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Who is the black actor who played Parnell's chief at the police?


He looks so familiar, but I cannot find him in the credits. Does somebody know?

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He's right in the credits, Badja Djola as John Fitzgerald. And he wasn't Parnell's chief, he was an Internal Affairs detective who was investigating Parnell and Scalise.

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I'm pretty sure he plays the assassin Bruce Willis tells mom jokes to in The Last Boyscout.

Amy: I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!

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Yes, it was him. A fine actor who passed away some 8 years ago.

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He also played the FBI "specialist" that Gene Hackman brings in to tie up & scare the crap out of R. Lee Ermey's character (the mayor) in Mississippi Burning.

Sorry to hear that he passed cuz he was a great actor & he also seemed like a pretty cool dude.

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