He told Jefferson that he thought he was done being Black Lightning as he pointed towards the news report. Gambi claimed to have not known that he was back, but was interrupted when Jeff passed out mid-sentence. When Lightning confronts Tobias Whale after Cutter leaves him, she nearly kills him for what he did to Painkiller until Black Lightning shows up and talks her out of it. Following a shootout with Major Sara Grey, Lady Eve has Destiny inform Lala that the A.S.A. Then he ordered Grey to weaponize the metahumans they have. His henchmen guide him out of the building. In The Resurrection, Gambi was first seen walking back to his shop at night. After the meeting, Gambi reveals that he is afraid that Gravedigger is too powerful for the team and he questions Jeff about why he is placing Lightning on the second squad, instead of having their most powerful warrior on the front line. (portrayed by Christopher Ammanuel) is a pod metahuman with technopathic abilities. He later returned and fulfilled the conditions that Jefferson gave in exchange for Lynn being rescued from Markovia. Lauren Caruso (portrayed by Elena Varela) is an employee at Monovista International and the ex-girlfriend of Gambi. When the Markovians attack Freeland, Black Lightning assists in defeating the ones that were attacking the Perdi. Gambi creates the costume that enables him to become Black Lightning. Jefferson has mentioned that Gambi is Italian. In the next meeting, Lady Eve revealed to Lala that she created the programming used on him as she quotes "E pluribus unm" and another quote which made him obedient. Tobias later dispatched Red to find out from Marshall Bates on why a specific item has been delayed. Anissa has her sent to their mother's lab to take an MRI scan to insure Jennifer is okay. Joey Toledo (portrayed by Eric Mendenhall) is Tobias Whale's right-hand man and mob enforcer. In season four, T.C. [3] Some years later, when Jefferson began acting as the vigilante Black Lightning, Gambi designed him a protective suit to wear. Gambi reminded Jefferson that he became Black Lightning to give the community hope and give the evil something to be afraid of. She is defeated by Lightning. He explained how he and Jefferson weren't on good terms, and explained the situation, before handing her her finished suit. Anissa accepts Grace's metahuman status as they rekindle their love relationship. Knowing things about Black Lightning gets men killed. When Lynn is taken to Markovia, Jefferson has a parley with Major Sara Grey when it comes to a plan for a rescue mission. He later dies in front of Anissa where he then emits some metal-like substance in front of Anissa and Henderson. Annoyed at Lynn having been attacked, Gambi went to see Lady Eve, who questioned him on the metahuman that had attacked her crew. While in police custody, she is taken by Instant who was hired by the Markovians to reclaim Jace. Photo by Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images Margaret Qualley. Peter Gambi (portrayed by James Remar in normal form, Justin Livingston in cloaked form; seasons 1-4) is a tailor who is the main benefactor and surrogate father of Jefferson Pierce. Lynn Stewart showed up at the shop and the two passed blame back and forth: Lynn blaming Gambi for trying to pull Jefferson out of a situation he was content with, while Gambi blamed Lynn for keeping Jefferson from his true calling of being a protector. He resists the electrical attacks and throws Lightning against the perimeter enough to take it down. to the Pierce home to confront Jefferson and execute him. Due to her work as an NYPD forensics technician, she soon became involved in Spider-Man's activities. After he was released, he sided with Lala and helped to investigate the Ultimate O business run by Lady Eve. Anissa comes home from a long day to see to see her two favorite people. When she was little, she used to witness her parents argue until they got a divorce. He later helped Jefferson to create a detour route for Reverend Holt's march, sending them on a route that Jefferson could easily watch over the crowd safely from a high vantage point. His real name is Peter Esposito and was a former member of the A.S.A. Gravedigger even considered Martin Luther King Jr. a coward and claimed that the rich white people helped to get Barack Obama elected. 