Best Black Actors/Actresses

1. Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Malcolm X 2) Rubin Carter (Hurricane) 3) Frank Lucas (American Gangster) 4) Alonzo Harris (Training Day) 5) Whip Whitaker (Flight)

2. Morgan Freeman

Actor | Driving Miss Daisy

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...

Top 5 Roles 1) Ellis Boyd Redding (Shawshank Redemption) 2) Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris (Million Dollar Baby) 3) Somerset (Se7en) 4) Nelson Mandela (Invictus) 5) Hoke Colburn (Driving Miss Daisy)

3. Forest Whitaker

Actor | The Last King of Scotland

Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...

Top 5 Roles 1) Idi Amin (Last King of Scotland) 2) Charlie Parker (Bird) 3) Cecil Gaines (The Butler) 4) Ali Shokela (Zulu) 5) James Farmer Sr (Great Debaters)

4. Jamie Foxx

Actor | Collateral

Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...

Top 5 Roles 1) Ray Charles (Ray) 2) Django (Django Unchained) 3) Drew Bundini Brown (Ali) 4) Nathaniel Ayers (Soloist) 5) Walter McMillian (Just Mercy)

5. Viola Davis

Actress | Fences

Viola Davis is a critically revered actress of film, television, and theater and has won rave reviews for her multitude of substantial and intriguingly diverse roles. Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Rose (Fences) 2) Annalise Keating (How to get Away with Murder) 3) Veronica (Widows) 4) Aibileen Clark (The Help) 5) Ma Rainey (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

6. Will Smith

Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Mohamed Ali (Ali) 2) Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) 3) Bennett Omalu (Concussion) 4) Robert Neville (I Am Legend) 5) Steven Hiller (Indepedence Day)

7. Samuel L. Jackson

Actor | Pulp Fiction

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Jules Winfield (Pulp Fiction) 2) Ken Carter (Coach Carter) 3) Marquis Warren (Hateful Eight) 4) Ordell Robbie (Jackie Brown) 5) Carl Lee Hailey (A Time to Kill)

8. Sidney Poitier

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Walter Lee Jr (A Raisin in the sun) 2) Virgil Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night) 3) Noah Cullen (Defiant Ones) 4) John Prentice (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 5) Gordon Ralfe (A Patch of Blue)

9. Mahershala Ali

Actor | Leave the World Behind

Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.

He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Wayne Hays (True Detective) 2) Don Shirley (Green Book) 3) Remy Danton (House of Cards) 4) Juan (Moonlight) 5) Cottonmouth (Luke Cage)

10. Chadwick Boseman

Actor | Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...

Top 5 Roles 1) Jackie Robinson (42) 2) James Brown (Get on Up) 3) Levee (Ma Raineys Black Bottom) 4) Thurgood Marshall (Marshall) 5) T'Challa (Black Panther)

11. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor | 12 Years a Slave

English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He is also known for playing Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things...

Top 5 Roles 1) Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave) 2) Okwe (Dirty Pretty Things) 3) Trywell Kamkwamba (Harnessed the Wind) 4) Huey Lucas (American Gangster) 5) Ray Kasten (Secret in their Eyes)

12. Don Cheadle

Actor | Crash

Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye (née North), a teacher; father Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist; sister Cindy; and brother Colin. After graduating from high...

Top 5 Roles 1) Paul Rusesabagina (Hotel Rwanda) 2) Miles Davis (Miles Ahead) 3) Mouse (Devil in a Blue Dress) 4) Wendell Everett (The Guard) 5) Petey Greene (Talk to me)

13. Idris Elba

Actor | Beasts of No Nation

An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...

Top 5 Roles 1) Russell Stringer Bell (The Wire) 2) Commandant (Beasts of No Nation) 3) John Luther (Luther) 4) Nelson Mandela (Mandela:Long Walk to Freedom) 5) Augustin (Sometimes in April)

14. Laurence Fishburne

Actor | The Matrix

Critically hailed for his forceful, militant, authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, Laurence (John) Fishburne III has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors.

