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Hassan Johnson

Hassan Johnson
Born
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other namesHinikoj
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Children1

Hassan "Iniko" Johnson is an American actor from Park Hill, Staten Island, New York.[1] He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's The Wire and also starred as Drew Hill in Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime.

Hershal Pandya wrote for Vulture that Johnson's "niche is that of the gangster who pivots between being terrifying and baffling from line to line, and who delivers deeply silly lines with the untouchable swagger of someone whom no one in their life dares to question".[2]

Career

Johnson's first acting role was in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers.[3] He also had a significant role in the motion picture In Too Deep, which was based on a true story. He also had a recurring role on ER as Darnell Thibeaux. Johnson has appeared in Brooklyn's Finest, Belly and The Devil's Own.[4][5]

He owns a production company called Autumn Leaves, which he named after his daughter.[6]

He has also appeared in Mýa's music video for "Fallen", Killarmy's music video "Fair, Love & War", The Roots' music video for "Break You Off", GZA's music video for "Knock Knock", Boyz n da Hood's "Dem Boyz", Obie Trice's music video for "Snitch", Jadakiss's music video "Time's up", Freeway's "What We Do?" music video alongside his fellow cast-members from The Wire, Jay-Z's music video for "Anything", 50 Cent's music video "Just a Lil Bit", the crime-drama web series "Dead Man's Trigger",[7] and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie Belly. He was Jennifer Hudson's love interest in "No One Gonna Love You" video. Johnson also played a small role in Entourage as rapper Saigon's manager.

Most recently Johnson has appeared as the character Lorenzo on the CBS television show Person of Interest,[8] and as the voice actor for Harold "Stretch" Joseph in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.[9] He appeared in the 2018 WWE Studios film Blood Brother.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Clockers Skills
1997 The Devil's Own Teenager
1998 Belly Mark
1999 In Too Deep Latique
Black and White Iniko
2000 Amour Infinity Silence
2001 Prison Song Jay
Sluggers Chappy Short
2002 Paid in Full Accomplice
2003 Marci X Tinfoil
2007 I Tried KP
2008 Who's Deal? Clock
American Dream Wisdom
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Beamer
Frankenhood Marcellus
A Day in the Life Mr. Fix It
Breathe Jimmy Short
2010 Gun Clinton
The Blue Wall Cloud Short
2013 Newlyweeds Two For Three
Once Upon a Time in Queens Agent Butler
Bug Derrick Short
2014 An American in Hollywood Paul
Top Five Craig
2015 Conjure Bless Short
Ovum Barnard
Staten Island Summer Murray
2016 Happy Baby Marco
Guns and Grams Freaky
2017 Bobbi Kristina Bobby Brown TV movie
Ms. Renaissance Pierre Gardan Short
2018 No Good Gang Girls Los Muertos Member Short
A Talent for Trouble Sean Wellington
Ladies Love Leo Littles: A Lesson in Chivalry Leo Littles
Blood Brother Joe
2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Aaron
2020 Lethal Procedures Ray Thornton
Equal Standard Justice
Guns and Grams Freaky
2021 Better Than My Last Damion Carter TV movie
2022 Hunther Charlie
2023 Story Ave Reggie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995–96 New York Undercover Red/Ahmed Episode: "Manchild" & "Toy Soldiers"
2001 NYPD Blue Lenny Shelton Episode: "Waking Up Is Hard to Do"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Junior Episode: "Wrath"
2002 Law & Order Arnold Episode: "Access Nation"
2002–08 The Wire Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 4, Guest: Season 2-3 & 5
2004 Law & Order Trevor Hawkins Episode: "Gunplay"
2005–07 ER Darnell Thibeaux Recurring Cast: Season 11-12, Guest: Season 13
2006 Rescue Me Cell Mate Episode: "Chlamydia"
Entourage Bunky Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated"
2007 Numbers Calvin Bradley Episode: "End of Watch"
2009 Dark Blue Bobby Kilgore Episode: "August"
2010 Cold Case Robert Miggs '10 Episode: "Shattered"
2012 Dead Man's Trigger Agent Patel Main Cast
The Good Wife Gavin Wells Episode: "Waiting for the Knock"
2013 Person of Interest Lorenzo Episode: "2 Pi R"
2014 The Blacklist Pete Maguire Episode: "Mako Tanida (No. 83)"
2016 Blue Bloods Morgan Rutherford Episode: "The Extra Mile"
2017 The Breaks Detective Anthony Purdell Recurring Cast
2018 Trappin' Greedy Episode: "Money Ain't a Thang"
2019 Tales Dougie Episode: "Deep Cover"
2019–20 The Last O.G. Howard Guest Cast: Season 2-3
2020 For Life Bobby Latimer Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2021-22 Flatbush Misdemeanors Drew Hill Main Cast
2022 This Fool Davonte Episode: "Putazos"

Music Video

Year Artist Song Role
2019 Jadakiss "Me" Bank Robber

Video Game

Year Title Role
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Harold 'Stretch' Joseph

References

  1. ^ Murphy, Joel (January 2008). "One on One with Hassan Johnson". www.hobotrashcan.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Pandya, Hershal (August 17, 2022). "Hassan Johnson Is Television's Funniest Gangster". Vulture. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Hassan Johnson: BEing More Progressive". Bemagazine.me. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Voger, Mark (July 10, 2010). "'Brooklyn's Finest' DVD review". The Star-Ledger. New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  5. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (November 4, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; For Young Blacks, Decency vs. Crime". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "Hassan Johnson: Unconventional Means". Allhiphop.com. December 3, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Eisenberg, Dave (August 3, 2012). "A New Generation of Filmmakers Look to Fund Their Craft on the Web, With Help from Zoomtilt". BostInno. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  8. ^ "Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey Brice) — Where Are They Now? The Post-Finale Careers of 'The Wire's' Cast". Complex. February 19, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  9. ^ "Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 15, 2019.


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