Bennet Guillory has worked extensively in film and television for the past 25 years. While studying at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Mr. Guillory appeared in numerous classics and contemporary plays including Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, Peer Gynt, Desire Under the Elms, Misanthrope, the Cherry Orchard, Othello, and many more. While at the American Conservatory Theatre, Mr. Guillory was the Director of the Black Actor's Workshop for three seasons.

Mr. Guillory won the San Francisco Critic's Circle Award for his portrayal of Paul Robeson in the Illustrated Stage's production of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been. For his Los Angeles performances of Philip Hayes Dean's Paul Robeson, Mr. Guillory won the DramaLogue Award and a Special NAACP Image Award.

He has been seen in the Arizona Theatre Company's production of Athol Fugard's Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's production of Lillian Hellman's Toys In The Attic, and the Los Angeles Theatre Center's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the Mark Taper's production of Miss Evers' Boys, the role of Troy Maxson in the Sacramento Theatre Production of Fences and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco. In the summer of 1991, Mr. Guillory appeared with Athol Fugard in the La Jolla Playhouse Production of Mr. Fugard's play A Lesson From Aloes.

Along with his numerous television credits, Mr. Guillory has also appeared in several films, among them, The Kindred, Maid To Order, Walker, in the role of Grady in The Color Purple, and The Tuskegee Airmen and America's Dream for HBO.

Currently, Mr. Guillory is the Artistic Director/Producer of The Robey Theatre Company.

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