Led by Academy Award winner and acting icon Forest Whitaker, the series Godfather of Harlem explores the life of the infamous 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson, and features portrayals of ...

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Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker unpacks his role as real life crime boss “Bumpy” Johnson for the fourth season of the ...

The year is 1964. The show is “Godfather of Harlem.” And the title character mired in this depressingly familiar scenario, portrayed by Forest Whitaker, pushes a man off the roof of a building ...

Godfather of Harlem follows Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson ... involvement with the Black Panthers. "Forest Whitaker's inspired performance as Bumpy Johnson has introduced an iconic, archetypical ...

TV has a new godfather. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This isn’t the first time Bumpy Johnson has been depicted, so why did you feel he deserved further exploration? FOREST WHITAKER: There’s some ...

We’re getting the first look at Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as crime boss Bumpy Johnson in a teaser trailer for Epix‘s new straight-to-series crime drama Godfather of Harlem. From Narcos co ...

The Times of Godfather of Harlem, a four-part docuseries inspired by the music and subjects featured in the original series starring Forest Whitaker. The docuseries brings alive the dramatic true ...

The 10-episode series is coming to Epix this fall. In the teaser trailer below, Bumpy wants his old neighborhood back after time spent in prison. As Swizz Beatz & DMX’s “They Don’t Love Me ...

Godfather of Harlem is inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ...