List of African-American actors
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This is a list of African-American actors by birth order.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African American and a notable actor. The list is organized chronologically, grouping actors by their birth year.
1800 – 1859
- Ira Aldridge – 1807-1867
- James Hewlett – fl. 1821-1849
- Anna Madah Hyers – ca. 1855-1929
- Emma Louise Hyers – ca. 1857-1901
1860s
- Ernest Hogan – 1865-1909
- Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (also known as The Black Patti) – 1868-1933
- George H. Reed – 1866-1952
- Bob Cole – 1868-1911
- Florence Hines – 1868-1924
1870s
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan – 1873-1959
- George Walker – 1873-1911
- Bert Williams – 1874-1922
- Irving Jones – 1874-1932
- John Larkin – 1877-1936
- Bill Robinson – 1878-1949
- Jesse Graves – 1879-1949
- Andrew Tribble – 1879-1935
1880s
- Noble Johnson – 1881-1978
- Clinton Rosemond – 1881-1996
- Frank H. Wilson – 1885-1956
- Sam McDaniel – 1886-1962
- Dooley Wilson – 1886-1953
- Spencer Bell – 1887-1935
- Tim Moore – 1887-1958
- Clarence Muse – 1889-1979
1890s
- Oscar Micheaux – 1884-1951
- Charles R. Moore – 1893-1947
- Ernest Whitman – 1893-1954
- Hattie McDaniel – 1893-1952
- Spencer Williams Jr. – 1893-1969
- Rex Ingram – 1895-1969
- Bill Walker – 1896-1992
- Amanda Randolph – 1896-1967
- Ethel Waters – 1896-1977
- Evelyn Preer – 1896-1932
- Juano Hernandez – 1896-1970
- Johnny Lee – 1898-1965
- Paul Robeson – 1898-1976
- Lillian Randolph – 1898-1980
- Blue Washington – 1898-1970
- Oscar Polk – 1899-1949
- Duke Ellington – 1899-1974
1900s
- Ruby Dandridge – 1900-1987
- Etta Moten – 1901-2004
- Adelaide Hall – 1901–1993
- Jester Hairston – 1901-2000
- Louis Armstrong – 1901-1971
- Louise Beavers – 1902-1962
- Everett Brown – 1902-1953
- Stepin Fetchit – 1902-1985
- Mantan Moreland – 1902-1973
- Fredi Washington – 1903-1994
- James Baskett – 1904-1948
- Pigmeat Markham – 1904-1981
- Eddie Anderson – 1905-1977
- Frederick O'Neal – 1905-1992
- Lillian Yarbo – 1905-1996[1]
- Dudley Dickerson – 1906-1968
- Josephine Baker – 1906-1975
- Theresa Harris – 1906-1985
- Ernestine Wade – 1906-1983
- Fred Toones – 1906-1962
- Victoria Spivey – 1906-1976
- Alvin Childress – 1907-1986
- Cab Calloway – 1907-1994
- Canada Lee – 1907-1952
- Louis Jordan – 1908-1975
- Helen Martin – 1909-2000
- Katherine Dunham – 1909-2006
1910s
- Robert Earl Jones – 1910-2006
- Nick Stewart (also known as Nicodemus or Nick O'Demus) – 1910-2000
- Scatman Crothers – 1910-1986
- Napoleon Whiting – 1910-1984
- Muriel Rahn – 1911-1961
- Rosetta LeNoire – 1911-2002
- Butterfly McQueen – 1911-1995
- Nina Mae McKinney – 1912-1967
- Ernest Morrison – 1912-1989
- Willie Best (also known as Sleep 'n' Eat) – 1913-1962
- Herb Jeffries – 1913-2014
- Anise Boyer – 1914-2008
- Roy Glenn – 1914-1971
- Woody Strode – 1914-1994
- Juanita Moore – 1914-2014
- Fayard Nicholas – 1914-2006
- Francine Everett – 1915-1999
- Jeni Le Gon – 1916-2012
- Ossie Davis – 1917-2005
- Lena Horne – 1917-2010
- Davis Roberts – 1917-1993
- Isabel Sanford – 1917-2004
- Ella Fitzgerald – 1917-1996
- Montrose Hagins – 1917-2012
- James Edwards – 1918-1970
- Pearl Bailey – 1918-1990
- Nipsey Russell – 1918-2005
- Nat 'King' Cole – 1919-1965
- Joe Seneca – 1919-1996
1920s
- Hazel Scott – 1920-1981
- Allen "Farina" Hoskins – 1920-1980
- LaWanda Page – 1920-2002
- Esther Rolle – 1920-1998
- Beah Richards – 1920-2000
- Harold Nicholas – 1921-2000
- Arnold Johnson – 1921-2000
- Ruby Dee – 1922-2014
- Dorothy Dandridge – 1922-1965
- Redd Foxx – 1922-1991
- Roscoe Lee Browne – 1922-2007
- Muriel Smith – 1923-1985
- Julius Harris – 1923-2004
