Shorty — Malcolm X Character Profile

About Shorty

Malcolm's close friend and accomplice in a series of burglaries and crimes in Harlem. They are arrested and sentenced to 8–10 years in prison together in 1946, where Malcolm's life path drastically changes.

Character Facts

Played by

Spike Lee

Appears in

Malcolm X (1992)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Shorty — Social Friend — Malcolm X (Denzel Washington)

  Close companion during Malcolm's early criminal years in New York.

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