Born in Augusta, Georgia on July 30, 1961, to Hattie ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Ike Turner (Tina) 2) Bumpy Johnson (Hoodlum) 3) Tyrone "Clean" Miller (Apocalypse Now) 4) Morpheus (Matrix) 5) Whitey Powers (Mystic River)

15. Octavia Spencer

Actress | Hidden Figures

Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Minny Jackson (The Help) 2) Wanda (Fruitvale Station) 3) Dorothy Vaughn (Hidden Figures) 4) Tanya (Snowpiercer) 5) Zelda Fuller (Shape of Water)

16. Michael B. Jordan

Actor | Black Panther

Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Oscar Grant (Fruitvale Station) 2) Adonis Johnson (Creed) 3) Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy) 4) Killmonger (Black Panther) 5) Wallace (Wire)

17. Daniel Kaluuya

Actor | Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).

He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).

He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".

For his work in...

Top Role 1) Fred Hampton (Judas & the Black Messiah) 2) Chris Washington (Get Out) 3) Slim (Queen & Slim) 4) Jatemme Manning (Widows) 5) W'Kabi (Black Panther)

18. Taraji P. Henson

Actress | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Katherine Johnson (Hidden Figures) 2) Queenie (Benjamin Button) 3) Sug (Hustle & Flow) 4) Cookie Lyon (Empire) 5) Yvette (Baby Boy)

19. Eddie Murphy

Actor | The Nutty Professor

Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Prince Akeem (Coming to America) 2) Billy Ray Valentine (Trading Places) 3) Rayford Gibson (Life) 4) James Thunder Early (Dreamgirls) 5) Charlie Hinton (Daddy Day Care)

20. Lupita Nyong'o

Actress | 12 Years a Slave

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to...

Top 4 Roles 1) Patsey (12 Years a Slave) 2) Adelaide Wilson (Us) 3) Nakku Harriet (Queen of Katwe) 4) Nakia (Black Panther) 5) Maz Kanata (Star Wars: Force Awakens)

21. Dwayne Johnson

Actor | Black Adam

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Sean Porter (Gridiron Gang) 2) Hobbs (Fast & Furious) 3) Spencer Stransmore (Ballers) 4) Raymond Gaines (San Andreas) 5) Beck (Rundown)

22. Terrence Howard

Actor | Crash

Terrence Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Anita Jeanine Williams (née Hawkins) and Tyrone Howard. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His love for acting came naturally, through summers spent with his great-grandmother, New York stage actress Minnie Gentry. He later began his acting career ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Djay (Hustle & Flow) 2) Cameron Thayer (Crash) 3) Lucious Lyon (Empire) 4) Franklin Birch (Prisoners) 5) Rhodey (Iron Man)

23. Kerry Washington

Actress | Scandal

Kerry Washington is an African-American actress, television show producer and film director who is known for her roles in Scandal, Ray, the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Confirmation, Django Unchained, Little Fires Everywhere, Cars 3 and The Last King of Scotland. She ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Kay Amin (Last King of Scotland) 2) Olivia Pope (Scandal) 3) Patricia Wilson (Night Catches Us) 4) Della Bea Robinson (Ray) 5) Broomhilda von Shaft (Django)

24. David Oyelowo

Actor | Lawmen: Bass Reeves

David Oyelowo also known as 'David O', is a classically trained stage actor who has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and received the "Scholarship for Excellence" from Nicholas Hytner in 1998.

David ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Martin Luther King (Selma) 2) Louis Gaines (The Butler) 3) Seretse Khama (A United Kingdom) 4) Robert Katende (Queen of Katwe) 5) Clifton Henderson (Nina)

25. Whoopi Goldberg

Actress | Ghost

Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...

Top 3 Roles 1) Celie Johnson (Color Purple) 2) Myrlie Evers (Ghosts of Mississippi) 3) Oda Mae Brown (Ghost) 4) Odessa Cotter (The Long Walk Home) 5) Valerie (Girl Interupted)

26. Cuba Gooding Jr.

Actor | Jerry Maguire

Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Tre Styles (Boyz n the Hood) 2) Carl Brashear (Men of Honor) 3) O.J. Simpson (People v. O.J. Simpson) 4) Rodd Tidwell (Jerry Maguire) 5) Eugene (Life of a King)

27. Djimon Hounsou

Actor | Blood Diamond

Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in west Africa to Albertine and Pierre Hounsou, a cook. He moved to Lyon, France, when he was 13. Hounsou has graced the catwalks of Paris and London as a popular male model. He has since left his modeling career and has worked on Gladiator (2000) by ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Solomon Vandy (Blood Diamond) 2) Mateo (In America) 3) Juba (Gladiator) 4) Cinque (Amistad) 5) Jean Roqua (Never Back Down)

28. Tessa Thompson

Actress | Creed

The actress Tessa Lynn Thompson was born on October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson and the granddaughter of actor-musician Bobby Ramos. She was raised in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. Her father is of ...

