Actor, CHARLES DUTTON. DUTTON came to acting in a very unusual way: while serving a manslaughter sentence in the Maryland State Penatentiary, he organized the performance of a play and realized he loved acting. Now furthering the irony, he plays Sherrif Ozzie Walls in the new movie, "A Time To Kill." Prior to the film, he received Tony nominations for work in two plays by August Wilson as well as a Best Actor Emmy for the Halmark Hall of Fame film version of "The Piano Lesson." Other film credits include "Mississippi Masala," "Rudy" and "Nick of Time." Dutton was the lead character in FOX's "Roc," which is noe syndicated on Black Entertainment Television. (Re-broadcast, originally aired 12/
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