He was awarded the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for his performance in "Sizwe Banzi is Dead" at the Goodman Stage II Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Native Son" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Received his bachelor's degree from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida (1993).