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Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He rose to fame for his acclaimed portrayals of Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). [ 2][ 3][ 4] Born in Brooklyn, New York City, to an African-American ...
Forest Whitaker. Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went ...
He is perhaps best known for his role as the Drill Sergeant in Forrest Gump (1994). He had a recurring role as the streetwise Jimmy Dawes in In the Heat of the Night from 1989 to 1993. He was nominated for a 2013 NAACP Image Award in the category "Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special" for his performance in Lifetime 's ...
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (/ ˈ j ɑː h i ə /; [1] born July 15, 1986 [2]) is an American actor.He is best known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films Aquaman (2018) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Morpheus / Agent Smith in The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice. He starred in several low-budget "race" [ 1] Western feature films aimed at black audiences, [ 4] Harlem on the Prairie (1937), Two-Gun Man ...
Born in the 1990s-2000s. Ajiona Alexus, actress. Jaylen Barron, actress (half Afro-American, half Mexican) Zazie Beetz (African-American mother), actress [ 1] Rhyon Nicole Brown, actress. Chance The Rapper, rapper. Zendaya Coleman (African-American father), actress and singer [ 2] Jude Demorest, actress. Teala Dunn, actress.
Second African-American actor to receive the award for Best Actor. First time two African-American performers won Oscars in the same year (Halle Berry, Monster's Ball). First African-American actor to win multiple competitive Academy Awards. First and only African-American actor to win Academy Awards in both acting categories (lead and supporting).
Education. University of Louisiana, Lafayette ( BA) New York University ( MFA) Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1998–present. Daniel Sunjata Condon (born December 30, 1971) [1] is an American actor who performs in film, television and theater. He is known for his role as Franco Rivera in the FX television series Rescue Me. [2]