- Cicely Tyson – 1924-2021
- Ella Jenkins – 1924
- William Horace Marshall – 1924-2003
- Matthew "Stymie" Beard – 1925-1981
- Sammy Davis Jr. – 1925-1990
- Earle Hyman – 1926-2017
- Dorothy Steel – 1926-2021
- Rudy Ray Moore – 1927-2008
- Harry Belafonte – 1927-2023
- Rupert Crosse – 1927-1973
- Robert Guillaume – 1927-2017
- Brock Peters – 1927-2005
- Sidney Poitier – 1927-2022
- Eartha Kitt – 1927-2008
- Maya Angelou – 1928-2014
- Leonard Jackson – 1928-2013
- Terry Carter – 1928-2024
- Moses Gunn – 1929-1993
- Roxie Roker – 1929-1995
- Mel Stewart – 1929-2002
- Susie Garrett – 1929-2002
1930s
- Abbey Lincoln – 1930-2010
- Raymond St. Jacques – 1930-1990
- Whitman Mayo – 1930-2001
- Geoffrey Holder – 1930-2014
- James McEachin – 1930
- James Earl Jones – 1931
- Della Reese – 1931-2017
- Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas – 1931-1980
- Ivan Dixon – 1931-2008
- Marla Gibbs – 1931
- Carl Gordon – 1932-2010
- Nichelle Nichols – 1932-2022
- Melvin Van Peebles – 1932-2021
- Rosey Grier – 1932
- J. A. Preston – 1932
- Max Julien – 1933-2022
- Godfrey Cambridge – 1933-1976
- Adolph Caesar – 1933-1986
- Greg Morris – 1933-1996
- Flip Wilson – 1933-1998
- Gloria Foster – 1933-2001
- Wilbert "Bill" Cobbs – 1934
- Ketty Lester – 1934
- Dick Anthony Williams – 1934-2012
- Big Black – 1934
- Diahann Carroll – 1935-2019
- Gail Fisher – 1935-2000
- Lou Myers – 1935-2013
- Irma P. Hall – 1935
- Jim Brown – 1936-2023
- Louis Gossett Jr. – 1936-2024
- Mary Alice – 1936-2022
- Garrett Morris – 1937
- Tony Burton – 1937-2016
- Billy Dee Williams – 1937
- Morgan Freeman – 1937
- Johnny Brown – 1937-2022
- Bill Cosby – 1937
- Ron O'Neal – 1937-2004
- Albert Hall – 1937
- Robert Hooks – 1937
- Sherman Hemsley – 1938-2012
- Fred Williamson – 1938
- Madge Sinclair – 1938-1995
- Jason Bernard – 1938-1996
- Rosalind Cash – 1938-1995
- Roger E. Mosley – 1938-2022
- Reuben Greene – 1938
- Hal Williams – 1938
- John Amos – 1939
- Ron Rich – 1939
- Cleavon Little – 1939-1992
- Clarence Williams III – 1939-2021
- Yaphet Kotto – 1939-2021
- Bernie Casey – 1939-2017
- Thalmus Rasulala – 1939-1991
- Paul Winfield – 1939-2004
- Tina Turner – 1939-2023
- Camille Yarbrough – 1939
- Barbara Montgomery – 1939
- Ed Bernard – 1939
1940s
- Richard Pryor – 1940-2005
- Reynaldo Rey – 1940-2015
- Rosalind Miles – 1940-2022
- Dionne Warwick – 1940
- Willie Tyler – 1940
- Paul Mooney – 1941-2021
- Frank McRae – 1941-2021
- Mittie Lawrence – 1941
- Darlene Love – 1941
- Hope Clarke – 1941
- Harrison Page – 1941
- Ron Pinkard – 1941
- D'Mitch Davis – 1941
- Chas. Floyd Johnson – 1941
- John Witherspoon – 1942-2019
- Aretha Franklin – 1942-2018
- Paula Kelly – 1942-2020
- Art Evans – 1942
- Richard Roundtree – 1942-2023
- Isaac Hayes – 1942-2008
- Lola Falana – 1942
- Ernestine Jackson – 1942
- Freda Payne – 1942
- Henry G. Sanders – 1942
- Al White – 1942
- Renny Roker – 1942
- Bill Duke – 1943
- Leslie Uggams – 1943
- Richard Gant – 1943
- Georg Stanford Brown – 1943
- Marilyn McCoo – 1943
- Gloria Gaynor – 1943
- Carol Woods – 1943
- Annazette Chase – 1943
- Henry Kingi – 1943
- Margaret Avery – 1944
- Tim Reid – 1944
- Patti LaBelle – 1944
- Diana Ross – 1944
- Dwan Smith – 1944
- Jean Bell – 1944
- Tucker Smallwood – 1944
- Roscoe Orman – 1944
- Larry Marshall – 1944
- Beau Billingslea – 1944
- Lou Bellamy – 1944
- Ja'net Dubois – 1945-2020
- Charlie Robinson – 1945-2021
- Vonetta McGee – 1945-2010
- James Avery – 1945-2013
- Ernie Hudson – 1945
- Carol Speed – 1945-2022
- Melba Moore – 1945
- Bubba Smith – 1945-2011
- Hattie Winston – 1945
- Diahnne Abbott – 1945
- Marilyn Joi – 1945
- Earl Billings – 1945
- Clifton Davis – 1945
- Carl Anderson – 1945-2004
- Danny Glover – 1946
