There he played Preacher, who, like Bill Hammond, had gunshot wounds in his back.
Playing a Union solider in "Lincoln," playing a preacher in "The Help," playing a black fighter pilot in "Red Tails," playing the son of a butler in "Lee Daniels The Butlerr," who is in the Freedom Riders and becomes a Black Panther: these were all films in which I had to go study the history.
It ends with the line, "Reach out and touch faith," giving Gahan licence to fling his arms outward and play both preacher and messiah.
While some that I covered, such as Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, were always destined for mainstream attention, others, such as dance producer Ossie or punkers Nasa Space Universe (who play evangelical preacher punk in their pants) were less so.
Matt Parson, who plays the preacher, sucked on a cigarette.
"I want your amen," he said, playing the preacher for a moment.
"Were you into deviant sex?" she was asked in a primetime interview with a middle-aged man playing lay preacher.
Dave Ruder, playing the preacher of "The Church" at Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish at 5 p.m., inflated Mr. Ashley's seductive drawl; a distributed "hymnal" elicited audience participation.
Here Ms. Keane plays a preacher who thunders, "Thou shalt banish evil from thy mind, such as all thoughts of employee health benefits, paid overtime and wage parity.
He joined the cast of a TV comedy, Hello, Larry (1979-80), and played a preacher in the movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979).
