Black Actors

James Earl Jones

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• Aaliyah, singer and actress
• Ira Aldridge, American actor
• Debbie Allen, dancer-choreographer, actress
• 安吉拉·贝塞特, actress
• Harry Belafonte, singer and actor
• Shari Belafonte-Harper, model and actress
• Halle Berry, actress and model
• Brandy, singer and actress
• Andre Braugher, actor
• Avery Brooks, American actor
• LeVar Burton, American actor
• Diahann Carroll, singer and actress
• Bill Cosby, actor and comedian
• Scatman Crothers, actor
• Dorothy Dandridge, singer, actor
• Ossie Davis, actor, director, writer
• Sammy Davis Jr., entertainer
• Ruby Dee, actress
• Laurence Fishburne, actor
• George Foreman, boxer, actor
• Redd Foxx, actor, comedian
• Morgan Freeman, actor
• Danny Glover, actor
• Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedienne
• Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
• Louis Gossett, Jr., actor
• Pam Grier, actress
• Lis)a Gay Hamilton, actress
• Whitney Houston, singer, actress
• Samuel L. Jackson, actor
• James Earl Jones, actor
• Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress
• Eriq La Salle, actor, director
• Queen Latifah, rap musician, actress
• Martin Lawrence, actor and comedian
• Bernie Mac, comedian, actor
• Hattie McDaniel, actress
• Butterfly McQueen, America actress
• Eddie Murphy, actor and comedian
• Thandie Newton, actress
• Jada Pinkett-Smith, actress and model
• 悉尼波伊提尔, actor and director
• Richard Pryor, actor and comedian
• Gloria Reuben, actress
• Ving Rhames, actor
• Paul Robeson, actor and singer
• Holly Robinson-Peete, actress
• Chris Rock, actor and comedian
• Esther Rolle, actress
• Howard E. Rollins, Jr., actor
• Diana Ross, singer
• Sinbad, actor, comedian
• Will Smith, actor and singer
• Wesley Snipes, actor
• Chris Tucker, actor and comedian
• Tina Turner, singer
• Cicely Tyson, actress
• Denzel Washington, actor
• Damon Wayans, actor, comedian
• Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian
• Carl Weathers, actor, former professional football player
• Forest Whitaker, actor, director
• Vanessa Williams, actress, singer
• Flip Wilson, actor, comedian
• Paul Winfield, actor
• Oprah Winfrey, talk-show host, actress
• Alfre Woodward, actress