Top Roles 1) Bianca (Creed) 2) Sam (Dear White People) 3) Josie Radek (Annihilation) 4) Diane Nash (Selma) 5) Charlotte Hale (Westworld)

29. Wesley Snipes

Actor | Blade

Wesley Trent Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida, to Marian (Long), a teacher's assistant, and SMSGT Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. He attended ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Nino Brown (New Jack City) 2) Blade (Blade I,II,III) 3) Flipper Purify (Jungle Fever) 4) Monroe Hutchen (Undisputed) 5) Sidney Deane (White Men Can't Jump)

30. Angela Bassett

Actress | Strange Days

Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Tina Turner (Tina) 2) Dr. Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X) 3) Reva Styles (Boyz n the Hood)

31. LaKeith Stanfield

Actor | Sorry to Bother You

LaKeith Lee Stanfield is an actor and rapper from Victorville, California. At the age of fifteen, LaKeith began attending the John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center in Orange County. A few years later, he auditioned for Destin Cretton's then college thesis film Short Term 12 (2008). Later, the ...

Top Roles 1) Bill O'Neal (Judas & the Black Messiah) 2) Colin Warner (Crown Heights) 3) Darius (Atlanta) 4) Demany (Uncut Gems) 5) Junior (Miles Ahead)

32. Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor | The Wire

Emmy-nominated actor and producer Michael Kenneth Williams was one of his generation's most respected and acclaimed talents. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life--often with surprising tenderness--Williams established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Omar Little (Wire) 2) Freddy (Night of) 3) Jack Gee (Bessie) 4) Bobby McCray (When They See Us) 5) Red (Brooklyn Finest)

33. Omar Sy

Actor | Intouchables

Omar Sy was born on January 20, 1978 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Jurassic World (2015) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Hélène Sy since July 6, 2007. They have four children.

Top 3 Roles 1) Driss (Intouchables) 2) Rafael Padilla (Chocolat) 3) Samba Cisse (Samba) 4) Samuel (Two is a Family) 5) D'Orsi (Wolf's Call)

34. Ashton Sanders

Actor | Moonlight

Ashton Sanders was born on October 24, 1995 in Carson, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Moonlight (2016), The Retrieval (2013) and Captive State (2019).

Top Roles 1) Chiron (Moonlight) 2) Bigger Thomas (Native Son) 3) Ja (All Day and a Night) 4) Jimmy Palmer (Judas & the Black Messiah) 5) Miles Whittaker (Equalizer 2)

35. Anthony Mackie

Actor | The Hurt Locker

Anthony Mackie is an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Martha (Gordon) and Willie Mackie, Sr., who owned a business, Mackie Roofing. Anthony has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Marcus Washington (Night Catches Us) 2) Marcus Belmont (Triple 9) 3) JT Sanborn (Hurt Locker) 4) Greene (Detroit) 5) Falcon (Avengers)

36. Naomie Harris

Actress | Moonlight

British actress Naomie Harris was born in London, England, the only child of television scriptwriter Lisselle Kayla. Her father is from Trinidad and her mother is from Jamaica. They separated before she was born, and Harris was raised by her mother and has no relationship with her father. She ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Paula (Moonlight) 2) Winnie Mandela (Long Way to Freedom) 3) Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Carribean)

37. Jeffrey Wright

Actor | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to ...