48 Hours. Whale starts to play with her mind where he wanted the info on the metahumans the A.S.A. This version ceased to exist when Earth-Prime was formed. commandos to rescue him. Initially set on an unnamed alternative Earth separate from the other Arrowverse media, the show was later merged with Earth-1 (the setting of Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman) and Earth-38 (the setting of Supergirl) into Earth-Prime during Crisis on Infinite Earths. She is later revealed to be a spotter for the A.S.A. Gambi instructs Black Lightning to restart Lightning's heart when there is no pulse.[17]. Rebecca Jones / New Wave (portrayed by Brooke Ence) An aquakinetic metahuman released by Tobias Whale to serve him. Marshall Bates (portrayed by Paden Fallis) is an executive at Monovista International. Later, Gambi discovered Tobias Whale's photo on camera footage and deleted the images to hide the truth from Jefferson. [19] Journalist Amanda Davis has a posthumous cameo appearance in two episodes.[19][9]. After Jefferson fails to help her as promised, Lawanda confronts Lala who shoots and kills her mercilessly. Peter Gambi, or "Uncle Gambi" as the Pierce kids call him, may be Black Lightning's single most important ally. When they and the rebels tried to fight Gravedigger, he mind-controls them to sleep. During the Markovian invasion, Frank "Two-Bits" Tanner assists Henderson and the police in fighting the Markovian soldiers until they are assisted by Lala and the remnants of the 100. Jefferson later arranges for his capture in a plan to fool the A.S.A. Chandler Tong (portrayed by Regina Chen) - A news anchor for WIXA 7 who reports on the activities in Freeland. Peter Gambi is the owner of Gambi's Custom Tailoring and the foster father and mentor of Black Lightning. Tobias later visits Michael's house where he killed Michael's father and spared his mother. Later, Gambi removes the eye of a minion of Lady Eve; he tells the minion to tell Eve not to miss when doing an assassination. Proctor escaped, but they got the briefcase he had. Freeland Jefferson Pierce is the titular hero Black Lightning, played by Cress Williams. Gravedigger fought Black Lightning again. After a bullet from Syonide's gun paralyzes him from the waist down, he becomes involved with Tobias Whale where he undergoes an experimental treatment done by the A.S.A. Thomas Hildago (portrayed by Morgan Brown) A weapon maker who is allied with the A.S.A. After being interrogated by Gambi, Thomas is later killed offscreen by Lala. This article, or specific section, requires cleanup. He then went on to become a friend and confidant to Jefferson, and also designed the costume and force field belt which allowed . This puts a strain on their relationship and Khalil lashes out at Jennifer, on an occasion even supporting a girl cyberbullying her. He later become the founding members of a "league of heroes" alongside Barry and several other heroes. He speaks to Latavius (who insists to be called "Lala"), one of Jeff's former students and a high-ranking member of the 100 gang, and asks him to back off to no avail, forcing LaWanda to confront Lala only for him to shoot and instantly kill her. Following the Crisis, Jennifer pulls herself together and declares that she is done with Odell. This version ceased to exist when Earth-Prime was formed. They assign a woman named Lady Eve to watch over their investment in him and he reports to her. This is a list of recurring actors and the characters they portrayed in multiple episodes, which were significant roles, sometimes across multiple seasons. First appearance She serves as the leader of the Masters of Disaster. As he had already killed 94 metahumans, Ishmael is further contracted by Destiny to go after Black Lightning and his allies. 