Actor Max Julien, greatest recognized for his iconic position as Goldie within the 1973 blaxploitation movie “The Mack,” died on Saturday on the age of 88, representatives confirmed.
Julien died on New 12 months’s Day after he was discovered by his spouse, Arabella, representatives told TMZ. The reason for loss of life was not revealed.
“Throughout Julien’s decades-long profession, he was recognized for being daring, sincere and simple. He would reside and communicate his personal reality each professionally and privately,” his group mentioned of their assertion. “He was considered a uncommon ‘man amongst males.’”
Julien was a classically educated actor, according to IMDB, and started his profession performing in off-Broadway productions round New York Metropolis earlier than transferring on to appearing, writing and producing movies.
His largest position, Goldie in “The Mack,” was an bold pimp who had simply served a five-year sentence in jail. A younger Richard Pryor performs Goldie’s sidekick, Slim, in certainly one of his early movie roles earlier than the comic grew to become a serious Hollywood star.
Julien’s efficiency within the movie is embedded in hip hop tradition, and scores of rappers have sampled Goldie’s traces or scenes from the film, together with Snoop Dogg, Raekwon, Mobb Deep, LL Cool J and Public Enemy.
The actor additionally wrote and produced iconic movie collection Cleopatra Jones within the Nineteen Seventies. Different movies Julien appeared in embrace “The Black Klansman” (1966), “Psych Out (1966) “The Savage Seven” (1968), “Up Tight!” (1968) and “Getting Straight” (1970).
