Ossie Davis
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He may be best known for his roles in Spike Lee-directed films such as School Daze (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989). Other...
107
Total Movies
1
Languages
6.9
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
Ossie Davis Upcoming Movies 2026
Essential Watchlist
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
🇺🇸 English
Here's to Life!
2000
🇺🇸 English
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
1997
🇺🇸 English
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
🇺🇸 English
The Red Shoes
1990
🇺🇸 English
Teacher, Teacher
1969
🇺🇸 English
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001
🇺🇸 English
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
🇺🇸 English
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
🇺🇸 English
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
1994
🇺🇸 English
Haiti: Killing the Dream
🇺🇸 English
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
🇺🇸 English
Streaming Now (OTT)
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | ⭐ 6.482 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | The Peace! | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | Deacons for Defense | ⭐ 6.409 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | The History Makers: Success | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | Unstoppable | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | ⭐ 5.148 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Proud | ⭐ 4.65 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | ⭐ 6.483 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | ⭐ 7.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | ⭐ 6.292 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | ⭐ 5.188 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Bubba Ho-tep | ⭐ 6.498 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Feast of All Saints | ⭐ 4.792 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | The Legend of the Candy Cane | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Here's to Life! | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | ⭐ 6.563 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Finding Buck McHenry | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve | ⭐ 7.857 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Soul Collector | ⭐ 7.292 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Secret Path | ⭐ 7.458 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | A Vow to Cherish | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | ⭐ 5.72 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | ⭐ 8.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | ⭐ 7.692 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | ⭐ 7.24 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport | ⭐ 5.706 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | ⭐ 6.383 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | The Android Affair | ⭐ 5.286 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | The Client | ⭐ 6.687 | - | Netflix |
| 1994 | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | ⭐ 6.666 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Cop & ½ | ⭐ 4.605 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Goin' Back to T-Town | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story | ⭐ 7.071 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Lincoln | ⭐ 7.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | ⭐ 7.553 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | The Real Malcolm X | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Gladiator | ⭐ 7.635 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | ⭐ 6.397 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | ⭐ 5.803 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | The Red Shoes | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | ⭐ 6.875 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | ⭐ 7.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | School Daze | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Avenging Angel | ⭐ 5.158 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Tyler Texas Black Film Collection | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | ⭐ 5.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | The House of God | ⭐ 3.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Purlie | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Death of a Prophet | ⭐ 4.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1980 | All God's Children | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | ⭐ 5.188 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Hot Stuff | ⭐ 7.029 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Freedom Man | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | The Tenth Level | ⭐ 5.786 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Countdown at Kusini | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1973 | Gordon's War | ⭐ 6.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1973 | Wattstax | ⭐ 6.947 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Black Girl | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Malcolm X | ⭐ 6.667 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | The Sheriff | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1970 | Kongi's Harvest | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| TBA | Haiti: Killing the Dream | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Night Gallery | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Slaves | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Sam Whiskey | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Teacher, Teacher | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | The Fall | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1968 | Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1967 | The Outsider | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1967 | Black Liberation | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1967 | Now is the Time | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1965 | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | ⭐ 1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1965 | The Hill | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1964 | Shock Treatment | ⭐ 6.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | ⭐ 6.563 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | Gone Are the Days! | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1962 | Hands of Inge | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1960 | John Brown's Raid | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | ⭐ 7.26 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1950 | No Way Out | ⭐ 6.89 | - | Theaters/TBA |
Ossie Davis Career & Box Office Summary
Ossie Davis is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 107 movies across 1 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 6.9/10, Ossie Davis has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
Fans eagerly anticipating new releases can look forward to 1 upcoming movies scheduled for 2026 and beyond. Additionally, 1 of their films are currently available to stream on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar. Bookmark this profile page for real-time updates on Ossie Davis's latest theatrical releases, OTT digital streaming dates, and box office collection reports.
Career Highlights
Awards & All-Time Records
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Biographical details are curated from authoritative sources including Wikipedia, TMDB, and official actor press releases. Filmography list aggregates global releases with Indian box office estimates and official OTT calendars.