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Learn about the life and career of Abdul Salaam El Razzac, an actor and acting teacher who appeared in films such as Pretty Woman, Terminator 2 and Malcolm X. Find his credits, trivia, personal details and more on IMDb.
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- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Jan 5, 2019 · Abdul Salaam El Razzac, 74, was in Penumbra Theatre's very first main stage show and has been a pillar of the storied acting company ever since.
Learn about the life and career of Abdul Salaam El Razzac, an actor and acting teacher who appeared in films such as Pretty Woman and Malcolm X. Find out his birth name, nickname, height, awards, education and cause of death.
- May 8, 1944
- December 25, 2018
Learn about Abdul Salaam El Razzac's career in theatre, film, and television, as well as his involvement with the Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has won several awards and nominations for his work, including the N.A.A.C.P Image Award and the L.A. Drama Critics Award.
- What Was Terry’s Role in Founding The Penumbra?
- What Do You Think Was His Most Impactful Role?
- Why Do You Think He Connected to That Role?
- What Impact Has He Left on The Theater Community in Minnesota and Beyond?
- What Should People Know to Better Understand Who Terry Bellamy was?
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We started out with CETA [Comprehensive Employment Training Act] grant, which was a federal government program. With that grant, I was able to hire a standing company 20 actors, and Terry was in that first company. As my brother, he's always been around when I've been acting. He just took to it naturally. He had had talent, and if someone has talen...
Easily Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” He helped create that role. He read scripts for August Wilson. He was in early readings of the play. And there are many of us who see lots of Terry in his own life in that character Levee. Playwrights will need to hear their work and submit it to dramatic test. The only way to do that is to put it in the ...
Terry had an acting style that was aggressive and could be confrontive. The text demanded that of him. And he had some of that fire burning in him ready to come out and the text gave him an opportunity to do that. The Black Arts Movement, which he felt a part of, had to do with calling out injustices and a lot of anger. He had the craft, the muscle...
He had a sort of natural centering device for dramaturgy. He could get to the heart of a text in just no time. Any of those plays that he worked on when they were early in their creation, they will last forever. He created the role of [James] Hewlett in Carlyle Brown’s “The African Company Presents Richard III.” He's just put a stamp on many of tho...
Because he had an amazing amount of talent, and had his craft at his fingertips and he could access that craft almost seamlessly. He might have given the impression that he was gifted rather than studied. By that, I mean he developed his craft, he worked at it. He read and was with the best actors of his generation. He was taking that stuff in and ...
Terry Bellamy was a founding member of Penumbra and Mixed Blood theaters, and a two-time Drama Critic's Circle Award-winner. He died from COVID at 70, leaving a hole in the family and the artistic community.
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Oct 3, 2011 · 130789048. The mellowing of El Ra. His reputation as a firebrand and provocateur mostly behind him, actor Abdul Salaam El Razzac talks about his life and the theater. By Rohan Preston Star...
Abdul Salaam El Razzac is an actor who has appeared in 15 movies and TV shows, including Grey's Anatomy, Frasier, and Terminator 2. Find out more about his career, credits, and where to watch his latest projects.