Top 4 Roles 1) Muddy Waters (Cadillac Records) 2) Bernard Lowe (Westworld) 3) Jean Michel Basquiat (Basquiat) 4) JD (All Day and a Night) 5) Al Melvin (Manchurian Candidate)

38. Sterling K. Brown

Actor | Black Panther

The Emmy Award-winning actor stars in NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe nominated drama series This Is Us (2016). For his role as Randall Pearson, Brown won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as a Golden Globe, becoming the first African-American actor to win his category in ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Christopher Darden (People v. O.J. Simpson) 2) Joseph Spell (Marshall) 3) Ronald (Waves) 4) Randal Pearson (This is Us)

39. Ving Rhames

Actor | Pulp Fiction

Strikingly featured and muscular American actor Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames in Harlem, New York, to Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Marcellus Wallace (Pulp Fiction) 2) Mann (Rosewood) 3) George Chambers (Undisputed) 4) Melvin (Baby Boy) 5) Luther Strickell (Mission Impossible)

40. Kevin Hart

Actor | Ride Along

Kevin Darnell Hart is an African-American comedian and actor who is known for his roles in the Jumanji sequels including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), Undeclared (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Think Like a Man (2012), Ride Along (2014), The Secret Life of ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Ben Barber (Ride Along) 2) Darnell (Get Hard) 3) Calvin Joyner (Central Intelligence)

41. Danny Glover

Actor | Lethal Weapon

Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 35 years.

Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover, postal workers who were also active in civil rights. Glover trained at the Black ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Albert Johnson (Color Purple) 2) Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon) 3) Marty Madison (Dream Girls)

42. Jason Mitchell

Actor | Straight Outta Compton

Jason Mitchell is an American actor. He had roles in the films Contraband (2012) and Broken City (2013), both of which starred Mark Wahlberg. In 2015, Mitchell played Compton rapper Eazy-E in the biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015), with his performance being met with significant praise by critics...

Top 3 Roles 1) Eazy-E (Straight Outta Compton) 2) Ronsel Jackson (Mudbound) 3) Carl (Detroit)

43. Alfre Woodard

Actress | Star Trek: First Contact

Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an interior designer. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written out in gold letters. A former high school ...

Top Roles 1) Geechee (Cros Creek) 2) Alma Roberts (American Violet) 3) Carolyn Carmichael (Crooklyn) 4) Mariah Dillard (Luke Cage)

44. John David Washington

Actor | Tenet

John David Washington is an American actor, producer, and former professional football player. He played college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an Undrafted free agent in 2006. Professionally, Washington spent four years as the running back for the United ...

Top Roles 1) Ron Stallworth (BlackKklansman) 2) Protagonist (Tenet) 3) Ricky Jarrett (Ballers)

45. Sophie Okonedo

Actress | Hotel Rwanda

Sophie Okonedo is a British actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004).

Okonedo was born within London in 1968. Her parents were Henry Okonedo (1939-2009) and Joan Allman. Her father was British Nigerian ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Tatiana Rusesabagina (Hotel Rwanda) 2) Juliette (Dirty Pretty Things) 3) Sandra Laing (Skin)

46. Thandiwe Newton

Actress | Crash

Thandiwe Newton was born in London. She is the daughter of Zimbabwean mother Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and British father Nick Newton, who worked as a lab technician. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK, where she lived in ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Maeve Milley (Westworld) 2) Linda (Pursuit of Happyness) 3) Stella (RocknRolla) 4) Christine Thayer (Crash) 5) Laura Wilson (2012)

47. Omar Epps

Actor | House M.D.

Omar Epps is an American actor, starring on the ABC drama Resurrection (2013).

Epps was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised by his mother, Bonnie Maria Epps, an elementary school principal. No stranger to the big screen, Epps has appeared in lead roles in feature films, including Paramount's ...

Top Roles 1) Eric Foreman (House MD) 2) Quincy McCall (Love & Basketball) 3) Q (Juice) 4) Malik Williams (Higher Learning)

48. Giancarlo Esposito

Actor | Breaking Bad

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Gus Fring (Breaking Bad) 2) Buggin' Out (Do the Right Thing) 3) Jack Baer (Usual Suspects)

49. Ice Cube

Soundtrack | Friday

Ice Cube was born in South Central Los Angeles, to Doris (Benjamin), a custodian and hospital clerk, and Hosea Jackson, a UCLA groundskeeper. He first came to public notice as a singer and songwriter with the controversial and influential band N.W.A. His compositions with that group included many ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Doughboy (Boyz n the Hood) 2) Craig Jones (Friday) 3) James Payton (Ride Along) 4) Fudge (Higher Learning)

50. Delroy Lindo

Actor | Get Shorty

On the stage and on the big screen, Delroy Lindo projects a powerful presence that is almost impossible to ignore. Alhough it was not his first film role, his portrayal of the bipolar numbers boss West Indian Archie in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) is what first attracted attention to Lindo's ...

