Hassan Johnson

Hassan "Iniko" Johnson is an American actor from Park Hill, Staten Island, New York.^[1] He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's The Wire and also starred as Drew Hill in Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime.

Hassan Johnson
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other names	Hinikoj
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Children	1

Hershal Pandya wrote for Vulture that Johnson's "niche is that of the gangster who pivots between being terrifying and baffling from line to line, and who delivers deeply silly lines with the untouchable swagger of someone whom no one in their life dares to question".^[2]

Career

Johnson's first acting role was in the 1995 Spike Lee film Clockers.^[3] 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 Brooklyn's Finest, Belly and The Devil's Own.^[4][5]

He owns a production company called Autumn Leaves, which he named after his daughter.^[6]

He has also appeared in Mýa's music video for "Fallen", Killarmy's music video "Fair, Love & War", The Roots' music video for "Break You Off", GZA's music video for "Knock Knock", Boyz n da Hood's "Dem Boyz", Obie Trice's music video for "Snitch", Jadakiss's music video "Time's up", Freeway'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 "Just a Lil Bit", the crime-drama web series "Dead Man's Trigger",^[7] and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie Belly. He was Jennifer Hudson's love interest in "No One Gonna Love You" video. Johnson also played a small role in Entourage as rapper Saigon's manager.

Most recently Johnson has appeared as the character Lorenzo on the CBS television show Person of Interest,^[8] and as the voice actor for Harold "Stretch" Joseph in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.^[9] He appeared in the 2018 WWE Studios film Blood Brother.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Clockers	Skills
1997	The Devil's Own	Teenager
1998	Belly	Mark
1999	In Too Deep	Latique
	Black and White	Iniko
2000	Amour Infinity	Silence
2001	Prison Song	Jay
	Sluggers	Chappy	Short
2002	Paid in Full	Accomplice
2003	Marci X	Tinfoil
2007	I Tried	KP
2008	Who's Deal?	Clock
	American Dream	Wisdom
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Beamer
	Frankenhood	Marcellus
	A Day in the Life	Mr. Fix It
	Breathe	Jimmy	Short
2010	Gun	Clinton
	The Blue Wall	Cloud	Short
2013	Newlyweeds	Two For Three
	Once Upon a Time in Queens	Agent Butler
	Bug	Derrick	Short
2014	An American in Hollywood	Paul
	Top Five	Craig
2015	Conjure	Bless	Short
	Ovum	Barnard
	Staten Island Summer	Murray
2016	Happy Baby	Marco
	Guns and Grams	Freaky
2017	Bobbi Kristina	Bobby Brown	TV movie
	Ms. Renaissance	Pierre Gardan	Short
2018	No Good Gang Girls	Los Muertos Member	Short
	A Talent for Trouble	Sean Wellington
	Ladies Love Leo Littles: A Lesson in Chivalry	Leo Littles
	Blood Brother	Joe
2019	Standing Up, Falling Down	Aaron
	Me	-	Short
2020	Lethal Procedures	Ray Thornton
	Equal Standard	Justice
	Guns and Grams	Freaky
2021	Better Than My Last	Damion Carter	TV movie
2022	Hunther	Charlie
2023	Story Ave	Reggie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–96	New York Undercover	Red/Ahmed	Episode: "Manchild" & "Toy Soldiers"
2001	NYPD Blue	Lenny Shelton	Episode: "Waking Up Is Hard to Do"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Junior	Episode: "Wrath"
2002	Law & Order	Arnold	Episode: "Access Nation"
2002–08	The Wire	Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice	Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 4, Guest: Season 2-3 & 5
2004	Law & Order	Trevor Hawkins	Episode: "Gunplay"
2005–07	ER	Darnell Thibeaux	Recurring Cast: Season 11-12, Guest: Season 13
2006	Rescue Me	Cell Mate	Episode: "Chlamydia"
	Entourage	Bunky	Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated"
2007	Numbers	Calvin Bradley	Episode: "End of Watch"
2009	Dark Blue	Bobby Kilgore	Episode: "August"
2010	Cold Case	Robert Miggs '10	Episode: "Shattered"
2012	Dead Man's Trigger	Agent Patel	Main Cast
	The Good Wife	Gavin Wells	Episode: "Waiting for the Knock"
2013	Person of Interest	Lorenzo	Episode: "2 Pi R"
2014	The Blacklist	Pete Maguire	Episode: "Mako Tanida (No. 83)"
2016	Blue Bloods	Morgan Rutherford	Episode: "The Extra Mile"
2017	The Breaks	Detective Anthony Purdell	Recurring Cast
2018	Trappin'	Greedy	Episode: "Money Ain't a Thang"
2019	Tales	Dougie	Episode: "Deep Cover"
2019–20	The Last O.G.	Howard	Episode: "Keep Their Heads Ringing" & "Warning"
2020	For Life	Bobby Latimer	Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2021-22	Flatbush Misdemeanors	Drew Hill	Main Cast
2022	This Fool	Davonte	Episode: "Putazos"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Harold 'Stretch' Joseph

References

1. Murphy, Joel (January 2008). "One on One with Hassan Johnson". www.hobotrashcan.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
2. Pandya, Hershal (August 17, 2022). "Hassan Johnson Is Television's Funniest Gangster". Vulture. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
3. "Hassan Johnson: BEing More Progressive". Bemagazine.me. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
4. Voger, Mark (July 10, 2010). "'Brooklyn's Finest' DVD review". The Star-Ledger. New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
5. Lawrence Van Gelder (November 4, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; For Young Blacks, Decency vs. Crime". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
6. "Hassan Johnson: Unconventional Means". Allhiphop.com. December 3, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
7. Eisenberg, Dave (August 3, 2012). "A New Generation of Filmmakers Look to Fund Their Craft on the Web, With Help from Zoomtilt". BostInno. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
8. "Hassan Johnson (Wee-Bey Brice) — Where Are They Now? The Post-Finale Careers of 'The Wire's' Cast". Complex. February 19, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
9. "Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

External links

• Hassan Johnson at IMDb