True Identity is a 1991 American crime comedy film directed by Charles Lane and starring Lenny Henry, Frank Langella and Anne-Marie Johnson.

A struggling black actor named Miles Pope is on a plane ride home from a failed acting audition.

Miles meets a producer named Leland Carver who accidentally reveals his mafia ties when he believes that their plane is about to crash.

To escape, Miles persuades his makeup artist friend Duane to transform him into a Caucasian male.

[4][5] Caryn James of The New York Times said that Lane's direction was "tame and conventional" and that although Henry had "obvious" talent, True Identity does not take enough advantage of it".