Actor

Ernest Lee Thomas

21 credited titles on WatchWise

Ernest Lee Thomas (born March 26, 1949) is an American actor. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He is most famous for his role as aspiring writer Roger "Raj" Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, and its 1980s syndicated sequel, What's Happening Now!! Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest Lee Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ernest Lee Thomas in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$8.2M · 33% hit rate

Biggest hit

Dog the Bounty Hunter

$48M

Standout efficiency

3.9x

Roots · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$9.5M

Combined reported budget

$6.3M

Gross / budget

1.5x

Bankability Index

17 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.