S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

November 28, 1952 · 73 years old

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, Obie Award, 4 NAACP Image Awards, and 2 Tony Award nominations. She is best known for her role as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Bu…

Known For

16 titles
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991 · 2h 17m · Movie

A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

8.6
2
Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990 · 1h 53m · Movie

Reminiscing about his dead son, a Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of ...

7.4
3
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

2006 · 1h 56m · Movie

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

6.9
4
Radio

Radio

2003 · 1h 49m · Movie

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

6.9
5
Chicago Med

Chicago Med

2015 · 32m · TV Show

The city's most highly skilled medical team saves lives, while navigating their unique interpersonal relationships.

7.6
6
Navy Seals

Navy Seals

1990 · 1h 53m · Movie

A battle-hardened SEAL Team set off on a mission to destroy a shipment of US-built Stinger missiles that have fallen into terrorist hands.

5.5
7
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009 · 2h 5m · Movie

A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

7.2
8
Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

1990 · 1h 34m · Movie

An unconventional cop who takes no bull is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals, but the cop soon realizes that his by-the-book partner has split-personality disorder.

4.9
9
Peeples

Peeples

2013 · 1h 35m · Movie

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

5.4
10
Slipstream

Slipstream

2007 · 1h 36m · Movie

While working on a murder-mystery script, unaware that his brain is about to implode, aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer becomes baffled when his characters start to appear in his life.

4.8
11
Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse

Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse

1988 · 49m · Movie

Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.

7.8
12
The Challenger

The Challenger

2015 · 1h 35m · Movie

Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.

5.5
13
We Grown Now

We Grown Now

2024 · 1h 33m · Movie

Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.

6.8
14
Exiled

Exiled

1998 · 1h 24m · Movie

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan.

6.4
15
Breaking Through

Breaking Through

1996 · 1h 33m · Movie

Laura is a 20-year-old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker, who teaches her how to communicate--and uncovers her true personality.

6.9
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The Contradictions of Fair Hope

The Contradictions of Fair Hope

2013 · 1h 8m · Movie

Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed "benevolent societies" to respond to abject hunger, illness and the fear of a pauper's grave.

7.4