- Alaina Reed Hall – 1946-2009
- Michael Warren – 1946
- Herbert Jefferson Jr. – 1946
- James Reynolds (actor) – 1946
- Demond Wilson – 1946
- Ronnie Eckstine – 1946
- Jim Kelly – 1946-2013
- Gregory Hines – 1946-2003
- Ben Vereen – 1946
- Glynn Turman – 1947
- Joe Morton – 1947
- Meshach Taylor – 1947-2014
- Jimmie Walker – 1947
- O. J. Simpson – 1947-2024
- Terry Alexander – 1947
- Arthur Burghardt – 1947
- Richard Lawson – 1947
- Vivian Reed – 1947
- Trina Parks – 1947
- Glory Van Scott – 1947
- Sheila Wills – 1947
- Shirley Hemphill – 1947-1999
- Grace Jones – 1948
- Carl Weathers – 1948-2024
- Phylicia Rashad – 1948
- Avery Brooks – 1948
- Samuel L. Jackson – 1948
- Veronica Redd – 1948
- Anna Maria Horsford – 1948
- Clamma Dale – 1948
- Sheila Frazier – 1948
- Mariann Aalda – 1948
- Telma Hopkins – 1948
- Daphne Maxwell Reid – 1948
- Lynne Thigpen – 1948-2003
- Nell Carter – 1948-2003
- Badja Djola – 1948-2005
- Ted Lange – 1948
- Ilunga Adell – 1948
- Carol Douglas – 1948
- Azizi Johari – 1948
- Ken Foree – 1948
- Pam Grier – 1949
- Philip Michael Thomas – 1949
- Frankie Faison – 1949
- Kene Holliday – 1949
- Ernest Lee Thomas – 1949
- Gloria Hendry – 1949
- Loretta Devine – 1949
- Stephen McKinley Henderson – 1949
- Brenda Sykes – 1949
- Seret Scott – 1949
- Harold Sylvester – 1949
- Franklyn Ajaye – 1949
- Ahmad Rashad – 1949
- Damon Evans – 1949
- Jim Moody – 1949
- Wayne Woodson – 1949
1950s
- Howard E. Rollins Jr. – 1950-1996
- Dorian Harewood – 1950
- Debbie Allen – 1950
- Ben Powers – 1950-2015
- Jo Marie Payton – 1950
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd – 1950-2020
- Thom Barry – 1950
- Obba Babatundé – 1951
- Charles S. Dutton – 1951
- Roz Ryan – 1951
- Dan Martin – 1951
- William Stanford Davis – 1951
- Carl Lumbly – 1951
- Fred Berry – 1951-2003
- Alfre Woodard – 1952
- Delroy Lindo – 1952
- Reginald VelJohnson – 1952
- Julius Carry III – 1952-2008
- Michael Dorn – 1952
- George Wallace – 1952
- Toukie A. Smith – 1952
- Tom Wright – 1952
- Clarke Peters – 1952
- S. Epatha Merkerson – 1952
- Steve James – 1952-1993
- Stan Shaw – 1952
- Lynn Whitfield – 1953
- Robin Harris – 1953-1990
- Robert Wisdom – 1953
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs – 1953
- Bill Nunn – 1953-2016
- Charlayne Woodard – 1953
- Bern Nadette Stanis – 1953
- Francesca P. Roberts – 1953
- Oprah Winfrey – 1954
- Marsha Warfield – 1954
- Dennis Haysbert – 1954
- Ella Joyce – 1954
- James Pickens Jr. – 1954
- Tony Todd – 1954
- Robert Gossett – 1954
- Denzel Washington – 1954
- Shari Belafonte – 1954
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. – 1954
- Lonette McKee – 1954
- Roger Guenveur Smith – 1955
- Whoopi Goldberg – 1955
- Kevin Peter Hall – 1955-1991
- Clarence Gilyard – 1955-2022
- Clifton Powell – 1956
- David Alan Grier – 1956
- Janet Hubert – 1956
- Keith David – 1956
- Debbi Morgan – 1956
- Sinbad – 1956
- Arsenio Hall – 1956
- T. K. Carter – 1956
- Sheryl Lee Ralph – 1956
- Michael Wright – 1956
- Jackée Harry – 1956
- Khandi Alexander – 1957
- Robert Townsend – 1957
- Levar Burton – 1957
- Bernie Mac – 1957-2008
- Steve Harvey – 1957
- Spike Lee – 1957
- Mario Van Peebles – 1957
- Michael Clarke Duncan – 1957-2012
- Mykelti Williamson – 1957
- Jenifer Lewis – 1957
- Suzzanne Douglas – 1957-2021
- Vanessa Bell Calloway – 1957
- Michael Jackson – 1958-2009
- Angela Bassett – 1958
- Reg E. Cathey – 1958-2018
- Giancarlo Esposito – 1958
- Denise Dowse – 1958-2022
- Keenen Ivory Wayans – 1958
- Michael Winslow – 1958
- Tommy Lister Jr. – 1958-2020
- Tony Cox – 1958
- Ice-T – 1958
- Terrence C. Carson – 1958
- Don "D.C." Curry – 1958
- Prince – 1958-2016
- Sabrina Le Beauf – 1958
- Willard E. Pugh – 1958
- Leslie David Baker – 1958
