Badja Djola

Badja Djola
Badja Djola
Born	April 9, 1948; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 8, 2005 (aged 56); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Badja Medu Djola (April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005) born Bernard Bradley, was an American actor from Brooklyn, New York. Djola appeared in 47 films and TV shows during his career.

Career

Djola's breakout role was as Leon Isaac Kennedy’s cellmate in the movie Penitentiary. Djola played the villainous character "Half Dead." He showed exceptional acting talent in the movie, which led to several castings in major feature films. He also had a supporting role in Wes Craven’s 1988 movie The Serpent and the Rainbow. Djola was best known as a thug Bruce Willis kills after making him laugh in The Last Boy Scout and as an FBI agent in Mississippi Burning who intimidates a racist mayor played by R. Lee Ermey.

Djola's other film and TV credits include A Rage in Harlem, The Lonely Guy, NYPD Blue, Rosewood, Who's the Man, The Hurricane, Night Shift, The Waterdance, ER, The X Files, Millennium and Roc. He also had a role in The Players Club starring Ice Cube. Djola's final performance was in Back in the Day, working alongside Ja Rule, Pam Grier and Frank Langella.

Death

Djola died of a heart attack on January 8, 2005, aged 56. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

Partial filmography

The Main Event (1979) - Heavyweight In Gym
Penitentiary (1979) - 'Half Dead' Johnson
Night Shift (1982) - Cleon
The Lonely Guy (1984) - Native
The Lightship (1985) - Nate
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) - Gaston
Mississippi Burning (1988) - Agent Monk
An Innocent Man (1989) - John Fitzgerald
A Rage in Harlem (1991) - Slim
The Last Boy Scout (1991) - Alley Thug
The Waterdance (1992) - Decton
Eddie Presley (1992) - Drycleaner (uncredited)
Who's the Man? (1993) - Lionel Douglas
Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - Batist
Rosewood (1997) - John Bradley
The Brave (1997) - Rider
Gunshy (1998) - Abel
The Players Club (1998) - The Doctor
Butter (1998) - Roscoe
Deterrence (1999) - Harvey
The Hurricane (1999) - Mobutu
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000) - Fast Eddie
The Price of Air (2000) - Sugar
Night at the Golden Eagle (2001) - Gabriel
Back in the Day (2005) - Grant Brown
Slipdream (2005) - Sahdu (final film role)

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External links

Badja Djola on IMDb
Badja Djola at Find a Grave

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