S. Epatha Merkerson Filmography

Slipstream

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Stella Arroyave, Christian Slater, John Turturro, Michael Clarke Duncan

Synopsis: Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins took a turn behind the camera for the first time since 1996's August with this mind-bending fantasy that he also wrote and stars in. Hopkins plays Felix Bonhoeffer a screenwriter with a habit of getting lost in his own head. Felix begins to doubt reality Read More

Black Snake Moan

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran, Jr.

Synopsis: When a weathered, God-fearing ex-blues musician finds the town nymphomaniac severely beaten and left for dead on the side of the road, he vows to cure her of her wicked ways in Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer's raw and unflinching follow-up. Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) is a hard-living Read More

Girl, Positive

Actors: Andrea Bowen, Jennie Garth, S. Epatha Merkerson

Lackawanna Blues

Actors: S. Epatha Merkerson, Julie Benz, Robert A. Bradley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Kathleen Chalfant

Synopsis: A young boy grows up among a makeshift family of oddballs and dreamers in this adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's acclaimed one-man show. Ruben Junior (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a young boy who was born in the late '40s into a family that started crumbling not long after he was born. Ruben Read More

Radio

Actors: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Debra Winger

Synopsis: Hollywood filmmaker Michael Tollin directs the sports drama Radio, based on a true story and adapted for the screen by Mike Rich (The Rookie). Set in a small South Carolina town during the '60s, the film stars Ed Harris as Harold Jones, a high school football coach who barely has time to spend Read More

The Rising Place

Actors: Laurel Holloman, Elise Neal, Mark Webber, Liam Aiken, Bill Campbell

Synopsis: A woman learns a valuable lesson about her family as she and her aunt look back at her troubled past in this independent drama. As Virginia Wilder (Frances Fisher) visits her elderly Aunt Millie (Alice Drummond) for the Christmas holidays, she discovers a number of letters she received during the Read More

Law & Order: Season 13

Actors: Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Elisabeth Röhm, Fred Dalton Thompson

Synopsis: As it entered its 13th season on the air, Law & Order also entered the history books as the longest-running TV program of its genre. This, however, did not satisfy series producer Dick Wolf, who had every intention of keeping the series in production for at least another eight years, long enough Read More

Law & Order: Season 12

Actors: Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Elisabeth Röhm, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest

Synopsis: With the departure of series regular Angie Harmon at the close of season eleven (it was explained that her character, Assistant DA Abbie Carmichael, had accepted a job with the U.S. Attorney's Federal Major Crimes Task Force), season twelve of Law & Order was ushered in with a new face in the DA's Read More

Law & Order: Season 11

Actors: Angie Harmon, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest

Synopsis: Season ten of Law & Order had ended on a cliffhanger of sorts, with an international trial involving the son of a prominent diplomat casting serious doubt upon the reelection of DA Adam Schiff (Steven Hill). In the first episode of the series' 11th season, it was learned that Schiff had, indeed Read More

Frasier: Dark Side of the Moon

Synopsis: With her wedding day rapidly approaching, Daphne (Jane Leeves) finds herself in a court-ordered anger-management therapy program. As her counselor (S. Epatha Merkerson of Law & Order fame) listens with professional detachment, Daphne recounts the events leading up to the outburst that led to her Read More

Random Hearts

Actors: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack, Richard Jenkins, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Coyote, Bill Cobbs

Synopsis: Two people who've known the pain of loss and the sting of betrayal are brought together under trying circumstances in this romantic drama. Dutch van den Broeck (Harrison Ford) is a police detective based in Washington D.C. whose wife works for an upscale department store; flying to Miami on Read More

Law & Order: Season 10

Actors: Angie Harmon, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: Season ten of Law & Order was marked by the first cast addition to the "Law" portion of the series since 1995. To replace the departed Benjamin Bratt, Jesse L. Martin was introduced as Detective Eddie Green, the new partner of veteran NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach). The fact that Read More

Law & Order: Season 09

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Angie Harmon, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: With the eighth-season departure of series regular Carey Lowell as ADA Jamie Ross, Angie Harmon joined the cast of Law & Order at the beginning of its ninth season. Harmon, of course, played Ross' replacement, ADA Abbie Carmichael, who, if anything, was even more zealous in her pursuit of justice Read More

