Henry G. Sanders
Actor
- Born
- August 18, 1942 (age 84) · Houston, Texas, USA
Henry Gayle Sanders is an American actor known for his TV roles as Prosper Denton on Queen Sugar, Samuel Carter on 9-1-1, Uncle Chester on Hap & Leonard, Cedric on the miniseries DMZ, and Robert E. On Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as well as the TV movie of the same name.
He's known for his film roles as Arthur Holloway in Samaritan, Pastor Jack in Roman J. Israel Esq., Cager Lee in Selma, Red Henderson in Whiplash, Martin in Rocky Balboa, Cesar's Trainer in Play It to the Bone, and Sandy in Bull Durham. He has also had roles in a number of TV movies.
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He's guest starred on numerous TV shows including Shameless, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist, CSI, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Heartland, Commander in Chief, Joan of Arcadia, The West Wing, Boomtown, NYPD Blue, Moesha, Sliders, ER, Murphy Brown, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Alf, Matlock, Married... with Children, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Cagney & Lacey, Highway to Heaven, What's Happening Now?, 227, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Knots Landing, Night Court, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, St. Elsewhere, The Greatest American Hero, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Rockford Files.
Known for
Whiplash
October 10, 2014
Rocky Balboa
December 20, 2006
Selma
December 25, 2014
Samaritan
August 25, 2022
Child's Play 3
August 30, 1991
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
November 17, 2017
You Again
September 23, 2010
Bull Durham
June 15, 1988
Breathless
May 13, 1983
Kuffs
January 10, 1992
Play It to the Bone
December 25, 1999
Killer of Sheep
November 14, 1978
Acting62
- 2024Good Men as Self
- 2024I Don't Know as Brad
- 2022Samaritan as Arthur Holloway
- 2018Family Feud as 2096 Descendant
- 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq. as Pastor Jack
- 2016Blue: The American Dream as China Banks
- 2014Selma as Cager Lee
- 2014Whiplash as Red Henderson
- 2014Crimes of the Mind as Judge Maynard
- 2010You Again as Chaplain