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This is a list of African-American actors by alphabetical order. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African American and a notable actor.
Pages in category "African-American male actors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 684 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It includes actors that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
First Black actor to direct himself to an Oscar nomination (for acting only). First Black actor to be nominated for both acting and producing (Best Picture) in the same year. 2017: Roman J. Israel, Esq. Roman J. Israel Nominated Denzel Washington is the first African-American actor to be nominated two years in a row. Daniel Kaluuya
George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams in In Dahomey (1903), the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African Americans. Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. [1]
Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) [1] [note 1] is an American actor and martial artist. He is the first Black American to portray a major comic book superhero [3] starring as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. [note 2] White appeared as Marcus Williams in the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married?
This is a list of former African-American child actors. These actors were aged 17 or less at the time they started acting but are currently 18 or over. The list also includes deceased child actors. Movies and/or TV series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.