attempted to counter the demeaning stereotypes of black Americans prevalent in the popular culture of the day. About 500 films were produced, yet only about 100 still exist. Filmmaking pioneers like Oscar Micheaux, the Noble brothers, and Spencer Williams, Jr. left a lasting influence on black filmmakers, and inspired generations of audiences who finally saw their own lives reflected on the silver screen.

Narrator

Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman PorterRising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter · 2006
Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter
2006
MovieDocumentary
RISING FROM THE RAILS: THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN PORTER, a documentary based on the best-selling book by Larry Tye, chronicles the relatively unheralded Pullman Porters, generations of African American men who served as caretakers to wealthy white passengers on luxury trains that traversed the nation during the golden age of rail. Unbeknownst to most of their white passengers, porters played critical political and cultural roles, becoming trailblazers in the struggle for African American dignity and self-sufficiency, patriarchs of black labor unions, and helping give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. Ultimately, however, their greatest legacy is that which they left to future generations.

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The Good GuysThe Good Guys · 2010
The Good Guys
7.22010
SeriesDramaComedy
Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.

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