's illegal experimentations, but also to bring them to justice. Though Lynn later works with her to master her abilities. After being kidnapped by the 100 with her sister Anissa, she is rescued by Black Lightning and begins drinking and smoking to mask her fear. Gambi cobbled together some makeshift technology, creating a self-driving car that projected a hologram of Black Lightning alongside Thunder. Upon leaving the building, Gravedigger sheds his disguise and walks off with satisfaction that the racist cover-up which fueled his anger has been exposed. This enabled her to finish the job that Painkiller was unable to do. Male Upon being informed that the device still needs to be fully tested, Red informs Bates to have that test finished up and en route to Tobias in 48 hours or else one of his bullets will go into his head. Nichelle Payne (portrayed by Yolanda T. Ross) is the mother of Khalil. [4] Whale sends Syonide to kill Gambi and Black Lightning. Before dying in Black Lightning's arms, Henderson advises him not to disappoint Freeland. During the fight between Black Lightning and Tobias Whale, Lala's cement tomb was knocked down. Several years before the onset of the series, Lynn divorced and convinced Jefferson to retire as Black Lightning to protect their two daughters as his vigilante work often brought him home battered and wounded; on occasion even bleeding in front of Jennifer. Using his contact with ASA operative Martin Proctor, Tobias Whale turns Khalil Payne into Painkiller. He took her in and trained her in the art of assassination while also having her put through a painful procedure that involved placing carbon fiber armor beneath her skin. Jefferson's elder daughter Anissa (who is an avid social activist for African-American human rights) later discovers she has inherited her father's metahuman genes, although she is initially unaware that he is Black Lightning and begins investigating her grandfather's articles concerning a group of young metahumans who disappeared years ago. This leads Henderson and his police officers to track down Tobias Whale at his sister's crypt where Henderson led in his arrest. [12], Gambi sent Black Lightning and Thunder to a location he was certain the A.S.A. However, on top of those three names, Spider-Man's love interests have . Lynn is attacked by members of the 100 shortly after, who tie her up and tape her mouth shut in her office forcing Anissa to use her powers to help her mother. John Webb (portrayed by Tommy Kane) is a news reporter for WIXA 7 that reports on Freeland's activities. Lynn later finds out that Jennifer's new form is starting to become unstable. The following day, after Jefferson was arrested at the behest of the A.S.A., Gambi and Anissa began working on attempting to convince the A.S.A. Affiliation Lydell Green (portrayed by Kelvin Hair) - A member of the 100 who was responsible for accidentally killing Marcel Payton's son during a shootout with the Kobra Cartel. Henderson uses a claim of an illegal crime to apprehend Reverend Holt so that he can bring him and Two-Bits into his secret resistance movement. It was revealed during Issa's truth-extraction interrogation on Tobias Whale that Proctor worked for Odell who works for the President of the United States. Gordon (portrayed by Vanessa Aranegui) - A math teacher at Garfield High. At some point, he met Jefferson Pierce and became his father figure as well as helping him fight crime. He reluctantly allows Lynn to take over management of the Green Light victims. through Kara Fowdy into doing their bidding like assisting Deputy Chief Cayman in planting evidence that Jefferson Pierce had Green Light. Black Lightning returns to Freeland and continues assisting the resistance. Black Lightning begins to fight him. 's custody who is a genderbent version of the DC Comics character Freight Train. When Black Lightning's team had a meeting about the upcoming invasion, Gambi was a presenter. The bullet he fires misses and instead hits Jefferson's daughter's boyfriend, Khalil, whose spine is severed, but no one sees Tobias except Peter Gambi, who curiously erases the footage and keeps it from Jefferson. Peter Gambi. It stars Cress Williams as the titular character alongside China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Marvin Jones III, Damon Gupton, James Remar, Chantal Thuy, and Jordan Calloway. Grace Choi to Anissa Pierce. Jefferson then exposed Looker's control on him to Mason. Once Issa served his purpose, Odell spiked his food with an unspecified poison. Kiesha Henderson (portrayed by Kyanna Simone Simpson[5]) is Henderson's daughter and Jennifer's best friend, who encourages Jennifer to challenge her perfect image.