Dwight Ewell

King Mustafa Obafemi (formerly Dwight Ewell) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as Chasing Amy, Flirt, Amateur, Dogma and Man of the Century.

Early life Ewell's father fought in Vietnam and served six years in the United States military while Dwight's mother took care of Dwight and his younger sister. Unhappy in her marriage, at 21 years old, Dwight's mother took the children up North where she felt that she could begin pursuing her career as a singer. The three moved several times before ending up in the Stella Wright Housing Projects on Prince Street, in Newark, New Jersey.

Ewell and his sister attended the Louise A. Spencer Elementary School in Newark in the mid-1970s. In later years, he was enrolled in The Gifted and Talented Program in the same school. At the age of nine, he began writing plays that the teachers would allow him to direct and the students to perform.

At the age of 13, Ewell auditioned for and was accepted into Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey. In 1986, he graduated, and in the fall of that year he attended the State University of New York's Theater Arts and Film Divisions Acting Program for four years.

Career Ewell has worked extensively in independent and art house films. Ewell is perhaps best known for his performance in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy, in which he plays the role of "Hooper X", an African American writer of black militant comic books, who is secretly gay but employs the public persona of a violent militant who denounces the Star Wars trilogy as racist.

Ewell has collaborated with director Hal Hartley on short and feature-length films; including Amateur and Flirt.

He has also worked with director Daisy von Scherler Mayer twice, in the films Party Girl and The Guru. and Kiss Me, Guido.

Ewell starred in writer-director Patrik-Ian Polk's 2000 film Punks.

Following his last film role in 2011, he was performing as a stage actor in the Los Angeles area prior to suffering an unspecified injury in 2013.

He made a comeback to acting in films with his role as Tom in Hal Hartley's Where To Land in 2025, and has made many public appearances since then, most notably with Kevin Smith at Smodcastle Cinemas in 2024 for a screening of Chasing Amy with a Q&A after the film.

Filmography Genre Year Title Role Episodes Notes Short film 1992 Cowboy Jesus Disciple #2 8 minutes; New York University student film Short film 1992 Heavy Blow 23 minutes; Columbia University student film Short film 1993 Flirt Dwight 23 minutes; directed by Hal Hartley Film 1994 Amateur Boy Squatter Short film 1994 NYC 3/94 9 minutes; directed by Hal Hartley Film 1994 Someone Else's America Video-man Film 1995 Flirt Dwight Film 1995 Party Girl He-He-Hello Trio Film 1995 Stonewall Helen Wheels Short film 1997 Anton, Mailman Bartender TV series 1997 Brooklyn South Bystander "Love Hurts" Film 1997 Chasing Amy Hooper X Film 1997 Kiss Me, Guido Usher Film 1997 Niagara, Niagara Toy Store Manager Commercial 1998 Budweiser (principal performer) directed by Spike Lee Film 1999 Film 1999 Dogma Kane, Gang Leader Film 1999 Hey, Joel Baby Shiv Film 1999 Man of the Century Richard Lancaster Film 1999 On the Run Rasta Film 1999 Robert Owa Film 1999 Joe Film 2000 Endsville Shawn Walker Film 2000 Gustave Film 2000 Punks Hill Film 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Hooper LaMont Film 2002 Peaches Film 2002 Wheelmen Terry Short film 2003 A mi amor mi dulce Dom Doos Po Phool (DomDoos Poefool) 23 minutes Film 2004 Pagans Max Stone Short film 2007 2 Fast 2 Furry Corvette Guy Film 2007 Fighting Words Leopold TV series 2009 90210 Mr. Irving / Health Teacher "Zero Tolerance" "To New Beginnings!" TV series 2009 Adult Film: A Hollywood Tale Hal Calloway TV series 2009 Twentysixmiles Dill Truman Fontaine "Pilot" recurring Film 2009 Yes To Victory Norman Film 2010 Eagles in the Chicken Coop Hal Calloway TV series 2010 Medium The Florist "Allison Rolen Got Married" Film 2010 Street Poet Leopold Film 2011 Here's the Kicker Norman Film 2025 Where To Land Tom