Directory of Black Actors
This directory highlights influential Black Actors from the United States, Africa, and the global diaspora whose works have shaped the language of cinema and the politics of representation.
- Denzel Washington
- Forest Whitaker
- Morgan Freeman
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Will Smith
- Mekhi Phifer
- Laurence Fishburne
- Wesley Snipes
- Danny Glover
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Jamie Foxx
- Larenz Tate
- Don Cheadle
- Eddie Murphy
- Sidney Poitier
- Billy Dee Williams
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- Terrence Howard
- Clifton Powell
- Bill Cosby
- Yasiin Bey
- Djimon Hounsou
- Blair Underwood
- Ving Rhames
- Martin Lawrence
- Wood Harris
- Charles S. Dutton
- Harold Perrineau
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Ron O'Neal
- Idris Elba
- Morris Chestnut
- Ice Cube
- Richard Pryor
- Ice-T
- Marlon Wayans
- Taye Diggs
- Omar Epps
- Boris Kodjoe
- Harry Belafonte
- Tyrese Gibson
- Shad Moss
- Mike Epps
- James Earl Jones
- Keith David
- Tupac Shakur
- Mario Van Peebles
- Fred Williamson
- Kevin Hart
- Spike Lee
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Redd Foxx
- Glenn Plummer
- Leon
- Chris Tucker
- Carl Weathers
- Gregory Hines
- Duane Martin
- André 3000
- Chris Rock
- Cedric The Entertainer
- Thomas Mikal Ford
- Malik Yoba
- Damon Wayans
- Orlando Jones
- Delroy Lindo
- Bill Nunn
- Bokeem Woodbine
- Allen Payne
- Common
- Tyler Perry
- Tony Todd
- Art Evans
- Ben Vereen
- Michael Wright
- Max Julien
- Tyrin Turner
- LL Cool J
- Shemar Moore
- Bernie Mac
- Steve Harvey
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Anthony Anderson
- Clarence Williams III
- John Witherspoon
- Garrett Morris
- Katt Williams
- Kadeem Hardison
- Ossie Davis
- John Amos
- Ernie Hudson
- Terry Crews
- Jeffrey Wright
- Khalil Kain
- Vincent Craig Dupree
- Kevin Carroll
- Arsenio Hall
- Carl Anthony Payne II
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Darrin Dewitt Henson