Top Roles 1) Paul (Da 5 Bloods) 2) Woody Carmichael (Crooklyn) 3) Rodney Little (Clockers) 4) West Indian Archie (Malcolm X)

51. Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor | The Green Mile

Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...

Top 3 Roles 1) John Coffey (Green Mile) 2) Bear (Armageddon) 3) Duane (Challenger)

52. Leslie Odom Jr.

Actor | Hamilton

Leslie Odom Jr. was born on August 6, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hamilton (2020), One Night in Miami... (2020) and Central Park (2020). He has been married to Nicolette Robinson since December 1, 2012. They have two children.

1) Sam Cooke (One Night in Miami) 2) William Still (Harriet) 3) Dr. Arbuthnot (Murder on the Orient Express)

53. Wendell Pierce

Actor | The Wire

Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. He is known for roles in HBO dramas such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme; as well as portraying James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, high-powered attorney Robert Zane in Suits, and Michael ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Bunk Moreland (Wire) 2) Hosea Williams (Selma) 3) Tucker (Unsolved) 4) David Gordon (Night Catches Us)

54. Derek Luke

Actor | Antwone Fisher

Derek Luke was born on April 24, 1974 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Antwone Fisher (2002), Glory Road (2006) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has been married to Sophia Adella Luke since April 4, 1999. They have one child.

Top 3 Roles 1) Bobby Joe Hill (Road to Glory) 2) Antwone Fisher (Antwone Fisher) 3) Gregory Thomas (Americans)

55. Queen Latifah

Actress | Chicago

Often considered hip-hop's first lady, the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens Sr. She came from a police family-both her father and her older brother were ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Bessie Smith (Bessie) 2) Matron Mama Morton (Chicago) 3) Cleopatra Sims (Set it Off)

56. Larenz Tate

Actor | Crash

Larenz Tate was born on the west side of Chicago to Larry and Peggy Tate, the youngest of three brothers. His brothers are actors Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate. In 1984, Larenz and his family moved to California. It was while living in California that Larenz's parents got him and his brothers ...

Top 3 Roles 1) O-Dog (Menace II Society) 2) Anthony Curtis (Dead Presidents) 3) Frankie Lymon (Why Do Fools Fall in Love)

57. Regina King

Actress | Ray

Regina King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Sharon Rivers (Beale Street) 2) Terri LaCroix (American Crime) 3) Aliyah Shadeed (American Crime) 4) Margie Hendricks (Ray) 5) Monet (Higher Learning)

58. Halle Berry

Actress | Catwoman

Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Leticia Musgrove (Monster's Ball) 2) Storm (Xmen) 3) Vivian (Jungle Fever)

59. Danai Gurira

Actress | Black Panther

Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied ...

Top Roles 1) Adenike Balogun (Mother of George) 2) Michonne (Walking Dead) 3) Afeni Shakur (All Eyez on Me) 4) Okoye (Black Panther)

60. Cicely Tyson

Actress | The Help

Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter. Tyson was discovered by a fashion editor at ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Rebecca Morgan (Sounder) 2) Jane Pittman (Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) 3) Madame Queen (Hoodlum) 4) Constantine Jefferson (The Help) 5) Ophelia Hartness (How to Get Away with Murder)

61. James Earl Jones

Actor | Rogue One

Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Jack Jefferson (The Great White Hope) 2) Roop (Claudine) 3) King Jaffe Joffer (Coming to America)

62. Mo'Nique

Actress | Precious

Mo'Nique received a standing ovation when she stepped on stage for the first time in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, giving her confidence to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. After numerous stand-up performances, she took a leap forward with one of the starring roles in The Parkers (...

Top Roles 1) Mary (Precious) 2) Ma Rainey (Bessie)

63. Isaiah Washington

Actor | Grey's Anatomy

Isaiah Washington was born on August 3, 1963 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Ghost Ship (2002) and Romeo Must Die (2000). He has been married to Jenisa Marie Garland since February 14, 1996. They have three children.

