The best rappers-turned-actors: Mos Def
REAL NAME Dante Terrell Smith
RAP PERSONA Thoughtful, poetic, political bohemian
SCREEN CHARACTER Sgt. Lucas, a parole officer who hounds Walter (Kevin Bacon), a parolee and convicted pedophile
WHY HE'S GREAT You're rooting for Mos Def's Lucas to be wrong in his assurance that the initial crime will be repeated, but with his quiet cynicism and insinuating manner, he gets under your skin while getting under Walter's.
EW DVD GRADE B (Read the review)
IF YOU LIKE THIS The versatile actor plays an explosives expert in The Italian Job, a heart specialist in the made-for-HBO Something the Lord Made, and a fun-loving alien in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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