some of
my favorite performances from each actor. all caps for a classic performance.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000332/
Don Cheadle
TRAFFIC
OUT OF SIGHT
BOOGIE NIGHTS
Colors
Hotel Rwanda
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/
Laurence Fishburne
THE MATRIX
Event Horizon
Apocalypse Now
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0004937/
Jamie Foxx
RAY
Collateral
Ali
Any Given Sunday
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/
Morgan Freeman
SE7EN
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION,
UNFORGIVEN
GLORY
Driving Miss Daisy
Million Dollar Baby
Nurse Betty
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000418/
Danny Glover
THE COLOR PURPLE
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lethal Weapon
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000421/
Cuba Gooding Jr.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
JERRY MAGUIRE
A Few Good Men
Boyz n the Hood
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001084/
Ice Cube
Friday
Three Kings
Boyz n the Hood
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/
Samuel L. Jackson
PULP FICTION
The Incredibles
Jackie Brown
Menace II Society
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0005148/
Delroy Lindo
HEIST
CLOCKERS
Get Shorty
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000552/
Eddie Murphy
BOWFINGER
BEVERLY HILLS COP
TRADING PLACES
48 HOURS
Shrek
Shrek 2
The Nutty Professor
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000609/
Ving Rhames
OUT OF SIGHT
PULP FICTION
Dave
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/
Will Smith
ALI
Hitch
Men In Black
Six Degrees of Separation
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000648/
Wesley Snipes
White Men Can't Jump
New Jack City
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000676/
Chris Tucker
FRIDAY
Rush Hour
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/
Denzel Washington
MAN ON FIRE
TRAINING DAY
GLORY
The Hurricane
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
A Soldier's Story
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001845/
Forest Whitaker
THE COLOR OF MONEY
GHOST DOG
Good Morning, Vietnam
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
here's my top 3:
1) denzel
2) freeman
3) cheadle (and closing fast)
note: any omissions you'd like to see included can be found
here