our conversation with harry lennix, coming up now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> harry lennix has a resume packed with roles on hits like er and ally mc eel. on theurrently starring blacklist, where he tries to rein in a cagey mastermind criminal played by james spader. he can also be seen in a film version of shakespeare's henry the fourth featuring and all african-american cast. first, let's take a look at a scene from the blacklist. >> i am not giving you access to the fbi files. >> then you will just have to find another criminal to talk to. >> we have an agreement. >> the agreement is for me to bring cases to year. it does not work the other way around. i am not a consultant. i have no interest in cases i have no interest in. find a hit these days with the new series, but you got one. >> we were up against some pretty stiff competition, but we somehow managed to break through. it only took me about 50 years. [laughter] >> what do you think is making this work? james spader. he is a masterful