- Tamara Tunie – 1959
- Victoria Rowell – 1959
- Charlie Murphy – 1959-2017
- Irene Cara – 1959-2022
- Ving Rhames – 1959
1960s
- Regina Taylor – 1960
- Courtney B. Vance – 1960
- Haywood Nelson – 1960
- Anne-Marie Johnson – 1960
- Damon Wayans Sr. – 1960
- Rusty Cundieff – 1960
- Stoney Jackson – 1960
- Adele Givens – 1960
- John Henton – 1960
- Glenn Plummer – 1961
- Penny Johnson Jerald – 1961
- Larry Wilmore – 1961
- Gretchen Palmer – 1961
- Mark Curry – 1961
- Chandra Currelley-Young – 1961
- Eddie Murphy – 1961
- Forest Whitaker – 1961
- Laurence Fishburne – 1961
- Dawnn Lewis – 1961
- Kim Wayans – 1961
- Tico Wells – 1961
- Kym Whitley – 1961
- Tim Meadows – 1961
- Kasi Lemmons – 1961
- Geoffrey Owens – 1961
- Larry B. Scott – 1961
- Ralph Carter – 1961
- Lance Reddick – 1962-2023
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh – 1962
- Leon Robinson (usually credited as simply Leon) – 1962
- Michael Jace – 1962
- Kim Coles – 1962
- Eriq La Salle – 1962
- Wesley Snipes – 1962
- Tyra Ferrell – 1962
- Tonya Pinkins – 1962
- Jasmine Guy – 1962
- Joseph C. Phillips – 1962
- Richard Brooks – 1962
- Michael Potts – 1962
- Kevin Grevioux – 1962
- Dwight Henry – 1962
- Andre Braugher – 1962-2023
- Tommy Davidson – 1963
- Adrienne-Joi Johnson – 1963
- Michael Beach – 1963
- Wendell Pierce – 1963
- Dorien Wilson – 1963
- Whitney Houston – 1963-2012
- Isaiah Washington – 1963
- Vanessa L. Williams – 1963
- Vanessa Estelle Williams – 1963
- Darryl M. Bell – 1963
- Harold Perrineau – 1963
- Jennifer Beals – 1963
- D.L. Hughley – 1963
- Rocky Carroll – 1963
- Norm Lewis – 1963
- Lela Rochon – 1964
- Harry Lennix – 1964
- Khalil Kain – 1964
- Christopher B. Duncan – 1964
- Vivica A. Fox – 1964
- Djimon Hounsou – 1964
- Lenny Kravitz – 1964
- Kimberly Russell – 1964
- Taimak Guarriello – 1964
- Wanda Sykes – 1964
- Cedric the Entertainer – 1964
- Shari Headley – 1964
- Theresa Randle – 1964
- Robin Givens – 1964
- Mark Christopher Lawrence – 1964
- Blair Underwood – 1964
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. – 1964
- Sonja Sohn – 1964
- LisaGay Hamilton – 1964
- Thomas Mikal Ford – 1964-2016
- Kevin Michael Richardson – 1964
- Don Cheadle – 1964
- Christopher Judge – 1964
- Charles Parnell – 1964
- J. B. Smoove – 1965
- Viola Davis – 1965
- K. Todd Freeman – 1965
- Jean-Claude La Marre – 1965
- Chris Rock – 1965
- Anthony Johnson – 1965-2021
- Deezer D – 1965-2021
- Martin Lawrence – 1965
- Jeffrey Wright – 1965
- Kadeem Hardison – 1965
- Bill Bellamy – 1965
- Duane Martin – 1965
- Steve Harris – 1965
- Todd Bridges – 1965
- Dr. Dre – 1965
- The Lady of Rage – 1966
- Gina Ravera – 1966
- Janet Jackson – 1966
- Hill Harper – 1966
- Kristoff St. John – 1966-2019
- Gary Anthony Williams – 1966
- Gary Dourdan – 1966
- Halle Berry – 1966
- Michael Michele – 1966
- Michelle Hurd – 1966
- Shanésia Davis-Williams – 1966
- Karyn Parsons-Rockwell – 1966
- Sommore – 1966
- Rachel True – 1966
- Tone Lōc – 1966
- Michael Kenneth Williams – 1966-2021
- David Mann – 1966
- Tamela Mann – 1966
- Jeffrey D. Sams – 1966
- Elise Neal – 1966
- LaVan Davis – 1966
- Toni Braxton – 1967
- Stacey Dash – 1967
- Malik Yoba – 1967
- Phil LaMarr – 1967
- Sherri Shepherd – 1967
- Leslie Jones – 1967
- Michael Jai White – 1967
- Lisa Bonet – 1967
- Salli Richardson – 1967
- Kimberly Elise – 1967
- LisaRaye McCoy – 1967
- Jamie Foxx – 1967
- Melissa De Sousa – 1967
- Wendy Raquel Robinson – 1967
- Mo'Nique – 1967
- Seth Gilliam – 1968
- Tisha Campbell – 1968
- Allen Payne – 1968
- Matthew St. Patrick – 1968
- Cuba Gooding Jr. – 1968
- Orlando Jones – 1968
- Eddie Griffin – 1968
- Terry Crews – 1968
- Phill Lewis – 1968
- Will Smith – 1968
- Tracy Morgan – 1968
