Biography
Sturdy, reliable character player Kene Holliday specialized in portrayals of vociferous everymen, with a strong emphasis on television work. Holliday landed one of his first major roles in the small-screen blockbuster Roots: The Next Generations (as Detroit, one of the direct descendants of the iconic Kunta Kinte), and subsequently divided his time between occasional big-screen features (
No Small Affair,
The Philadelphia Experiment), series work (with many appearances on
Matlock), and TV movies, such as the 1988
Dangerous Company. Holliday tackled a rare yet effective lead role in the much-anticipated 2007 drama
Great World of Sound, as Clarence, a well-meaning record producer in training who discovers that his parent company isn't exactly all that it professes to be. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide