Harry Joseph Lennix III is a 6ft 4in tall American actor, born on November 16,1964. He is known for his roles as Terrence “Dresser” Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Harold Cooper on NBC drama, The Blacklist.
Lennix, 58, was born the youngest of four siblings, in Chicago, Illinois to African-American laundress, Lillian C. (née Vines), and Creole from Louisiana, Harry Lennix Jr., a machinist.
Lennix attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary South and Northwestern University, where he majored in Acting and Direction. In his senior year at Northwestern, he was the coordinator of the African-American student organization, For Members Only.
Lennix is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He was initiated into the fraternity in November 2012 via the Theta Kappa Kappa graduate chapter in Evanston, Illinois.
Lennix is a Catholic. In 2021, he told Page Six that he had studied to become a Catholic priest with the Dominicans
Career
Lennix starred in the Showtime Networks made-for-cable television film Keep the Faith, Baby (2002) as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., in the film Titus (1999), as Aaron the Moor; and in the ABC television series Commander in Chief.
Lennix currently co-stars as Harold Cooper, assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist, which debuted September 23, 2013.
In film, Lennix has had supporting roles such as The Five Heartbeats (1991), Comfortably Numb (1995), Get on the Bus (1996), Love & Basketball (2000), The Matrix series (1999–2004), Ray (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), Stomp the Yard (2007), and State of Play (2009).
In television, he had a recurring role in Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Ron Wagner as well as a voice-over role in the Legion of Super Heroes animated series. He also had a recurring role in the sixth season of 24 as fictional Muslim civil rights activist Walid Al-Rezani. He appeared on the series House M.D. as a paralyzed jazz trumpet player, and in six episodes of ER as Dr. Greg Fischer. He also appeared in the episode “The Blame Game” of the first season of Ally McBeal. He played the parts of Boyd Langton in Joss Whedon’s series Dollhouse and U.S. President Barack Obama in the comedy sketch show Little Britain USA.
In 2007, he was an official festival judge at the first annual Noor Iranian Film Festival.
In July 2014, he formed his own production company Exponent Media Group (EMG) along with long time business partner Steve Harris. EMG had a distribution deal with NEHST studios for three of the company’s titles Mr. Sophistication, H4 (a street version of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, which he also starred in), and Revival!
Lennix has also played J’onn J’onzz / Martian Manhunter in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League and will reprise the role in The Flash.
Personal life
In 2009, Lennix married business executive Djena Graves
Net Worth And Assets
Harry Lennix’s net worth is estimated at $5 million with quite a handful of properties in America. He has a house in Chicago where he is based, he also has property in Kentucky and New York City. Harry Lennix owns some cars like Ford Mustang, Cadillac, Range Rover, and a few more. He is a hardcore actor who likes muscle cars and SUVs.
