Writing
Walter Mosley
Biography
Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
9
Acting credits
0
Directing
8
Writing
4
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1
1,766 votesThe Manchurian Candidate
2004 · movie
- 2
787 votesSnowfall
2017 · tv
- 3
468 votesDevil in a Blue Dress
1995 · movie
- 4
264 votesO.J.: Made in America
2016 · movie
- 5
181 votesJustified: City Primeval
2023 · tv
- 6
86 votesThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022 · tv
- 7
70 votesThe Man in My Basement
2025 · movie
- 8
61 votesThe Lowdown
2025 · tv
Career timeline
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