- Alex Désert – 1968
- LL Cool J – 1968
- Gary Coleman – 1968-2010
- Andre Royo – 1968
- Mari Morrow – 1968
- Kimberly Brooks – 1968
- Michelle Thomas – 1968-1998
- Faizon Love – 1968
- Kellita Smith – 1968
- Paula Jai Parker – 1969
- Jesse L. Martin – 1969
- Erika Alexander – 1969
- Morris Chestnut – 1969
- Ice Cube – 1969
- Colman Domingo – 1969
- Terrence Howard – 1969
- Mariah Carey – 1969
- Tyler Perry – 1969
- Sean "Diddy" Combs – 1969
- Gina Torres – 1969
- Chandra Wilson – 1969
- Cree Summer – 1969
- D.B. Woodside – 1969
- Dondre Whitfield – 1969
- Bobby Brown – 1969
- Reginald C. Hayes – 1969
- Tichina Arnold – 1969
- Carl Anthony Payne II – 1969
- Wood Harris – 1969
- Victoria Dillard – 1969
- Kim Fields – 1969
- Aunjanue Ellis – 1969
- Trina McGee – 1969
- Rain Pryor – 1969
1970s
- Queen Latifah – 1970
- Cress Williams – 1970
- Aisha Tyler – 1970
- Octavia Spencer – 1970
- Anthony Anderson – 1970
- Shemar Moore – 1970
- Taraji P. Henson – 1970
- Audra McDonald – 1970
- Walter Emanuel Jones – 1970
- Stephen Bishop – 1970
- Henry Simmons – 1970
- Nicole Ari Parker – 1970
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner – 1970
- Mike Epps – 1970
- Golden Brooks – 1970
- Regina Hall – 1970
- Niecy Nash – 1970
- Tammy Townsend – 1970
- DMX – 1970-2021
- Nia Long – 1970
- N'Bushe Wright – 1970
- Retta – 1970
- Anthony "Treach" Criss – 1971
- Taye Diggs – 1971
- Regina King – 1971
- Kenya Moore – 1971
- Erykah Badu – 1971
- Renée Elise Goldsberry – 1971
- Rozonda Thomas – 1971
- Fredro Starr – 1971
- Tasha Smith – 1971
- Shavar Ross – 1971
- Method Man – 1971
- Lamman Rucker – 1971
- Sanaa Lathan – 1971
- Jada Pinkett Smith – 1971
- Chris Tucker – 1971
- Shawn Wayans – 1971
- Katt Williams – 1971
- Mary J. Blige – 1971
- Tupac Shakur – 1971-1996
- Snoop Dogg – 1971
- Keegan-Michael Key – 1971
- Michael-Leon Wooley – 1971
- Monica Calhoun – 1971
- Alfonso Ribeiro – 1971
- Desreta Jackson – 1971
- Richard T. Jones – 1972
- Darrin Henson – 1972
- Dwayne Johnson – 1972
- Common – 1972
- Khary Payton – 1972
- Maya Rudolph – 1972
- Jill Scott – 1972
- Sharon Leal – 1972
- Wentworth Miller – 1972
- Essence Atkins – 1972
- Wayne Brady – 1972
- Persia White – 1972
- Leonard Roberts – 1972
- Anika Noni Rose – 1972
- Marlon Wayans – 1972
- Gabrielle Union – 1972
- Deon Cole – 1972
- Charles Malik Whitfield – 1972
- Tracee Ellis Ross – 1972
- Tyrin Turner – 1972
- Gabriel Casseus – 1972
- Omar Epps – 1973
- Rockmond Dunbar – 1973
- Shawn Harrison – 1973
- Yasiin Bey – 1973
- Tempestt Bledsoe – 1973
- Dave Chappelle – 1973
- Kia Goodwin – 1973
- Kirk "Sticky" Jones – 1973
- Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins – 1973
- Michael Ealy – 1973
- Rob Morgan – 1973
- Keesha Sharp – 1973
- Bokeem Woodbine – 1973
- Brian Hooks – 1973
- Damon Gupton – 1973
- Lamont Bentley – 1973-2005
- Mahershala Ali – 1974
- Donald Faison – 1974
- Russell Hornsby – 1974
- Bumper Robinson – 1974
- Tamala Jones – 1974
- Mekhi Phifer – 1974
- Derek Luke – 1974
- Joy Bryant – 1974
- Taral Hicks – 1974
- Omari Hardwick – 1974
- Chad L. Coleman – 1974
- De'Aundre Bonds – 1974
- Lark Voorhees – 1974
- Nakia Burrise – 1974
- Laz Alonso – 1974
- Isaiah Mustafa – 1974
- Nona Gaye – 1974
- Marsha Stephanie Blake – 1974
- James Monroe Iglehart – 1974
- Tunde Adebimpe – 1975
- Brian White – 1975
- Lauryn Hill – 1975
- Aisha Hinds – 1975
- Malinda Williams – 1975
- Aries Spears – 1975
- 50 Cent – 1975
- Tory Kittles – 1975
- Sharif Atkins – 1975
- Sharon Warren – 1975
- Paula Patton – 1975
- Cherie Johnson – 1975
- Karan Ashley – 1975
- Dulé Hill – 1975
- Coby Bell – 1975
- Larenz Tate – 1975
- Jill Marie Jones – 1975
- Andre Benjamin – 1975
- Antwan André Patton – 1975
