Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Sep 04, 1953 (71 years old)

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Known For

The Devil Ain't Pius
0h 27m
Movie 2024

The Devil Ain't Pius

A grandfather calls his children and grandchildren together to reveal a terrible secret. He long ago sold the soul of one of his grandchildren to the devil for great wealth and now the Devil has come to collect

The Contract
1h 30m
Movie 2024

The Contract

A married couple enters into a contract to have a threesome and realizes what is most important to their marrage.

Family Portrait
2h 0m
Movie 2023

Family Portrait

Kamara takes a job at a family firm, sparking a sibling rivalry between brothers Martin and Allan Chamber.

Escape from Death Block 13
1h 44m
Movie 2021

Escape from Death Block 13

After the death of his brother, Mick travels to America to seek Justice. Wrongly convicted of extortion and attempted murder, Mick is sent to Pleasant Hill Penitentiary's notorious death block 13. Seething with revenge after discovering the truth behind his brother's death, Mick's rage ignites an explosive riot as he makes a daring escape from Death Block 13.

The Perfect Mate
1h 39m
Movie 2020

The Perfect Mate

Hope (Brittany Lucio) is a control freak and a perfectionist and nothing would please her more than bringing the perfect Christian future husband home for the weekend to meet her father Reverend Adams (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), her mother Mrs. Adams (Jackee Harry), and sister Cherish (KD Aubert). On the day they're scheduled to leave she's dumped by her fiancé. That's when she enlists the help of her platonic male friend, Jesse (Chico Benymon), who is the epitome of everything ungodly, to impersonate her ex, the upcoming pastor. While there, he learns to appreciate family and faith in this hilarious Christian Romance Comedy.

Shooting Heroin
1h 30m
Movie 2020

Shooting Heroin

A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.

A House Divided
0h 35m
TV Show 2019

A House Divided

The Sanders family is shaken when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron Sanders Sr. grieves while being investigated by the SEC. His sons search for answers but one soon spirals out of control, while his daughter finds solace in the arms of her cousin's husband. Can the family find a way to face their enemies together, or will the secrets and lies tear them apart?

Dead Man Rising
1h 29m
Movie 2017

Dead Man Rising

When Daniel, a death row inmate, hears the horrors of previous executions using new experimental drugs, he pleads for access to information on how to best face his own upcoming demise. What this faithless and hopeless prisoner finds instead, will shake up everything he has ever known and believed.

A Chance in the World
1h 46m
Movie 2017

A Chance in the World

A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.

Biography

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1975), Roots (1977), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), Bangers and Mash (1983), and The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992). Lawrence's name, at least as shown in the credits of Welcome Back Kotter, was Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs. Lawrence was born in New York City, New York, United States, the fifth child of nine to West Indian parents Hilton Jacobs (deceased 2009) and Clothilda Jacobs (deceased c. 2000). He attended Wilkes University for a short time before his acting career took off. He began his acting career in the summer of 1969 and graduated from the High School of Art and Design in 1971. Afterward, he studied acting with the world famous Negro Ensemble Company and the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. In 1975, he won the part of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington on the ABC hit comedy series, Welcome Back, Kotter. Hilton-Jacobs starred in a few commercials over the years, including an early 1970s commercial for The United Negro College Fund.

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