Top Roles 1) John Allen Muhammad (Blue Caprice) 2) Frank Beechum (True Crime) 3) Victor Dunham (Clockers) 4) Coach Simmons (Hurricane Season)

64. Carmen Ejogo

Actress | Selma

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in Kensington, London, England, to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her television career began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series Saturday Disney (1990). Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the ...

Top Roles 1) Coretta Scott King (Selma) 2) Amelia Reardon (True Detective) 3) Jane/Elaine (Born to be Blue) 4) Seraphina Picquery (Fantastic Beasts)

65. Reg E. Cathey

Actor | Fantastic Four

Born into a military family in Huntsville, Alabama -- his father was an army vet who had served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, while his mother held a somewhat mysterious job in the Department of Defence -- Reg E. Cathey spent much of his early childhood living on a rural farmhouse in Germany....

Top 3 Roles 1) Freddy (House of Cards) 2) Norman (Wire) 3) Don King (Hands of Stone)

66. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Actor | Farming

Born and raised in London, England, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model in Milan. He graduated with a masters degree in Law from London's prestigious Kings College, before moving to Los Angeles to make the transition to acting. Fluent in several languages, including English, ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Simon Adebisi (Oz) 2) Mr Eko (Lost) 3) Wombosi (Bourne Identity)

67. Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Actor | Ragtime

Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater. His first break into acting came when a ...

Top Roles 1) Captain Davenport (A Soldier's Story) 2) Coalhouse Walker Jr (Ragtime)

68. Louis Gossett Jr.

Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman

Louis Gossett Jr. was one of the most respected and beloved actors on stage, screen and television and is also an accomplished writer, producer and director. Off-screen, he was a social activist, educator, and author dedicated to enriching the lives of others. He was the first African-American to ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Emil Foley (An Officer and a Gentleman) 2) George Murchison (A Raisin in the Sun) 3) Fiddler (Roots)

69. Courtney B. Vance

Actor | The Hunt for Red October

From studying history at Harvard, and acting at Yale Drama School, to making history in Hollywood, Courtney B. Vance has carefully cultivated an exceptional career that showcases his passion, talent, and intellect. His penchant for successfully finding the dignity and honor in each character ...

Top Roles 1) Johnnie Cochran (People v. O.J. Simpson) 2) Bobby Seale (Panther)

70. Adolph Caesar

Actor | The Color Purple

Born in the Harlem section of New York City, joined the Navy, then studied drama at New York University; was an announcer for then joined the Negro Ensemble Co. in 1970 for such productions as "The River Niger", "Square Root of the Soul" and "The Brownsville Raid"; worked with repertory groups such...

Top Roles 1) Sergeant Waters (A Soldier's Story) 2) Old Mister Johnson (Color Purple)

71. Dennis Haysbert

Actor | Far from Heaven

Dennis Haysbert was born on June 2, 1954 in San Mateo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Far from Heaven (2002), 24 (2001) and Heat (1995). He was previously married to Lynn Griffith and Elena Simms.

Top Roles 1) Nelson Mandela (Goodbye Bafana) 2) Donald Breedan (Heat) 3) Raymond Deagan (Far from Heaven) 4) Zeke McCall (Love & Basketball) 5) Dean Fairbanks (Dear White People)

72. John Boyega

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

John Boyega is a British actor, known for playing Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role of Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block (2011), before attaining international recognition for his work ...

Top Roles 1) Finn (Star Wars: Force Awaken) 2) Dismukes (Detroit)

73. Jurnee Smollett

Actress | The Burial

Jurnee Smollett is an award-winning actress and activist of rare talent and conviction. In the fall of 2020, she starred in J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele and Misha Green's critically acclaimed drama for HBO, "Lovecraft Country." Smollett's performance was lauded by industry insiders and critics alike. ...

Top Roles 1) Rosalee (Underground) 2) Samantha Booke (Great Debaters) 3) Eve Batiste (Eve's Bayou)

74. Rob Brown

Actor | Finding Forrester

Rob Brown was born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A natural who never studied acting and who had no professional acting experience, made his acting and motion picture debut in Finding Forrester (2000). Rob celebrated his 16th birthday just before the start of production. He is a ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Kenyon Stone (Coach Carter) 2) Jamal Wallace (Finding Forester) 3) Ernie Davis (The Express)

75. Nate Parker

Actor | The Birth of a Nation

Nate Parker was born on November 18, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), Arbitrage (2012) and Non-Stop (2014). He has been married to Sarah DiSanto since 2007. They have four children.

