who is your favorite black actor?
 

some of my favorite performances from each actor. all caps for a classic performance.

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Don Cheadle

TRAFFIC
OUT OF SIGHT
BOOGIE NIGHTS
Colors
Hotel Rwanda



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Laurence Fishburne

THE MATRIX
Event Horizon
Apocalypse Now



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Jamie Foxx

RAY
Collateral
Ali
Any Given Sunday



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Morgan Freeman

SE7EN
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION,
UNFORGIVEN
GLORY
Driving Miss Daisy
Million Dollar Baby
Nurse Betty



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Danny Glover

THE COLOR PURPLE
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lethal Weapon




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Cuba Gooding Jr.

AS GOOD AS IT GETS
JERRY MAGUIRE
A Few Good Men
Boyz n the Hood



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Ice Cube

Friday
Three Kings
Boyz n the Hood



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Samuel L. Jackson

PULP FICTION
The Incredibles
Jackie Brown
Menace II Society




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Delroy Lindo

HEIST
CLOCKERS
Get Shorty



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Eddie Murphy

BOWFINGER
BEVERLY HILLS COP
TRADING PLACES
48 HOURS
Shrek
Shrek 2
The Nutty Professor




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Ving Rhames

OUT OF SIGHT
PULP FICTION
Dave




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Will Smith

ALI
Hitch
Men In Black
Six Degrees of Separation



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Wesley Snipes

White Men Can't Jump
New Jack City



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Chris Tucker

FRIDAY
Rush Hour



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Denzel Washington

MAN ON FIRE
TRAINING DAY
GLORY
The Hurricane
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
A Soldier's Story



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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

Sledgehammer

Mostly comedians,Eddie Murphy,Chris Rock,Richard Pryor,Cosby

No contest: Eddie Murphy

Then down the road: Samuel L. Jackson

Denzel hands down and by far and away, although Will Smith did a great job on 'Ali'

Dave Chapelle
Chris Rock
Don Cheadle

Why did you list like every black actor?

Morgan freeman and Jamie Foxx !! Definitly the best :)

In order :
Denzel Washington
Samuel L Jackson
Cuba Gooding Jr
Will Smith
DMX (never die alone was great)

apart from the ones that everybody knows this guy is very good too:

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I hate this guy Denzel Washington I don't understand how people like him, he seems so fake when he acts.

I actually do like the DMX, he was great in the movie where he came to LA and started selling coke and paying old debts.

Samuel L. Jackson and Will Smith

yep.. same here.. and you can add eddie murphy in comedic roles.

Denzel Washington - not to mention he's gorgeous/sexy
Samuel L Jackson - he's Samuel Jackson
Cuba Gooding Jr - made me cry a couple of times
Will Smith - versatile
Morgan Freeman , Chris Rock

I like Edward Norton

Jack Black :)

Eddie Murphy..

Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Cuba, Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley - they are all great! But Denzel in "Training Day" - 110%

uh, ya... forest whitaker was his last option.

Ever seen ghost dog?

Samuel L. Jackson for sure. That dude is too tough.

Samuel L. Jackson

Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Morgan Freeman
Eddie Murphy

Samual Jackson is great... except in Star Wars. Wasn't his fault, his dialog sucked. They should have brougt in Tarintino to punch up his dialog, you know... let him get midevil on the Sith's ass!

I really liked Tupac Shakur in his last two movies, Gang Related and Gridlock'd.

Terrence Dashon Howard did a great job in "Hustle and Flow". I'd like to see him work more.

Morgan Freeman
Samuel L Jackson
Lawrence Fishburn
Eddie Murphy

denzel. training day

No love for Ernie Hudson :(

cuba gooding.

amazing actor.

are we gonna have a 'whose your favourite white actor' thread next?

Eddie Murphy in Delerious, that is some funny shit, the stuff about Mr. T is funny

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dave chapelle is not an actor, hes a sellout.

[QUOTE=chaze]I hate this guy Denzel Washington I don't understand how people like him, he seems so fake when he acts.

Denzel is the Tom Cruise of black actors.

sam jackson. hes a bad ass mofo. i like his style :)

Don Cheadle
Denzel
Morgan Freeman
Samuel L Jackson

I love Cheadle`s part in Ocean`s Eleven hehe..."We`re in deep barney..rubble..trouble!"

lol :1orglaugh this made me laugh

I'll go with... Wil Smith and Chris Rock

samuel jackson beer maaafucka!! it'll get you drunk!!!

and DMX is a really good actor!! very believeable :thumbsup

Not in order:
Samuel L Jackson
Will Smith
Cuba
Jamie Foxx
Morgan Freeman
Wesley Snipes (Demolition man - come on ya'll!! lol)


Comedians like Chris Rock arent on my list for that reason, they're comedians not actors. and cheadle is on my radar, boogie nights, hotel rwanda and snatch were all good performances, but he aint quite there yet. he needs more hotel rwanda type movies to get on this level.

but anybody without samuel l jackson on their list is a hater!

Denzel is the Tom Hanks of black actors. Actually, he might be a better actor than Hanks imho.

I think Will Smith is such a lame actor

Batts

Devin Deray foooo shooooo!

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Hmmm... Both Denzel and Tom Hanks both had leading roles in Philadelphia. Now let's see.... who got the Oscar?

Sammy Davis Jr.

I like his short yet impressive performance in The Crying Game

Morgan freeman

Samuel L. Jackson
Morgan Freeman
Chris Tucker (don't know why really :))

Great movie! :thumbsup

Samuel L. Jackson, hands down...in jackie brown

mike epps of course

Morgan Freeman
Wesly Snipes
Samuel L. Jackson
Will Smith

Hotel Rwanda is one of the best movies I ever seen :thumbsup