Howard Rollins

Birthday: October 17th, 1950 Date of Death: December 8th, 1996 Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Howard Rollins (1950–1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor.

He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime and Virgil Tibbs on In the Heat of the Night.