Top 3 Roles 1) Nat Turner (Birth of a Nation) 2) Henry Lowe (Great Debaters) 3) Kaz (Beyond the Lights)

76. Rob Morgan

Actor | Mudbound

Rob Morgan was born on February 24, 1973 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Mudbound (2017), Don't Look Up (2021) and Bull (2019).

Top Roles 1) Hap Jackson (Mudbound) 2) Abe (Bull) 3) Herbert Richardson (Just Mercy) 4) Louis McKay (US vs Billie Holiday) 5) Officer Powell (Stranger Things)

77. Barkhad Abdi

Actor | Captain Phillips

Barkhad Abdi was born on April 10, 1985 in Mogadishu, Somalia. He is an actor, known for Captain Phillips (2013), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Good Time (2017).

Top Role 1) Muse (Captain Phillips) 2) Abdi (Pirates of Somalia)

78. Chad L. Coleman

Actor | The Wire

Delivered a fantastic performance of a reformed street 'hitter' on the HBO show 'The Wire' from Series 3 to Series 5 with varied screen time. The character reflected the possibility of reformed criminals into positive characters of society; as with Coleman's character starting a boxing gym for the ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Dennis Cutty Wise (Wire) 2) Mingo (Roots) 3) Tyreese Williams (Walking Dead)

79. Charles S. Dutton

Actor | Gothika

Charles S. Dutton was born on January 30, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gothika (2003), Alien³ (1992) and A Time to Kill (1996). He was previously married to Debbi Morgan.

Top 3 Roles 1) Mr Butler (Menace II Society) 2) Reverad Sanders (American Violet) 3) Ozzie Walls (Time to Kill) 4) Ken Karsch (Secret Window)

80. Clarke Peters

Actor | The Wire

Clarke Peters was born on April 7, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wire (2002), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He is married to Penny. They have one child. He was previously married to Janine Martyne.

Top Roles 1) Lester Freamon (The Wire) 2) Abercrombie (Three Billboards) 3) Ottis (Da 5 Bloods) 4) Enoch Rouse (Red Hook Summer)

81. Martin Lawrence

Actor | Martin

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an African-American comedian, producer, writer, director and actor. He is known for his roles in the Bad Boys trilogy, Martin, Def Comedy Jam, Big Momma's House, Open Season, House Party, Boomerang, Wild Hogs, What's Happening Now!!, Nothing to Lose, Life and Blue ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Marcus Burnett (Bad Boys) 2) Miles Logan (Blue Streak) 3) Malcolm Turner (Big Mommas House)

82. Chris Tucker

Actor | Rush Hour 2

At one point in time, Chris Tucker was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.

Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Louise (Bryant) and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. After graduating from high school, Tucker made a change to move to Hollywood from Georgia to pursue a career in ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Smokey (Friday) 2) Carter (Rush Hour) 3) Skip (Dead Presidents) 4) Danny (Silver Linings Playbook)

83. Winston Duke

Actor | Black Panther

Winston Duke was born on November 15, 1986 in Trinidad and Tobago. He is an actor and producer, known for Black Panther (2018), Us (2019) and Nine Days (2020).

Top Roles 1) Gabe Wilson (Us) 2) M'Baku (Black Panther)

84. Ruth Negga

Actress | Loving

Ruth Negga was born on May 4, 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is an actress and producer, known for Loving (2016), Passing (2021) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).

Top Role Mildred Loving (Loving)

85. Chris Rock

Actor | Top Five

Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.

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Top 3 Roles 1) Caretaker (The Longest Yard) 2) Kurt McKenzie (Grown-Ups) 3) Richard Cooper (I Think i Love my Wife)

86. Bokeem Woodbine

Actor | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Bokeem Woodbine grew up in Harlem, New York. At the age of 19, he secured the lead role in the HBO production of Forest Whitaker's directorial debut Strapped (1993). Bokeem moved to Los Angeles shortly after completing the film Jason's Lyric (1994), and has pursued his dream of becoming a ...

