Adolph Caesar

1933–1986 · American actor

Adolph Caesar was an American film and theater actor. Known for his signature deep voice, Caesar was a staple of off-Broadway as a member of the Negro Ensemble Company, and as a voiceover artist for numerous film trailers. He earned widespread acclaim for his performance as Sgt. Vernon Waters in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, a role he reprised in the 1984 film adaptation A Soldier's Story, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.

Adolph Caesar, in order

1. 1969 Che!: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
2. 1984 A Soldier's Story: acted · directed by Norman Jewison
3. 1985 The Color Purple: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 73%, audiences 94% · streaming on YouTube (free)
4. 1986 Club Paradise: acted · directed by Harold Ramis