Exiled: A Law & Order Movie

Actors: Chris Noth, Dabney Coleman, Dana Eskelson, John Fiore, Dann Florek

Synopsis: Essentially a feature-length episode of NBC's long-running series Law & Order, this crime and courtroom drama marks the return of Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan) to Manhattan's 27th precinct. For the past three years, Logan has been stuck on Staten Island, the result of an incident in which he Read More

Law & Order: Season 08

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: Fans of Law & Order -- and there were many, many more than there had been in previous years -- were somewhat surprised that the series entered its eighth season with no changes in the regular cast. detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) were still upholding the "Law" at the Read More

An Unexpected Life

Actors: Stockard Channing, Stephen Collins, Christine Ebersole, Chelsea Russo, Noah Fleiss

Synopsis: A USA original movie, this drama centers on a woman faced with a series of life-altering surprises. First her niece and nephew come to live with her, forever. Then she falls in love and her new beau moves in. The makeshift family decides that New York City life is too much for them and so they Read More

Law & Order: Season 07

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: Law & Order entered its seventh season on a note of uncertainty: Had Assistant DA Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy) been killed by that drunk driver at the end of season six? The answer would remain vague until it was determined by the producers that actress Hennessy had no intention of returning to Read More

Breaking Through

Actors: Kellie Martin, JoBeth Williams, Alan Rosenberg, Aaron Kubey, Thomas Kopache

Synopsis: This fact-based TV movie stars JoBeth Williams as Pam Willis, a case worker for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women. In the course of a standard investigation, Pam comes upon Laura Keyes (Kellie Martin), a 14-year-old deafmute girl who has been locked up since childhood and never Read More

Law & Order: Season 06

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: Law & Order launched its sixth season with the addition of yet another new character, Detective Rey Curtis, played by Benjamin Bratt. As the replacement for Mike Logan (Chris Noth), previous partner of Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), Curtis exuded enough youthful idealism and Read More

A Mother's Prayer

Actors: Noah Fleiss, Linda Hamilton, RuPaul

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this emotional made-for-television drama is aimed at heightening public awareness of the tragedy for children with HIV-positive parents. Linda Hamilton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance as widow Rosemary Holmstrom, a single mother who is battling the Read More

After the Silence

Actors: JoBeth Williams, Kellie Martin, Alan Rosenberg, S. Epatha Merkerson

Synopsis: After the Silence concerns a deaf girl who must contend with numerous difficulties in order to make sure her father pays for abusing her. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

A Place for Annie

Actors: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright, Jack Noseworthy

Synopsis: In this touching drama, a kind-hearted pediatric nurse tries to adopt an HIV-positive baby and ends up taking care of its troubled, dying mother as well. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Law & Order: Season 05

Actors: Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: The biggest news surrounding Law & Order's fifth season was the acrimonious exit of series regular Michael Moriarty, who, since the program's inception, had upheld the "Order" part of the program as Executive Assistant DA Ben Stone. According to the script, Stone quit the DA's office in disgust Read More

It's Nothing Personal

Law & Order: Season 04

Actors: Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty, Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: It can be said with some assurance that during its fourth season on the air, Law & Order finally came into its own and assumed the form and texture for which it became famous. For one thing, the producers finally responded to audience demand that there be more of a "female presence" on the series. Read More

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen

Synopsis: A sequel to the low-budget sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweeping storyline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor Read More

Jacob's Ladder

Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Ving Rhames, Pruitt Taylor Vince

Synopsis: A tortured man finds himself caught in a middle-ground between hallucination and reality in this supernatural thriller, scripted by Bruce Joel Rubin of Ghost (1990) and My Life (1993).
Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a soldier stationed in Vietnam who undergoes a traumatic experience on the Read More

Navy Seals

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Cyril O'Reilly

Synopsis: This exercise in patriotic, high-tech action centers on a select group of Navy commandos and their battles against a Middle East terrorist group. This particular squadron is led by a pair of rivals: cocky, fiery Hawkins (Charlie Sheen) and stoic, unflappable Curran (Michael Biehn). When an Read More

