Who Is Lawrence Hilton Jacobs?

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs guest stars in the season finale!

The Man - For three decades, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs has been lighting up both the small and silver screens, playing landmark characters and transcending t.v and film — entering into screenwriting and the stage.To celebrate Jacobs and his appearance on the next episode of Let's Stay Together, we're taking a look at some of the characters he made popular throughout his career thus far.(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

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The Man - For three decades, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs has been lighting up both the small and silver screens, playing landmark characters and transcending t.v and film — entering into screenwriting and the stage.To celebrate Jacobs and his appearance on the next episode of Let's Stay Together, we're taking a look at some of the characters he made popular throughout his career thus far.(Photo: Paul Abell/PictureGroup)

Cooley High (1975) - Nomy Jackson ‏@NomyJackson: "@BET 'For the brothers who ain't here'-Cochise, #Cooley High #BlackMovieQuotes" (Photo: American International Pictures)

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Too Cool for School - At only 22, Jacobs played the complex character Cochise in the 1975 film Cooley High, giving life to 1960s Chicago culture. As Cochise, Jacobs soon finds that his innocent impulses make a turn for the worse. (Photo: American International Pictures)

Welcome Back! - Although Jacobs' character, Freddie "Boom Boom" Washingtion participated in some of the Sweathogs' pranks on "Mister Kot-taire," he often acted as the voice of reason for his classmates.(Photo: ABC, Warner Brothers Television)

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Welcome Back! - Although Jacobs' character, Freddie "Boom Boom" Washingtion participated in some of the Sweathogs' pranks on "Mister Kot-taire," he often acted as the voice of reason for his classmates.(Photo: ABC, Warner Brothers Television)

Roots - It's difficult to overestimate the impact of this mini-series, adapted from Alex Haley's seminal novel, on both American culture and television history. Roots received an unprecedented Nielsen rating when it first aired in 1977, and still stands as the third-highest rated TV program ever in the US. The mini-series, which stars a young LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, was nominated for 36 Emmys.(Photo: Warner Bros. Television)

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Breaking Barriers - The 1977 mini-television series based on Alex Haley's book Roots: The Saga of an American Family spotlighted a time in American history that acts as the vanguard for much of the African-American content presented on television today. Jacobs played Noah in the mini-series.(Photo: Warner Bros. Television)

Newcomer - In 1989, Jacobs played Sgt. Dobbs in the sci-fi television series Alien Nation, set in the Mojave Desert in California, which tackled issues on racism and bigotry.(Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Television)

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Newcomer - In 1989, Jacobs played Sgt. Dobbs in the sci-fi television series Alien Nation, set in the Mojave Desert in California, which tackled issues on racism and bigotry.(Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Television)

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The Heat Is On - In 1989, Jacobs went from being a part of an alien world to helping to protect the world we live in the film L.A Heat.(Photo: PM Entertainment Group)

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The Heat Is On - In 1989, Jacobs went from being a part of an alien world to helping to protect the world we live in the film L.A Heat.(Photo: PM Entertainment Group)

Acting Machine - Jacobs added a visual for the already famous Joe Jackson in the TV movie about the Jackson family's musical journey. Jacobs acted alongside BET Awards '13 Best Actress nominee Angela Bassett in the film.(Photo: De Passe Entertainment, KJS Films, Motown Productions)

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Acting Machine - Jacobs added a visual for the already famous Joe Jackson in the TV movie about the Jackson family's musical journey. Jacobs acted alongside BET Awards '13 Best Actress nominee Angela Bassett in the film.(Photo: De Passe Entertainment, KJS Films, Motown Productions)

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Fighting 'Til the End - As Detective Chance, Jacobs must shoot his way through a mysterious ransom case involving a millionaire's daughter and her boyfriend.In his upcoming appearance in the new episode of Let's Stay Together, Jacobs plays yet another character sent to protect a family as Charles Whitmore, Sr. (Charles and Kita's father). (Photo: PM Entertainment Group)

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Fighting 'Til the End - As Detective Chance, Jacobs must shoot his way through a mysterious ransom case involving a millionaire's daughter and her boyfriend.In his upcoming appearance in the new episode of Let's Stay Together, Jacobs plays yet another character sent to protect a family as Charles Whitmore, Sr. (Charles and Kita's father). (Photo: PM Entertainment Group)