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Willie B. Goodson
u/s Henri ‘Mr. Mano' Tamaño

Willie B. Goodson (u/s Henri ‘Mr. Mano' Tamaño) is a native of Cleveland, Ohio (where he started his acting career at the Karamu House Theater). Works include:(Writer’s Theater) East Texas Hot Links, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. (Court Theater) East Texas Hot Links, Two Trains Running. (Congo Square) Jitney, Elmina’s Kitchen, Before it Hits Home, A Soldier’s Story. (ETA) Conversation on a Dirt Road, Father and Son Night, The Last Apple, Riffs, Dream of Ophelia, Checkmates, The Lifting. (Steppenwolf Studio) Wendell Green, The Horn, Master Harold and the Boys. (Onyx Theater) East Texas Hot Links, Sty of the Blind Pig. (Organic Theater) Of Mice and Men. (Pegasus Theater) The State of Mississippi vs Emmett Till, Ghost Garden, Bronzeville. (Chicago Theater) Pill Hill, Little Tommy Parkers, Colored Minstrel Show. TV works include Angel Street, Early Edition, Playboy Club. Movies include Light it Up, Barbershop, Dark, Left Over Blessings. Three-time Jeff Award nominee (ensemble) East Texas Hot Links (Court Theater and Writer’s Theater). BTTA Award Best featured actor in play Before it Hits Home. Thanks to my agent Paonessa Talent Agency