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Charles Stanley Dutton born January 30, is a retired [ citation needed ] American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series Roc — and the television film The Piano Lesson , the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His father was a truck driver and his parents divorced when he was four. He had a short-lived stint as an amateur boxer with the nickname "Roc", a nickname derived from "Rockhead", due to rock throwing battles which took place during Dutton's childhood.

In , when he was 16, [ 5 ] Dutton got into a fight that resulted in the death of a man Dutton claimed had attacked him with a knife. After the knife fight, Dutton pleaded guilty in to manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison, which he began serving at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, Maryland. Out on parole after 18 or 20 months, [ notes 1 ] he was arrested on robbery and handgun charges.

During his prison term, Dutton was stabbed by another prisoner and nearly died. He became interested in radical movements and the Black Panther Party.

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Several months into his second prison term, Dutton was sentenced to six days of solitary confinement for refusing to clean toilets. He enjoyed the book so much that upon release from solitary, he petitioned the warden to start a drama group for the winter talent show. The warden agreed on the condition that Dutton go back to school and get his GED.

Dutton accomplished that and eventually completed a two-year college program at Hagerstown Junior College now Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, Maryland , graduating with an Associate of Arts degree in Dutton was paroled on August 20, Dutton co-starred in Alien 3 , the debut film of director David Fincher , then co-starred in 's Rudy.