Here's a list of black actors that are very good who i feel don't get enough credit. Ya'll can help me out if i haven't named everybody.

1. Andre Braugher
2. Delroy Lindo
3. Isaiah Washington
4. Mykelti Willamson
5. Dennis Haysbert
6. Bill Nunn
7. Roger Guenveur Smith
8. Frankie Faison
9. Mekhi Phifer
10. Bill Duke(he's also a good director except his A Rage In Harlem movie sucked)
11. Forest Whitaker
12. Clifton Powell
13. Leon
14. Michael Wright
15. Charles S Dutton
16. Keith David
17. Larry Fishburne
18. Chi McBride
19. Danny Glover
20. Terrence Howard
21. Charles Murphy(he's Eddie Murphy's brother)
22. Ving Rhames
23. Mario Van Peebles
24. Larenz Tate(he's played in a lot of crappy movies but he's still a good actor)
25. Michael Beach
26. Bokeem Woodbine
27. Allen Payne
28. Don Cheadle
29. Omar Epps
30. Taye Diggs
31. Morris Chestnut
32. Richard T Jones
33. Jeffrey Wright
34. Blair Underwood
35. Guy Torry
36. Giancarlo Esposito
37. Sean Patrick Thomas
38. Michael Jai White

Why does their race matter? Lots of actors don't get enough credit.

of that list, I'd say Lawrence Fishburne, Mekhi Pfeiffer (hell, Eminem referenced him in a song, even tho he COULD'VE used Denzel or someone bigger) and Danny Glover (not so much nowadays, but 10-15 years ago, he was big) get respect in Hollywood.


I also agree with Nirvana, there's plenty of white actors who never get their due either

I prefer

Morgan Freeman
Wesley Snipes
Larry Fishborn
James Earl Jones

I believe Don Cheadle is well respected in the industry.

Originally posted by Nirvana
Why does their race matter? Lots of actors don't get enough credit.

Originally posted by Nirvana
Why does their race matter? Lots of actors don't get enough credit.

I agree. Look at Graham Greene. He's an Oneida Indian from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, and he hardly gets any credit at all in Hollywood.

I don't really think we should classify anyone by race (check out the political boards if you REALLY want to know why...) but I think a very under-rated actor is Ernie Hudson. He so should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor in HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. He was amazing in that movie.

Originally posted by isiahthomas

9. Mekhi Phifer


He gets credit... leading role on ER, leading role in '8 Mile', yeah...

Originally posted by isiahthomas
17. Larry Fishburne

Two words - The Matrix :rolleyes:

Originally posted by isiahthomas
17. Larry Fishburne
19. Danny Glover
22. Ving Rhames

Okay, you just named three of the most popular and most respected African American actors out there. Okay :confused:

Originally posted by -*Forever*-
LARRY FISHBURNE

Two words - The Matrix :rolleyes:

I agree. This list looks like "every black actor who isn't as big as Denzel, Eddie or Cuba".

That'd be like someone coming out with a list of white actors, and list everyone except for Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson and Jim Carrey. Most of the people he listed are character actors, and most of them get respect for what they do. People like Don Cheadle and Ving Rhames are the African-American versions of Steve Buscemi.

What is Charles Dutton from? I've heard that name

Originally posted by Vera Wang
What is Charles Dutton from? I've heard that name

The tv series "Roc" and movies like
Gothika
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Get on the Bus
A Time to Kill
Nick of Time
Se7en
Low Down Dirty Shame
Rudy
Menace II Society
Mississippi Masala
'Crocodile' Dundee II

Emmy winner for directing the HBO miniseries "The Corner"

^ and don't forget Alien 3

Two words: O.J. Simpson! ;)

Originally posted by AKA
Two words: O.J. Simpson! ;)

:rotflmao:

Charles S Dutton was in Seven with Morgan Freeman & Brad Pitt? Charles directed a new movie with Omar Epps & Meg Ryan called Against The Ropes. It's coming out this month. Charles is in it also & he directed some of the movie in my hometown Cleveland, Ohio.

Originally posted by I am Him
^ and don't forget Alien 3

I know, when I think of Charles S. Dutton, Alien 3 is the first thing I think of, I love those movies

How about most of them. Although some of the things our people make is not worth watching(sometimes). Hollywood is too stereotyped anyway.

Yea there are lots of actors in general who don't get what they deserve, but the majority are black.

Originally posted by isiahthomas
Here's a list of black actors that are very good who i feel don't get enough credit. Ya'll can help me out if i haven't named everybody.

1. Andre Braugher
2. Delroy Lindo
3. Isaiah Washington
4. Mykelti Willamson
5. Dennis Haysbert
6. Bill Nunn
7. Roger Guenveur Smith
8. Frankie Faison
9. Mekhi Phifer
10. Bill Duke(he's also a good director except his A Rage In Harlem movie sucked)
11. Forest Whitaker
12. Clifton Powell
13. Leon
14. Michael Wright
15. Charles S Dutton
16. Keith David
17. Larry Fishburne
18. Chi McBride
19. Danny Glover
20. Terrence Howard
21. Charles Murphy(he's Eddie Murphy's brother)
22. Ving Rhames
23. Mario Van Peebles
24. Larenz Tate(he's played in a lot of crappy movies but he's still a good actor)
25. Michael Beach
26. Bokeem Woodbine
27. Allen Payne
28. Don Cheadle
29. Omar Epps
30. Taye Diggs
31. Morris Chestnut
32. Richard T Jones
33. Jeffrey Wright
34. Blair Underwood
35. Guy Torry
36. Giancarlo Esposito
37. Sean Patrick Thomas
38. Michael Jai White

Epps, Diggs, Underwood, Rhames, Lindo, Hasbert, Nunn, Cheadle, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Queen Latifa, Cuba Gooding Jr are doing very well!! The one actor you forgot I think should had deserved much more roles is Louis Gossett Jr. He won for Supporting Actor in "An Officer & A Gentleman" and he got stuck with crap like the Iron Eagle movies. He deserved much more better!!

Charles S. Dutton also starred in his own series on Fox called "Roc" which was a very good show.

One name...Pam Grier!

Pam Grier is a good actress & a sexy & cute one at that. She's made bad choices the last few yrs in the movies she's been in such as Ghosts Of Mars with Ice Cube & Bones with Snoop Dogg. She now plays on the Showtime network show The L Word. The show is about lesbians. I'm surprised she's playing on a show like that. I haven't watched it because i don't have Showtime. I've seen her on Law & Order Criminal Intent a few times. She's gotten fat.

I think she's still sexy.

Have u seen her on The L Word show yet Brian? Jennifer Beals is also on that show.

No I haven't.