[6]. Jennifer is portrayed as a carefree, rebellious teenager who is prone to challenging the "good girl" appearance imposed on her by her respected father, who is the principal of her high school Garfield High, as well her sister Anissa, who is a teacher at the same school. After taking out his men, Khalil and Painkiller do a good cop/bad cop technique on anything related to Tobias Whale framing Jefferson Pierce for embezzlement. Following the death of Tobias Whale, T.C. She also always fights for her family, as well as her girlfriend (later wife) Grace. Peter Esposito, better known as Peter Gambi, is a main character in Black Lightning. [3], Jefferson learns that Gambi was the one who killed his father. Shonda for her apartment. He is the only good guy in a family of villains; a tailor in Metropolis' Suicide Slum. [5], He trained Jefferson in fighting and tactics. Though Lightning chooses not to kill Tobias, she helps her father defeat him. 's vaccine was killing children, he leaked the information to Alvin Pierce, who began an investigation. Then he and Lynn retreat to Freeland. While Brandon is assisting Black Lightning in rescuing Lightning from the Markovians, Commander Williams breaks into Brandon's apartment and kills Dr. Jace as a way to remove classified information. Following this, Gambi went to church, watching a choir boy sing. The third also worked for Whale and was Halo of the Outsiders's nemesis. This enabled Odell to win Black Lightning into assisting against the Markovian invaders. After a heated confrontation, Jefferson knocks Anissa out only to realize who she is. Williams also portrays her Earth-2 counterpart, who is killed by Jinn alongside her family when they tried to intervene. Marcel Payton (portrayed by Kedrick Brown) A teacher at Garfield High. Girlfriend 1 episode, 2021 Luke Deal . Without Gambi, there is no Black Lightning. He notices . Peter Gambi. One day while Alvin was walking home from work with his son, Jefferson Pierce, Gambi waited on the side of the street, Alvin then noticed him and told Jefferson to go wait in the car. Following the incident, TC helps Gambi open the briefcase that Lady Eve gave him after she got it from Lala. custody. Stumbling on some Markovian soldiers planning to ambush Black Lightning, Henderson shoots them and ends up in a mutual kill with the final Markovian soldier in the process. She determines that she has enhanced strength and density when taking deep breaths that she can activate and deactivate at will by controlling her breathing. Gambi appears in the live action Arrowverse series Black Lightning, portrayed by James Remar. See Photos. In Lynn's dream sequence, she explodes before she can release the absorbed energy. Roland S. Martin and Nina Turner appeared as themselves in the pilot. Odell later meets with Lady Eve who wants him to get her seat on the Shadow Board back in exchange for informing him where the briefcase is. Odell later tries to get the location of the briefcase out of him to no avail even when he used ultraviolet lights on him. Officials suspect that Jeremy Giambi, who passed away at the age of 47 Wednesday, died by suicide, according to TMZ. In 1986, Peter was tasked with gathering meta-humans, but after realizing that the A.S.A.'s vaccine was killing children, he leaked the information to Alvin Pierce, who began an investigation.One day while Alvin was walking home from work with his son, Jefferson Pierce . He later meets Jefferson and translates Painkiller's technology. Latavius "Lala" Johnson (portrayed by William Catlett) is a member of the 100 and former student of Jefferson Pierce who is in charge of the Seahorse Motel that the 100 use as a front for their prostitution ring. Peter Gambi is similar to Alfred Pennyworth from the Batman series and Lucius Fox. He receives help from Brandon to rescue Lightning. Jefferson is a high school principal, ex-husband to Lynn . Gambi supports Black Lightning as he departs on a special mission; Grace tries to persuade Anissa to let her guard down. He . Years later, Gravedigger was sent by his superiors to take over the operation from Mosin where he used his mind-control to get Lynn Stewart to work on the metahuman stabilization faster. [8][9] During a sermon, Holt collapses from a poisoned handkerchief that Cutter secretly placed on him. Gambi left to tend to matters upstairs in his shop, Tobias Whale and Syonide having entered his shop. Release Calendar Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. After killing an A.S.A soldier in her leopard form, Grace learns that Jefferson is Black Lightning due to maintaining the scents of people from her leopard form. 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