Loose Cannons

Actors: David Alan Grier, Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis

Synopsis: Loose Cannons may be a wacky buddy-cop comedy, but it starts with a chilling premise. It seems that a film is discovered that depicts the final moments of Adolf Hitler's life. The climax features young German officer Von Metz, who is seen putting Hitler to death. Von Metz (Robert Prosky) is now Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Puppy in the Playhouse

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: Back from her vacation, Countess the Cow entertains the gang with her home mooooovies (complete with four-legged skiing). Then, Globey gives Pee-wee a foreign-language lesson. But all this is forgotten when Pee-wee "adopts" a little lost puppy--which happens to belong to Reba the Mail Lady. Will Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Open House

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: It's time to redecorate the Playhouse, and it promises to be a noisy event inasmuch as today's secret word is "House." (SCREAM REAL LOUD!) Borrowing a page from Tom Sawyer, Pee-wee tricks his friends Cowboy Curtis, Ricardo, and Miss Yvonne into doing all the work. When Reba the Mail Lady arrives Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Dr. Pee Wee and the Del Rubios

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: Today's secret word is "Well", which the ailing Reba the Mail Lady definitely is not. Offering his own brand of medical assistance, Pee-wee is aided and abetted by "nurses" Chandelier, Magic Screen and Pterri. In addition to the always-welcome presence of future Law and Order costar S. Epatha Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Rebarella

Actors: Paul Reubens

The Cosby Show: Bookworm

Synopsis: For the first time ever, Clair's all-female literary discussion club invites some men to attend. The only one who shows up is Cliff (Bill Cosby), whereupon Clair (Phylicia Rashad) worries that her husband will embarrass himself by exhibiting his ignorance of the book being discussed--but she's in Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Season 03

Actors: Paul Reubens, Lynne Stewart, John Paragon, Laurence Fishburne

Synopsis: Season three of Pee-Wee's Playhouse finds the irrepressible Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) and the whole Playhouse gang (human and otherwise) back for even more hilarious adventures -- though not as many adventures as in previous seasons, inasmuch as only a handful new episodes were produced. In "I Remember Curtis Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Playhouse in Outer Space

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: Pee-wee is confused when Conky produces today's magic word: "Zyzzybalubah." But sure enough, the magic word is spoken, whereupon the entire Playhouse gang is whisked into Outer Space, including visitor Reba the Mail Lady. Landing on a mysterious red planet, our friends confront a squeaky-voiced Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Reba Eats, Pterri Runs

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: Pee-wee solicits the aid of Jambi when he wants to deliver a letter "Now" (which happens to be today's secret word). Reba the Mail Lady is not happy about giving up her day off, so Pee-wee mollifies Reba by inviting her to lunch. Meanwhile, Pterri is exiled to his nest for being naughty, leading Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Season 02

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: The big news for season two of Pee-Wee's Playhouse is the selfsame Playhouse's "new look"--which extends to redesigning several puppet characters, notably Globey. Though Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens), Miss Yvonne (Lynne Stewart), Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne), and many other regulars are Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Party

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: The secret word is "This" on this (SCREAM REAL LOUD!) episode. Pee-wee throws a party and invites all the gang, including Cowboy Curtis, Captain Carl, Miss Yvonne and Reba the Mail Lady. They do the hokey-pokey (and turn it all around), then wrap things up with a quick game of "Pin the Tail on Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Untitled 1986 Episode

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: Today's secret word is "there"...but where is Pee-Wee's mail? Everyone else in the playhouse has gotten a letter except our hero. Reba the Mail Lady makes the wise observation that to receive a letter, you must send one out first, so Pee-Wee does, to Captain Carl. Later, Randy swipes a few Read More

Pee-Wee's Playhouse: Season 01

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: The 13 first-season episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse have become such beloved classics that it hardly seems necessary to offer an overview, but here goes anyway: In "Ice Cream Soup," the series opener, Pee-Wee (Paul Reubens) introduces us to his friends Miss Yvonne (Lynne Stewart), Cowboy Curtis Read More