Top Roles 1) Mike Milligan (Fargo) 2) Daryn Dupree (Unsolved) 3) Fathead Newman (Ray) 4) Cleon (Dead Presidents) 5) Uncle Earl (Queen & Slim)

87. Seu Jorge

Actor | Marighella

Jorge Mário DA Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge born June 8, 1970, is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewed of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba schools and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences....

88. Gabourey Sidibe

Actress | Precious

Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, the star of Precious (2009), was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is a former special education teacher who gave up her career and became a street performer/singer, while her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver....

Top Role Precious (Precious)

89. Oprah Winfrey

Producer | The Oprah Winfrey Show

Oprah Gail Winfrey , often known simply as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Sofia (Color Purple) 2) Gloria Gaines (The Butler) 3) Annie Lee Cooper (Selma)

90. Morris Chestnut

Actor | Kick-Ass 2

A tall, handsome, and versatile American actor, Morris Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, to Shirley (Wynn) and Morris Chestnut, Sr. He first came to be recognized by moviegoers starring as Ricky in Boyz n the Hood (1991), a role where he played a high school running back using his football...

Top 3 Roles 1) Ricky Baker (Boyz n the Hood) 2) Gordon Mitchell (Anaconda 2) 3) Lance Sullivan (The Best Man)

91. Michael Jai White

Actor | Black Dynamite

Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...

Top 3 Roles 1) George Chambers (Undisputed 2) 2) Isaiah Bone (Blood and Bone) 3) Black Dynamite (Black Dynamite)

92. Aldis Hodge

Actor | Black Adam

Aldis Hodge is a SAG Award-winning actor, who has built a dynamic career as a versatile performer shining in roles in both film and television. Hodge is perhaps best known for his role as Noah in the WGN hit series Underground (2016), starring alongside Jurnee Smollett and Christopher Meloni. ...

Top Roles 1) Noah (Undergound) 2) Jim Brown (One Night in Miami) 3) James Lanier (Invisible Man) 4) MC Ren (Straight Outta Compton) 5) Levi Jackson (Hidden Figures)

93. Wunmi Mosaku

Actress | His House

Wunmi Mosaku was born on July 31, 1986 in Zaria, Nigeria. She is an actress, known for His House (2020), Lovecraft Country (2020) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016).

94. Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress | The Matrix Revolutions

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and 'Gammy' Adrienne Banfield Norris, a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from ...

Top 3 Roles 1) Lida "Stony" Newsom (Set it off) 2) Ronnie (Menace II Society) 3) Annie (Collateral)

95. Colman Domingo

Actor | Lincoln

In 2023, Mr. Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play as a producer for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham. Colman won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film ...

Top 5 Roles 1) Ralph Abernathy (Selma) 2) Cutler (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) 3) Joseph Rivers (Beale Street) 4) Hark (Birth of a Nation) 5) Freddie Fallows (The Butler)

96. Lance Reddick

Actor | John Wick

Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden ...

Top 5drick Daniels (Wire) 2) Desmon Mobay (Oz) 3) Mathew Abaddon (Lost) 4) Charon (John Wick) 5) Kareem X (One Night in Miami)

97. Stephan James

Actor | Race

Stephan James has quickly established himself as an incredibly dynamic lead talent in both film and television. James, a native of Canada, has held the honor of portraying several real-life figures in African American history. He starred as Olympics hero Jesse Owens in Race, directed by Stephen ...

Top Roles 1) Jesse Owens (Race) 2) Alonzo Hunt (Beale Street) 3) John Lewis (Selma) 4) Preston Terry (Shots Fired)

98. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Avatar

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

Top Roles 1) Neytiri (Avatar) 2) Uhura (Star Trek) 3) Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy) 4) Nina Simone (Nina) 5) Dollores Torres (Terminal)

99. Donald Glover

Actor | Solo: A Star Wars Story

The multi-talented Donald Glover is a writer, actor, musician, comedian, producer and director, who performs under the stage names Childish Gambino and mcDJ. He was born Donald McKinley Glover at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His mother, Beverly (...

Top Roles 1) Earn (Atlanta) 2) Rich Purnell (Martian) 3) Lando (Solo)

100. Corey Hawkins

Actor | Straight Outta Compton

Corey Hawkins was born on October 22, 1988 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and BlacKkKlansman (2018).

Top Roles 1) Dr. Dre (Straight Outa Compton) 2) Kwame Ture (BlackKklansman)