Harry J. Lennix

HE IS HE IS Actor. HE'S VERSATILE HE'S VERSATILE Has the title role in "The GreatGatsby" at Wisdom Bridge Theater. And he's a Heartbeat in the movie"The Five Heartbeats." FOR HOPEFULS FOR HOPEFULS "There's no substitute for perseverance.It's the single most important element, more so than talent, thanluck. You have to persevere." STATS STATS Lives in South Shore. Grad of Quigley South. Has aNorthwestern U. speech degree. Would like to get a U. of ChicagoPh.D. in the history of religions. And "I teach music at BassElementary School." Late dad Harry J. was a singer. Mother LillianCleo is a homemaker, works at St. Lawrence and St. Bride's rectories.Brother Larry Joseph a medical librarian; brother Michael Anthony astate trooper; sister Lori Ann a teacher. HOW COME ACTING? HOW COME ACTING? "Between baseball seasons inhigh school, they were doing a musical. . . . I tried out. I'vebeen at it ever since. Father Robert Bridge told me he thought Icould make a career out of it. Then I went to Northwestern." CAREER HIGHLIGHTS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Has done 15 plays "and a filmproject a year" in the last five years. Won two Jeff citations.Portrayed Malcolm X twice in "The Meeting," has been considered forMalcolm X in an upcoming movie. "I was a D.A. against Raymond Burrin a Perry Mason" segment. ABOUT KARLA. ABOUT KARLA. He and Karla Davis, a TV reporter, metat N.U. He gave her a ring. "I imagine one night we'll elope and flyto Vegas." She recently has worked in Georgia and "just gottransferred to Jacksonville, Fla.," even farther from here. "I toldher one day she's going to be an anchor in Cuba." GOALS? GOALS? "I'd like to be a U.S. senator. I'd like to be acollege professor. I'd like to have a long career in film and stage.I'd like to share these with Karla."