Once discriminated against or relegated to the background as supporting actors, but today black actors are taking Hollywood by storm and it's hard not to appear in any movie. Here we present some icons of the last 50 years who have reached stardom and are great idols and a reference in Hollywood for all types of audiences.
1- Richard Roundtree
Richard Rountree, American actor born in 1942 who gave life to the character of Shaft, a private detective in the early 70s and whose second version premiered in 2000 and was played by Samuel L. Jackson, where Richard Rountree also appeared interpreting the role of another private detective.
2- Morgan Freeman
Morgan Porterfield Freeman has behind him an intense film career with films like Million Dollar Baby in 2005 for which he won an Oscar, and a great successful run in films like Brubaker, Seven, along with Brad Pit, Perpetual Chain, or Nuclear Panic among others. many.
3- Denzel Washington
Actor and director, Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, United States in 1954 with a career full of successes, with 2 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes and many other awards. He immortalized films such as The Pelican Report, The Hidden Plan with Clive Owen, American Gangster, directed by the Englishman Ridley Scott, The Messenger of Fear and so on, surpassing twenty successful films. Without a doubt, a successful career that has established him as one of the best actors of the time.
Masterful performance in Hurricane getting into the character of Rubin Carter.