Walter Mosley
Writing
January 12, 1952 (74 years old)
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Acting Credits
Biography
Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.
Known For
Filmography
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
5.7
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
as Self
7.5
O.J.: Made in America
2016
as Self
8.4
O.J.: Made in America
2016
as Self
8.1
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
2007
as Self
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Congressman Rawlins
6.5
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self - Writer
7.3
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
8.5
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
as Self
6