Michael Potts (born September 21, 1962) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the roles of
Brother Mouzone
Brother Mouzone is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actor Michael Potts.
Character history
Brother Mouzone (from Arabic موزون ''mawzūn'', meaning "balanced,” "weighted") is a drug enforcer and hitman from ...
in ''
The Wire'', Mafala Hatimbi in the musical ''
The Book of Mormon'', and Slow Drag in ''
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom''. He also played Detective Gilbough in the first season of ''
True Detective
''True Detective'' is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. The series, broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States, premiered on January 12, 2014. Each season of the ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Theatre credits
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male musical theatre actors
Yale School of Drama alumni
African-American male actors