Lou Myers

from Charleston, West Virginia

Artwork for VolcanoImage of Lou Myers

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lou Leabengula Myers (born September 26, 1945) is an American actor. Myers is typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he has appeared in many movies, stage plays, television sitcoms, and dramas. He got his first break as an understudy in the Broadway play, The First Breeze of Summer as Reverend Mosley. He is probably best known as the feisty Mr. Vernon Gaines in the sitcom A Different World. Myers is also an accomplished pianist.

Myers was born in Charleston, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown).

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Timeline

2013Aged 78

  • Poster for Dreams

    Mr. Harlan

2010Aged 75

  • Poster for It's Kind of a Funny Story

    Jimmy

2008Aged 73

  • Poster for The Baby Doll Night

    Philip

2005Aged 70

  • Poster for Lackawanna Blues

    Ol' Po Carl

2004Aged 69

2003Aged 68

  • Poster for The Fighting Temptations

    Homer T.

2001Aged 66

  • Poster for The Wedding Planner

    Burt Weinberg

  • Poster for All About You

    Toomie

2000Aged 65

  • Poster for A Private Affair

    Lawrence

  • Poster for Everything's Jake

    Abe

1998Aged 63

  • Poster for Bulworth

    Uncle Tyrone

  • Poster for How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    Uncle Ollie

1997Aged 62

  • Poster for Volcano

    Pastor Lake

1996Aged 61

  • Poster for Tin Cup

    Clint

1995Aged 60

  • Poster for The Passion of Darkly Noon

    Quincy

  • Poster for The Piano Lesson

    Wining Boy

1994Aged 59

  • Poster for Cobb

    Willie

1976Aged 41

  • Poster for The First Breeze of Summer

    Reverend Mosely