- Omar Dorsey – 1975
- Sterling K. Brown – 1976
- Kellie Shanygne Williams – 1976
- Jaleel White – 1976
- Ion Overman – 1976
- Darius McCrary – 1976
- Rashida Jones – 1976
- Rochelle Aytes – 1976
- Omar Gooding – 1976
- Merlin Santana – 1976-2002
- Pooch Hall – 1976
- Mike Colter – 1976
- Mustafa Shakir – 1976
- Shar Jackson – 1976
- Chadwick Boseman – 1976-2020
- Keith Robinson – 1976
- Erica Ash – 1977
- Kerry Washington – 1977
- Chris Bridges – 1977
- Saycon Sengbloh – 1977
- RonReaco Lee – 1977
- Alimi Ballard – 1977
- Robbie Jones – 1977
- Kel Mitchell – 1978
- Wesley Jonathan – 1978
- Tia Mowry – 1978
- Tamera Mowry – 1978
- Tyrese Gibson – 1978
- Kenan Thompson – 1978
- Omar Benson Miller – 1978
- Nelsan Ellis – 1978-2017
- Karimah Westbrook – 1978
- Dana Davis – 1978
- Anthony Mackie – 1978
- Usher Raymond IV – 1978
- Countess Vaughn – 1978
- Danai Gurira – 1978
- Adepero Oduye – 1978
- Gbenga Akinnagbe – 1978
- Lauren Ridloff – 1978
- Deon Richmond – 1978
- Al Shearer – 1978
- Zoe Saldaña – 1978
- John Legend – 1978
- Aaliyah – 1979-2001
- Lil Rel Howery – 1979
- Jason Weaver – 1979
- Kevin Hart – 1979
- Nate Parker – 1979
- Tatyana Ali – 1979
- Keshia Knight Pulliam – 1979
- André Holland – 1979
- Brandy Norwood – 1979
- Tituss Burgess – 1979
- Jordan Peele – 1979
- Cory Hardrict – 1979
- Rutina Wesley – 1979
- Tiffany Haddish – 1979
- Alphonso McAuley – 1979
- Bianca Lawson – 1979
- Damaine Radcliff – 1979
1980s
- Mehcad Brooks – 1980
- Tika Sumpter – 1980
- Sean Nelson – 1980
- Arlen Escarpeta – 1980
- Malcolm Barrett – 1980
- Damien Dante Wayans – 1980
- Nick Cannon – 1980
- Lamorne Morris – 1980
- Neil Brown Jr. – 1980
- William Jackson Harper – 1980
- T.I. – 1980
- Amin Joseph – 1980
- Emayatzy Corinealdi – 1980
- Ashanti – 1980
- Marques Houston – 1981
- Ray J – 1981
- Jennifer Hudson – 1981
- Alicia Keys – 1981
- Meghan Markle – 1981
- Demetrius Grosse – 1981
- Brooklyn Sudano – 1981
- Beyoncé Knowles – 1981
- Leslie Odom Jr. – 1981
- Nnamdi Asomugha – 1981
- Betty Gabriel – 1981
- Jesse Williams – 1981
- Lance Gross – 1981
- Meagan Good – 1981
- Hosea Chanchez – 1981
- Amanda Seales – 1981
- Uzo Aduba – 1981
- Amanda Warren – 1982
- Simone Missick – 1982
- Daveed Diggs – 1982
- DeRay Davis – 1982
- Brandon Scott – 1982
- Damon Wayans Jr. – 1982
- Columbus Short – 1982
- Terrence Jenkins – 1982
- Ron Funches – 1982
- Wolé Parks – 1982
- Jussie Smollett – 1982
- Danielle Deadwyler – 1982
- Eric André – 1983
- Hannibal Buress – 1983
- Donald Glover – 1983
- Brian Tyree Henry – 1983
- Sam Jones III – 1983
- Gabourey Sidibe – 1983
- Parker Sawyers – 1983
- Trai Byers – 1983
- Robert Ri'chard – 1983
- Arjay Smith – 1983
- Tessa Thompson – 1983
- DeVaughn Nixon – 1983
- Yvonne Orji – 1983
- J. Lee – 1984
- Lauren London – 1984
- Janeshia Adams-Ginyard – 1984
- McKinley Belcher III – 1984
- John David Washington – 1984
- Omarion Grandberry – 1984
- Rob Brown – 1984
- Sam Richardson – 1984
- Xosha Roquemore – 1984
- Brandon T. Jackson – 1984
- Quinton Aaron – 1984
- Scott Mescudi – 1984
- Charles Michael Davis – 1984
- Naturi Naughton – 1984
- Lee Thompson Young – 1984-2013
- Dewanda Wise – 1984
- Lena Waithe – 1984
- Fantasia – 1984
- George O. Gore II – 1984
- Sonequa Martin-Green – 1985
- Janelle Monáe – 1985
- Sydney Morton – 1985
- Sydelle Noel – 1985
- Jennifer Freeman – 1985
- Edwin Hodge – 1985
- Raven-Symoné – 1985
- Aja Naomi King – 1985
- Jon Michael Hill – 1985
- Issa Rae – 1985
- Giovonnie Samuels – 1985
- Nicole Beharie – 1985
- Sinqua Walls – 1985
- Ciara – 1985
- Vella Lovell – 1985
- Collins Pennie – 1985
- Ilfenesh Hadera – 1985
- Justin Hires – 1985
- Krystal Joy Brown – 1986
- Bryton James – 1986
- Tahj Mowry – 1986
- Sasheer Zamata – 1986
