A native of Seattle, Washington, Mankuma made Vancouver his home during the turbulent years of the Vietnam war. This unique actor with an easy grace on film despite his commanding six foot, 230 lb. girth, Mankuma quickly established a following among producers and directors, building an impressive resume of film, television and theatre credits, ...
[on '21 Jump Street', the TV series] In the pilot, I fought with the lead character. After we shot the scenes, we had to re-shoot everything because they recast the lead actor and brought in Johnny Depp. I remember it well because I got to say, 'Get him off me. I feel like a child molester'.
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Fact
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Moved to Canada in 1968.
2
By his own admission, dodged the draft for the Vietnam war by moving to Canada. He never returned to live in his native USA.
3
He made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X-Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001), as well as on Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (2000).
4
Father to Rene and Cusee Mankuma, both of whom are also actors.
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Resides in Vancouver, Canada.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom
2004
Video
Heavy Duty (voice)
The Collector
2004
TV Series
The Devil / Cabbie
Andromeda
2004
TV Series
Marlowe
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004
TV Movie
Police Chief
Jack
2004
TV Movie
Coach
The Final Cut
2004
Zoe Tech Representative
Sabrina's Secret Life
2003-2004
TV Series
Additional Voices
Stellaluna
2004
Video short
Great White Owl (voice)
NBA Street Vol. 2
2003
Video Game
Voice of Stretch (voice)
On Thin Ice
2003
TV Movie
Joe
2003
Short
Joe Fortes (voice)
G.I. Joe: Spy Troops the Movie
2003
TV Movie
Heavy Duty (voice)
Dead Like Me
2003
TV Series
Duane
Jasper, Texas
2003
TV Movie
James Byrd Sr.
Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men
2003
TV Series
Dekker
Fade to Black
2002
Short
Morris
The Santa Clause 2
2002
John Pierce
Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge
2002
TV Movie
Velvetmobile (voice)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
2002
Video Game voice
Breaking News
2002
TV Series
FBI Agent Shavers
The Twilight Zone
2002
TV Series
Thomas Sumner
Stargate: Infinity
2002
TV Series
Johnson County War
2002
TV Movie
Hambone
The Dead Zone
2002
TV Series
Ben Cartwright
Stargate SG-1
2002
TV Series
Sheriff Knox
K-9: P.I.
2002
Video
Captain Thomas
Roughing It
2002
TV Movie
Johnston
Ultimate Book of Spells
2001
TV Series
Enforcer
X-Men: Evolution
2001
TV Series
The Hungan
ReBoot
1995-2001
TV Series
Gigabyte / Killabyte
ReBoot: Daemon Rising
2001
TV Movie
Killabyte / Gigabyte (voice)
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
2001
TV Movie
Gort
Night Visions
2001
TV Series
Dooley (segment "The Passenger List")
Ladies and the Champ
2001
TV Movie
Royal Reynolds
G-Saviour
2000
TV Movie
Councillor Graves
The Christmas Secret
2000
TV Movie
Haskins
Holiday Heart
2000
TV Movie
Pastor Henry
Blacktop
2000
TV Movie
Buck
Middlemen
2000
Dizzy
Relic Hunter
2000
TV Series
Abdulla
2gether: The Series
2000
TV Series
Marvin Boyd
The Outer Limits
1995-2000
TV Series
President / Stanley / Captain John Owens
Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace
2000
Frank Fischer
Sonic Underground
1999-2000
TV Series
Additional Voices
Mermaid
2000
TV Movie
Caretaker
Seven Days
2000
TV Series
William Walker
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
2000
TV Series
Police Commissioner
Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999
TV Series
First Wave
1999
TV Series
Special Agent Haley Burbitt
Da Vinci's Inquest
1999
TV Series
Sid Samuels
As Time Runs Out
1999
TV Movie
Convergence
1999
John Fellons
Don't Look Behind You
1999
TV Movie
George Reeder
Atomic Train
1999
TV Movie
Reuben Castillo
Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge
1999
TV Movie
D.A. Stevens
Beast Wars: Transformers
1996-1999
TV Series
Tigatron / Tigerhawk / Vok / ...
War Planets
1998-1999
TV Series
Lord Mantel
RoboCop: Alpha Commando
1998-1999
TV Series
Sgt. Reed
NightMan
1998
TV Series
Inspector Grant
Viper
1998
TV Series
Mr. Kempler
Halloweentown
1998
TV Movie
Gort (uncredited)
The Color of Courage
1998
TV Movie
Hollis Grey
Welcome to Paradox
1998
TV Series
Franklin
Every Mother's Worst Fear
1998
TV Movie
Detective Maris
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
Video
Jim (voice)
Bone Daddy
1998
Trent
Creature
1998
TV Movie
Rollie Gibson
The X-Files
1993-1998
TV Series
Det. Pennock / Claude Peterson
Earth: Final Conflict
1998
TV Series
CIA Agent Morris Carter
Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins
1998
Video voice
The Sleep Room
1998
Judge Locke
Dead Man's Gun
1998
TV Series
Everett
The Littlest Angel
1997
Video short
Gatekeeper (voice)
Mummies Alive!
