Laz Alonso Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Born to a first-generation Cuban immigrant couple and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, Laz Alonso gravitated to acting interests at an early age, but temporarily forsook the arts in favor of a more practical and well-grounded education, studying business at nearby Howard University's marketing...Read More

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Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Wes Studi

Synopsis: A paraplegic ex-marine war veteran is unwillingly sent to establish a human settlement on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious, digital 3-D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron Read More

12/18/09
Miracle at St. Anna

Actors: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Valentina Cervi

Synopsis: Spike Lee's World War II film Miracle at St. Anna begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph Read More

9/26/08
Divine Intervention

Actors: Wesley Jonathan, Jazsmin Lewis, Laz Alonso, Reynaldo Rey, James Avery

Synopsis: When the traditionally minded pastor of a fundamentalist Baptist church suffers a debilitating stroke, the energetic young preacher brought in as a temporary replacement draws the ire of both his ailing predecessor and the jealous deacon who seeks to sabotage the stylish but sincere clergyman's Read More

11/30/07
This Christmas

Actors: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Keith Robinson

Synopsis: Upon gathering together under one roof for the first time in seven years, an estranged family celebrating Christmas rediscovers long-forgotten bonds in this holiday family reuniondrama starring Delroy Lindo, Regina King, and Mekhi Phifer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

11/21/07
Captivity

Actors: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso

Synopsis: Vatel director Roland Joffé teams with screenwriters Larry Cohen and Joseph Tura to adapt an original story by Cohen concerning a fashion model (Elisha Cuthbert) and her chauffeur, who are kidnapped and held captive by a sadistic serial killer. Jennifer Tree (Cuthbert) is America's sweetheart; a Read More

7/13/07
Stomp the Yard

Actors: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Brian J. White

Synopsis: A young man finds that the moves he learned on the street may help him make a better life for himself in this youth-oriented musical drama. DJ Williams (Columbus Short) is a 19-year-old growing up in Los Angeles; while DJ is at heart a good kid and a gifted street dancer, he runs with a dangerous Read More

1/12/07
Bunny Whipped

Synopsis: Neophyte writer-director Rafael Riera helms the rollicking direct-to-video comedy Bunny Whipped. Traveling in the footsteps of Blankman and Hero at Large , Riera brings us yet another masked crusader sans any superhuman powers. By day, he's Bob Whipple (Esteban Powell), sportscaster extraordinaire Read More

2006
Flip the Script

Actors: Miguel A. Nuñez, Robin Givens, Mel Jackson, Jazsmin Lewis, Laz Alonso, Teck Holmes, Obba Babatunde

Synopsis: Director Terrah Bennett Smith teams with writer/executive producer Tiayoka McMillan to tell the tale of a tale of an old love that just can't seem to die, and the friendships that keep our spirits raised even in the darkest of times. Having just received the unfortunate news that his college Read More

2006
Jarhead

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Brian Gberaghty, Jacob Vargas

Synopsis: A young man gets a crash course in the madness of war in this fact-based drama from director Sam Mendes. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) decides to join the Marines, just like his father and his father before him, and signs on just in time to be sent to Iraq to fight in the Gulf War in Read More

11/4/05
G

Actors: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo, Andrew Lauren

Synopsis: Writer-director Christopher Scott Cherot (Hav Plenty) based his second feature, G, on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Tre (Andre Royo), a writer for a music magazine, goes out to the Hamptons to interview a wealthy and mysterious rap mogul, Summer G (Richard T. Jones), who's Read More

9/16/05
Constantine

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker

Synopsis: An ordinary man with an extraordinary gift must save the planet from evil in this action-packed fantasy. Unknown to most people, the world is crowded with spirits both good and evil who walk among us in human guise. One of the few who can see these spirits is John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), but Read More

2/18/05
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos

Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Marisa Ramirez, Ellie Cornell, Travis Wester, Laz Alonso, Nichole M. Hiltz, David Keith, Laura Elena Harring, Danny Trejo

Synopsis: The horror film All Souls Day concerns a man and woman who can't seem to escape from Santa Bonita, Mexico. They would like to leave seeing as the town is filled with ghosts. In order to resolve the situation, the pair must face the feared criminal Vargaz Diaz, who apparently is almost 200 years Read More

2005
Hittin' It!

Actors: Walker Howard, Maurice Patton, Luther (Luke) Campbell, A.J. Johnson

Synopsis: In this over-the-top comedy, Malik (Maurice Patton) and Morris (Howard Walker) are two friends who head to Miami looking to have fun and meet ladies while on spring break. When their Uncle Fredo (Luther Campbell) gives them full access to his beach house, they think they have it made until Cousin Read More

2004
Issues

Actors: Laz Alonso, Ben Watkins, Shawna Rodgers, Mailon Rivera, Todd Bridges

Synopsis: A politically correct accountant and a womanizing real-estate agent find their lives suddenly thrust into chaos as their generally reliable roommate announces plans to leave while handing over his keys to a beautiful actress and model from New York in a topical comedy about just getting along in Read More

2004
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

Actors: Warwick Davis, Tangi Miller, Sticky Fingaz, Shiek Mahmud-Bey

Synopsis: The sixth movie in the seemingly endless Leprechaun series finds the title character revisiting the territory he menaced in the fifth outing. This time around, a group of inner-city friends go from rags to riches when they stumble upon some treasures. Little do they know that the booty belongs to Read More

2003