- Aldis Hodge – 1986
- Elijah Kelley – 1986
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – 1986
- Condola Rashad – 1986
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph – 1986
- Jurnee Smollett – 1986
- Markice Moore – 1986
- Raquel Lee – 1986
- Marcus T. Paulk – 1986
- Amber Stevens West – 1986
- Kyla Pratt – 1986
- Kali Hawk – 1986
- Natalie Paul – 1986
- Samira Wiley – 1987
- Bre-Z – 1987
- Margot Bingham – 1987
- Michael B. Jordan – 1987
- Jerrod Carmichael – 1987
- Ray Fisher – 1987
- Jermaine Fowler – 1987
- Jay Pharoah – 1987
- Shad Moss – 1987
- Jason Mitchell – 1987
- Naya Rivera – 1987-2020
- Teyonah Parris – 1987
- Samira Wiley – 1987
- Christel Khalil – 1987
- Orlando Brown – 1987
- Corey Hawkins – 1988
- Evan Ross – 1988
- Zoe Kravitz – 1988
- Jazz Raycole – 1988
- Melvin Gregg – 1988
- Jovan Adepo – 1988
- Kendrick Sampson – 1988
- Aaron Moten – 1988
- Y'lan Noel – 1988
- Jordin Sparks – 1989
- Tristan Wilds – 1989
- Danielle Brooks – 1989
- Logan Browning – 1989
- Jonathan Majors – 1989
- Jake Smollett – 1989
- Nafessa Williams – 1989
- Kat Graham – 1989
- Shareeka Epps – 1989
- Jessica Williams – 1989
1990s
- Chris Warren – 1990
- Christopher Massey – 1990
- Trevante Rhodes – 1990
- Jeremy Suarez – 1990
- Jasmine Richards – 1990
- Lil' JJ – 1990
- Moses J. Moseley – 1990-2022
- Dewayne Perkins – 1990
- Camille Winbush – 1990
- Jordan Calloway – 1990
- Marc John Jefferies – 1990
- Tom Williamson – 1990
- Denzel Whitaker – 1990
- Tristin Mays – 1990
- Ciara Renée – 1990
- Kristinia DeBarge – 1990
- Shaunette Renée Wilson – 1990
- Rye Rye – 1990
- Taylour Paige – 1990
- Camille Winbush – 1990
- Teyana Taylor – 1990
- Laura Harrier – 1990
- Lakeith Stanfield – 1991
- Zora Howard – 1991
- Dominique Fishback – 1991
- Rome Flynn – 1991
- Kyle Massey – 1991
- Kiki Layne – 1991
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. – 1991
- Roshon Fegan – 1991
- Daniel Curtis Lee – 1991
- Cole Hawkins – 1991
- Quincy – 1991
- Maestro Harrell – 1991
- Ryan Coleman – 1991
- Clark Moore – 1991
- Edred Utomi – 1991
- Broderick Hunter – 1991
- Tyler, the Creator – 1991
- Mya Taylor – 1991
- Zazie Beetz – 1991
- Ariana DeBose – 1991
- Laci Mosley – 1991
- Lex Scott Davis – 1991
- Hannah Hodson – 1991
- Sukihana – 1991
- Michaela Jaé Rodriguez – 1991
- Samantha Marie Ware – 1991
- Alexandra Grey – 1991
- Azealia Banks – 1991
- Dexter Darden – 1991
- Jermaine Crawford – 1992
- Doc Shaw – 1992
- Malcolm David Kelley – 1992
- Jessie T. Usher – 1992
- Jacob Artist – 1992
- Tyler James Williams – 1992
- Doc Shaw – 1992
- Tequan Richmond – 1992
- Rhyon Nicole Brown – 1992
- Paige Hurd – 1992
- Tiffany Evans – 1992
- Diona Reasonover – 1992
- Alexis Jordan – 1992
- Zainab Johnson – 1992
- Brianna Perry – 1992
- Ashley Romans – 1992
- Loren Lott – 1992
- Phyllis Yvonne Stickney – 1992
- Keith Powers – 1992
- Paige Hurd – 1992
- Raven Goodwin – 1992
- Leon Thomas III – 1993
- Antoinette Robertson – 1993
- Keke Palmer – 1993
- Imani Hakim – 1993
- Bryshere Y. Gray – 1993
- Shane Paul McGhie – 1993
- Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – 1993
- Joseph David-Jones – 1993
- Mishon Ratliff – 1993
- Brandon Micheal Hall – 1993
- Marcus Carl Franklin – 1993
- Carlos Knight – 1993
- Jak Knight – 1993-2022
- Desi Banks – 1993
- Kiersey Clemons – 1993
- Tayla Parx – 1993
- Skye Townsend – 1993
- Alexis Floyd – 1993
- Pepi Sonuga – 1993
- Isabelle McCalla – 1993
- Christiani Pitts – 1993
- Kaye Singleton – 1993
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. – 1994
- Algee Smith – 1994
- Solea Pfeiffer – 1994
- Ebony Obsidian – 1994
- Eli Goree – 1994
- Na-Kel Smith – 1994
- Mandela Van Peebles – 1994
- Sierra McClain – 1994
