Hassan "Iniko" Johnson is an American actor from

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, New York. He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's ''

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'' and also appears as Drew in '' Flatbush Misdemeanors'' on Showtime.

Career

Johnson's first acting role was in the 1995

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film '' Clockers''. 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 ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He owns a production company called Autumn Leaves, which he named after his daughter. He has also appeared in

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's music video for "Fallen",

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's music video "Fair, Love & War", The Roots' music video for "Break You Off",

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's music video for "Knock Knock",

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's "Dem Boyz", Obie Trice's music video for "Snitch",

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's music video "Time's up",

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'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 "

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", the crime-drama web series "Dead Man's Trigger", and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie ''

''. He was

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's love interest in "No One Gonna Love You" video. Johnson also played a small role in ''

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'' as rapper Saigon's manager. Most recently Johnson has appeared as the character Lorenzo on the

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television show '' Person of Interest'', and as the voice actor for Harold "Stretch" Joseph in the video game '' Grand Theft Auto V''. He appeared in the 2018

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film ''

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''.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies

Television

Video games

References

External links

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