04-09-1953
Birthday
Virgo
Zodiac Sign
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Genres
46
Total Films
Lawrence Hilton-Jacques, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs III, Lawrence H. Jacobs, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs
Also known as (male)
New York City, New York, USA
Place of Birth
04-09-1953
Birthday
Virgo
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
46
Total Films
Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Lawrence Hilton-Jacques, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs III, Lawrence H. Jacobs
Also Known As (male)
New York City, New York, USA
Place of Birth
actor
46 Works
producer
0 Works
director
4 Works
writer
1 Works
other
1 Works
The Contract
A married couple enters into a contract to have a threesome and realizes what is most important to their marrage.Year:
2024
Family Portrait
Kamara takes a job at a family firm, sparking a sibling rivalry between brothers Martin and Allan Chamber.Year:
2023
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.Year:
2021
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.Year:
2020
Shooting Heroin
A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.Year:
2020
Burning Sky
Year:
2020
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.Year:
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.Year:
2017
31
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.Year:
2016
Hollywont
Hollywont is an urban Entourage gone crazy! The film follows Davon, an aspiring African American screenwriter trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Sick and tired of Hollywood's portrayal of unrealistic urban films, Davon turns to a pimp named Tony to manage his career and help guide him in the right direction which may not be the best idea. Tony takes Davon on an outrageous adventure and Davon soon learns why Hollywood can sometimes mean Hollywont!Year:
2016
The Christmas Gift
Ten-year-old Megan, who upon receiving a Secret Santa gift, is touched by its contents which end up having a huge impact on her life. Now a driven young journalist, Megan can’t shake her desire to thank the person who sent her that heartfelt gift over a decade ago. Determined to prove herself to her editor, she goes on the search for the perfect Christmas story, and in doing so, she finally discovers who her Secret Santa is. Inspired by a true story.Year:
2015
Tamales and Gumbo
A beautiful Latina and a lovable African-American try to survive the crazy cultural clashes between their families, as their wedding day nears.Year:
2015
Mercy for Angels
Runaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching for her homeless boyfriend. Her police detective mom races against time to rescue Tracy from the big money, high crime world of sex trafficking.Year:
2015
Playin' for Love
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.Year:
2015
Nocturnal Agony
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of their lives, their relationship with one another, and their faith in GodYear:
2014
Airplane vs Volcano
When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.Year:
2014
Directors on Directing
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.Year:
2009
Sublime
Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not a place where people come to get better... it is a place where people come to die.Year:
2007
30 Miles
An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pastsYear:
2005
Killer Drag Queens on Dope
Killer Drag Queens on Dope is the wild story of Ginger and Coco, two dolls with a little secret... They're contract killers who work for a one-eyed lunatic named Uncle A. Half the cutthroats in town are trying to kill them, the other half are trying to sleep with them and Uncle A is just getting started. Ginger is hell on heels. Coco never met a drug she didn't like. Together, they're Killer Drag Queens on Dope!Year:
2003
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meeting interesting characters along the way.Year:
2001
Mr. Right Now!
She's a single mother looking for a husband. He's a con man looking for his next victim. Together they board an emotional rollercoaster that can only be derailed by someone neither of them expected. Award-winning director David E. Talbert brings to life this passionate story of love, friendship and betrayal. Starring film and television favorite Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (Welcome Back Kotter and The Jacksons mini-series) and a dynamic cast of unforgettable characters, MR. RIGHT NOW has the power to touch your soul and heal your heart. In this dramatic film concerning love, betrayal, and friendship, gospel music plays an integral role. The story of a single mother and a con man who unexpectedly find love, MR. RIGHT NOW has been hailed by prominent African-American critics as a joyful, uplifting must-see.Year:
1999
Tidal Wave: No Escape
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?Year:
1997
Indecent Behavior
Rebecca Mathis is a sex therapist. One of her patients is found dead. At first it is presumed he died of a heart attack...Year:
1993
Firepower
In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone."Year:
1993
Tuesday Never Comes
An Irish mercenary will stop at nothing to get the money owed to him for a job from an Italian-American drug lord.Year:
1992
Quiet Fire
Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.Year:
1991
Kill Crazy
Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a machine of revenge.Year:
1990
Chance
After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs his thugs to find Zach and get the jewels back by any means possible. Zach gets help from his friend, police detective Chance, but they will both need more than a little luck to prove that neither of them were behind the robbery, and to keep the actual thieves from getting their revenge.Year:
1990
East L.A. Warriors
As host of gladiator-style duels in which gangbangers battle to the death, East Los Angeles drug kingpin Chesare (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) capitalizes on gang antagonisms. But Chesare hasn't counted on the tactics of vengeance-minded Aurelio (Tony Bravo) and his sidekick Paulo (Kamar De Los Reyes). Vowing to fight without weapons, the determined duo stages a risky coup in the hopes of ending Chesare's reign of terror.Year:
1989
L.A. Vice
Detective Jon Louroy Chance investigates a string of murders in Los Angeles and uncovers a ruthless kidnapping scheme.Year:
1989
Alien Nation
A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of Los Angeles' newest immigrant population: extraterrestrials.Year:
1989
Angels of the City
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.Year:
1989
L.A. Heat
L.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.Year:
1989
Paramedics
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.Year:
1988
Sky Captain
Like many Black and Latino teenagers in his neighborhood, Gerald Hart finds adventure and relief from the pressure of poverty and disappointment by leaping from the roof of an abandoned building known throughout his community as the “Club House”. There, in spite of obvious dangers, he imitates Superman and finds happiness.., but the unhappy side of Gerald is gaining ground. He contemplates suicide and, thereby, encounters a strange spiritual phenomenon. “Sky Captain” showcases Reggae, Rap music and Breakdance. “Sky Captain” is original drama Written and Directed by Neema Barnette. Based on the impact of her observations as a former New York City school teacher.Year:
1985
The Annihilators
Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and is being terrorized by a vicious street gang. He calls some of his GI buddies, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of the gang.Year:
1985
On The Boulevard
Bourne's first fiction film, which stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as an unemployed musician who falls for a dancer on the streets of Hollywood. - Wheeler Winston Dixon, The Exploding Eye: A Re-Visionary History of 1960's American Experimental CinemaYear:
1984
For the Love of It
An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the FBI have different ideas.Year:
1980
The Comedy Company
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.Year:
1978
Youngblood
An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.Year:
1978
Cooley High
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.Year:
1975
The Gambler
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.Year:
1974
Death Wish
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.Year:
1974
Claudine
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.Year:
1974
The Therapy Sessions
Therapy Sessions is the story of a young woman hemmed in by her past. Diane Phillips continues to make the same mistakes in her quest for love and acceptance. After getting over her hang up that black folks don’t believe in mental health therapy, Diane sets out to make a new path in life. But like life can be unpredictable and despite her best efforts, Diane has to deal with not only past hurts and pains but the daily drama of being a black woman working in a good ole boys corporate environment and a love life that is constantly on the skids. At the end of each week, Diane seeks refuge in her rocks…best friends Kissie and Payton and her therapist, Dr. Parkin.Year:
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