1997
TV Series
Anubis
Final Descent
1997
TV Movie
Jack Eberly
A Call to Remember
1997
TV Movie
Hank McTier
Intensity
1997
TV Movie
Ethan Trevaine
Bliss
1997
Nick
That Old Feeling
1997
Piano Player
Dead Silence
1997
TV Movie
Special Agent Henry Lebow
Extreme Dinosaurs
1997
TV Series
Hardrock / Mr.Hobbes
Two
1996
TV Series
Det. Bob
Murder at My Door
1996
TV Movie
Det. Mike Ferguson
Forever Knight
1995-1996
TV Series
Capt. Joe Reese
Hurricanes
1994-1996
TV Series
G.I. Joe Extreme
1995
TV Series
Omar K. 'Freight' Diesel / Quick Stryke' (voice)
Family of Cops
1995
TV Movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1995
TV Series
Sugar Williams
A Child Is Missing
1995
TV Movie
Police Chief
Space Strikers
1995
TV Series
Yonnak (voice)
The New Adventures of Madeline
1995
TV Series
Additional Voices (1995) (voice)
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994-1995
TV Series
Chief Grant
Madison
1993-1995
TV Series
Pete Davis
RoboCop
1994
TV Series
Sergeant Stanley Parks
Whale Music
1994
Mookie Saunders
Love on the Run
1994
TV Movie
Ray Valentine
Breaking Point
1994
Marv Lockhart
For the Love of Aaron
1994
TV Movie
Mark Perkins
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
TV Movie
Kenyon's Butler (uncredited)
Conan: The Adventurer
1993
TV Series
Sakumbe / Serpent Man
Double Dragon
1993
TV Series
Abobo
Another Stakeout
1993
Seattle Det. Wills
Miracle on Interstate 880
1993
TV Movie
Fireman Shafer
Street Justice
1991-1993
TV Series
Willis / Wallace / Teddy Willis / ...
North of 60
1992
TV Series
RCMP Inspector
Harmony Cats
1992
Clive Taylor
Mortal Sins
1992
TV Movie
Det. Rollie
The Hat Squad
1992
TV Series
The Round Table
1992
TV Series
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1992
TV Series
Holy One
G.I. Joe
1991-1992
TV Series
Knight Moves
1992
Steve Nolan
Lighthouse
1991
Blu
A Mother's Justice
1991
TV Movie
Det. Roy Bogardus
Captain N: The Game Master
1991
TV Series
Additional Voices
Palace Guard
1991
TV Series
Larry Gabo
K2
1991
Man on Wheelchair
Bingo
1991
Motorcycle Cop
MacGyver
1989-1991
TV Series
Lt. Rhome / Sheriff Max Hubbard
The Russia House
1990
Merv
The New Adventures of the Black Stallion
1990
TV Series
Martin Anderson
Mom P.I.
1990
TV Series
The Comic Book Christmas Caper
1990
Voice (uncredited)
Cadence
1990
Spoonman - Bryce
Bird on a Wire
1990
Plainclothesman
Sky High
1990
TV Movie
Detective Hiatt
21 Jump Street
1987-1990
TV Series
Tom Holloway / Cabbie / Cop / ...
Booker
1990
TV Series
Concierge
Immediate Family
1989
Crib Mover
Look Who's Talking
1989
Director
Cold Front
1989
The Bartender
Wiseguy
1987-1989
TV Series
Leon Shake / George Jackson / Jack Jackson
Unsub
1989
TV Series
Capt. Starks
Watchers
1988
Cliff
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1986-1988
TV Series
Butler / Henry Turner
The Red Spider
1988
TV Movie
Bo Davis
Shoot to Kill
1988
Undercover Priest
Body of Evidence
1988
TV Movie
Sawyer
After the Promise
1987
TV Movie
Jack
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987
TV Series
Colonel
Stakeout
1987
2nd Paramedic
Hands of a Stranger
1987
TV Movie
Detective
Malone
1987
Reverend Danby
Stingray
1987
TV Series
O'Dell
The Stepfather
1987
Lt. Jack Wall
Danger Bay
1986
TV Series
Warden Joseph Saunders / Anvers
High Stakes
1986
Reverend Willis
Firefighter
1986
TV Movie
Paramedic Washington
Rainbow War
1985
Short
Brotherly Love
1985
TV Movie
Wineman
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
TV Movie
Cop #2
Mr. Patman
1980
Orderly
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
1980
TV Series
Jim
The Plutonium Incident
1980
TV Movie
Benny
Letters from Frank
1979
TV Movie
Mover #1
Hustle vs. Heartache
2015
post-production
Heartache
The Arrangement
2014/I
Short completed
Gregory Harris
Bad City
2014
L. Donald Bramante
Bedbugs: A Musical Love Story
2014
Short
Harry the Mailman
Delete
2012-2013
TV Mini-Series
Gen. Cassius Giles USAF (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)