1.
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington has starred in many great movies such as “Malcolm X“,“ Much Ado About Nothing“, „The Bone Collector“. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2002 with „Training Day“.
86 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
2.
Sidney Poitier
He was the first black actor that received an Academy Award. This happened in 1963 for the „Lilies of the Field“ movie.
77 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
3.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
53 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
4.
Forest Whitaker
29 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
5.
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is, without any doubt, one of the best actors in Hollywood. He received many awards for his work, he won an Academy Award for “Million Dollar Baby” and had some other nominations for “The Shawshank Redemption”, “Invictus", "Driving Miss Daisy” and “Street Smart”.
23 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
6.
Don Cheadle
15 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
7.
Samuel L Jackson
14 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
8.
Eddie Murphy
13 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
9.
Chris Tucker
6 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
10.
Mario Van Peebles
5 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
11.
Laurence Fishburne
He began his career in the 1970s, but he is most famous for his „Matrix“ part. He also starred in „Apocalypse Now“, “Mission Impossible III” and CSI TV series.
3 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
12.
Terrence Howard
2 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
13.
Terrance Howard
2 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
14.
Avery Brooks
1 point - added 13 years ago by irina -
15.
Jamie Foxx
-10 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
16.
Bill Cosby
-12 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
17.
Will Smith
Will Smith proved to his audience he can do any kind of part. He starred comedies, like “Men in Black”, action movies like "Independence Day" and drama like “The Pursuit of Happiness” and “Seven Pounds”.
-21 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
18.
Danny Glover
-24 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
19.
Harry Belafonte
-26 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
20.
Chris Rock
-27 points - added 13 years ago by irina -
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