- Jimmie Fails – 1994
- Ryan Jamaal Swain – 1994
- Isaac Cole Powell – 1994
- Jordan Donica – 1994
- Arif Zahir – 1994
- Travis Bennett – 1994
- Moses Ingram – 1994
- Corinne Foxx – 1994
- Aurora Perrineau – 1994
- Jasmin Savoy Brown – 1994
- Chanté Adams – 1994
- Moonbear – 1994
- Ahya Simone – 1994
- Taylor Russell – 1994
- Mica Burton – 1994
- Jaz Sinclair – 1994
- Sasha Lane – 1995
- Shameik Moore – 1995
- Parker McKenna Posey – 1995
- Justine Skye – 1995
- Justice Smith – 1995
- Ashton Sanders – 1995
- RJ Cyler – 1995
- Jake Cannavale – 1995
- Noah Gray-Cabey – 1995
- Philip Daniel Bolden – 1995
- Khalid Moultrie – 1995
- Nicholas L. Ashe – 1995
- Serayah – 1995
- Ryan Destiny – 1995
- Zoë Soul – 1995
- Rachel Hilson – 1995
- Ayo Edebiri – 1995
- Zendaya – 1996
- Ajiona Alexus – 1996
- Teala Dunn – 1996
- Dee Dee Davis – 1996
- Tati Gabrielle – 1996
- Trevor Jackson – 1996
- Jacob Latimore – 1996
- Mason Gooding – 1996
- Michael Evans Behling – 1996
- Bobbe J. Thompson – 1996
- Jamia Simone Nash – 1996
- Cymphonique Miller – 1996
- Brittany O'Grady – 1996
- Astro – 1996
- C. J. Sanders – 1996
- Nadji Jeter – 1996
- Khylin Rhambo – 1996
- Rickey Thompson – 1996
- Jason Ivy – 1996
- Shanice Williams – 1996
- Brittany O'Grady – 1996
- Reign Edwards – 1996
- Eva Reign – 1996
- Aleyse Shannon – 1996
- Tyrel Jackson Williams – 1997
- Jaafar Jackson – 1997
- Jaylen Barron – 1997
- Lauryn McClain – 1997
- Sydney Park – 1997
- Quintessa Swindell – 1997
- Dominique Thorne – 1997
- H.E.R. – 1997
- Jharrel Jerome – 1997
- Brett Gray – 1997
- Jayme Lawson – 1997
- Zoe Renee – 1997
- Alyah Chanelle Scott – 1997
- Zoe Renee – 1997
- Chloe Bailey – 1998
- Jaden Smith – 1998
- Coco Jones – 1998
- Lovie Simone – 1998
- China Anne McClain – 1998
- Amandla Stenberg – 1998
- Madison Pettis – 1998
- Coy Stewart – 1998
- Khamani Griffin – 1998
- Paris Jackson – 1998
- Olly Sholotan – 1998
- Rachel Crow – 1998
- Kiara Muhammad – 1998
- Anjelika Washington – 1998
- Antonia Gentry – 1998
- Jaylen Barron – 1998
- Helena Howard – 1998
- Leeah D. Jackson – 1998
- Lorna Courtney – 1998
- Cameron Boyce – 1999-2019
- Diamond White – 1999
- Nathaniel J. Potvin – 1999
- Hailey Kilgore – 1999
- Jadagrace – 1999
- Lee Rodriguez – 1999
- Genneya Walton – 1999
- Myles Frost – 1999
2000s
- Halle Bailey – 2000
- Daniella Perkins – 2000
- Marcus Scribner – 2000
- Yara Shahidi – 2000
- Willow Smith – 2000
- Maliq Johnson – 2000
- Iman Benson – 2000
- Celia Rose Gooding – 2000
- Riele Downs – 2001
- Caleb McLaughlin – 2001
- Tylen Jacob Williams – 2001
- Chosen Jacobs – 2001
- Niles Fitch – 2001
- Jahking Guillory – 2001
- Khalil Everage – 2001
- Skai Jackson – 2002
- Myles Truitt – 2002
- Kida Burns – 2002
- Troi Zee – 2002
- Bailey Bass – 2003
- Sydney Mikayla – 2003
- Storm Reid – 2003
- Quvenzhané Wallis – 2003
- Terrell Ransom Jr. – 2003
- Caleel Harris – 2003
- Sayeed Shahidi – 2003
- Jahi Di'Allo Winston – 2003
- Marsai Martin – 2004
- Alex R. Hibbert – 2004
- Miles Brown – 2004
- Sofia Wylie – 2004
- Kaci Walfall – 2004
- Mia Isaac – 2004
- Shahadi Wright Joseph – 2005
- Arica Himmel – 2005
- Kyliegh Curran – 2005
- Issac Ryan Brown – 2005
- Trinitee Stokes – 2006
- Priah Ferguson – 2006
- Jalyn Hall – 2006
- JD McCrary – 2006
- Dallas Dupree Young – 2006
- Faithe Herman – 2007
- Lonnie Chavis – 2007
- Saniyya Sidney – 2006
- Demi Singleton – 2007
- Seth Carr – 2007
- Keith L. Williams – 2007
- Chloe Coleman – 2008
- Calah Lane – 2009
- Jahzir Bruno – 2009
- Leah Jeffries – 2009
- Samaya Clark-Gabriel – 2009
- Madalen Mills – 2009
See also
References
- ^ Parsons, Louella. "News and Gossip of the World: Magic in a Name". The Lexington Herald. May 3, 1938. Page 3. Retrieved January 28, 2021.