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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Glenn Plummer (1966 - ) Born: c.1966, Richmond, CA Education: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (acting); Contra Costa Performing Arts Center (acting); San Francisco State University A compact, serious actor, Plummer's work often falls into the category of Black hoodlums, but he always brings a sensitivity to those roles. Plummer has worn dreadlocks for most of his roles regardless of the characters' so-called class distinctions. After receiving training at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and the Contra Costa Performing Arts Center, he began his career in TV. In 1987, Plummer made his debut as an unsavory character in the NBC miniseries HANDS OF A STRANGER and followed as a street tough in the biopic THE FATHER CLEMENTS STORY (NBC, 1987) starring Louis Gossett, Jr.. Subsequently, he appeared as a gang leader in THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE (ABC, 1989), as a man who had recently moved to the neighborhood just prior to the Watts riots in HEAT WAVE (TNT, 1990) and as a gang leader in Steve Anderson's short film HEARTS OF STONE (Showtime, 1991). Plummer made occasional guest appearances on series including Beauty and the Beast (CBS, 1987), Tour of Duty (CBS, 1988) and the premiere of Cop Rock (ABC, 1990). During the first season of ER (NBC, 1994-95), he played a recurring role as a member of the emergency room's support staff. Plummer's work in features has ranged from supporting roles to leads. His early work included playing a kid from Harlem in WHO'S THAT GIRL? (1987), the young thug High Top in Dennis Hopper's VIGILANTES DE LA CALLE (1988) and a busboy with dreams in Garry Marshall's FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (1991). He got his biggest break in Steve Anderson's SOUTH CENTRAL (1992), as Bobby Johnson, the ex-con father who does not want his son following his example. Plummer also acted as a creative consultant on the film. But few feature leads followed. He appeared in the Hughes Brothers' MENACE II SOCIETY (1993) and as the motorist whose fancy sports car is borrowed by Keanu Reeves in SPEED (1994). Plummer went on to portray James Smith, the choreographer more interested in bedding women in SHOW GIRLS (1995) and a political activist-cum-rapper in DIAS EXTRAÑOS (1995) (both 1995). He appears as a TV cameraman with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in ALGO MUY PERSONAL (1996), and in support of Robert Pastorelli in THE ASPHALT QUARTET (1996), of Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson and Diane Venora in EL SUSTITUTO (1996), and of Jeff Fahey in WAITING FOR THE MOON (1996).
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