Clifton Davis
He is an actor, singer, composer, producer and minister. For more than 30 years Clifton Davis has shared his unique gifts with audiences around the world. Davis is probably best known for his 5-year run as Reverend Rueben Gregory on the popular NBC television series, "Amen," which continues in reruns on cable TV. His earlier series, "That's My Mama, served to established him as a widely known actor and television star. Raised on Long Island, he began his career in New York City in the Broadway show, Hello Dolly. Six years and five Broadway shows later, Davis headed to Hollywood and the rest is history.
In recent years, Mr. Davis has appeared in such films as "Any Given Sunday", "Halloweentown High", "Kingdom Come", "Max Keeble's Big Move", "Soldiers of Change" and "The Climb". He has also been a guest star on such shows as, "Half & Half", "American Dreams", "The Jamie Foxx Show", "Living Single", "Sparks", "Malcolm & Eddie", "Grace Under Fire", "Party of Five", "The Sentinel", "In The House" and many more. His other television credits include starring in "The Melba Moore & Clifton Davis Show".
Over the years he has made appearances on such shows as "The John Laroquette Show", "Vegas", "The Love Boat," "Police Story," as well as such major talk shows as "The Tonight Show," "Oprah," and "The Arsenio Hall Show." He has also hosted and served as presenter on numerous award shows and television specials. Davis has also guest-starred in such made-for-TV movies as "Dream Date", "Little Ladies of the Night," "Cindy," "Murder at the Superdome," "Scott Joplin", "Don't Look Back," and "The Night the City Screamed." On Broadway he has appeared in "Hello Dolly", "Jimmy Shine" starring Dustin Hoffman, "The Engagement Baby," "Look To The Lilies" and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 1972 as one of the stars of Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical, "Two Gentlemen of Verona,". Then, in 1994, Mr. Davis returned to the New York Theater appearing in the hit drama, "Hapgood" at The Lincoln Center Theater. He has also been seen Off-Broadway in "How to Steal an Election," Lorraine Hansberry's "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black," Pulitzer Prize-winning "No Place to be Somebody," and many other productions. Mr. Davis won a Theatre World Award for his performance in "Do It Again." Davis has toured in such shows as "Guys and Dolls", "Daddy Goodness", "Celebration", "Pal Joey" starring Lena Horne, and Maya Angelou's musical, "And Still I Rise". In 2008, he co-starred in the romantic comedy play, "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told."
Davis received a Grammy nomination for his hit composition, "Never Can Say Goodbye." As a singer and recording artist, he has enjoyed success with his album "Say Amen," on Benson Records, and has performed in concert around the world.