movie__mania

I keep hearing this common theme on the news and by couniclours etc, that balck youths have no role models, and they are not put on TV in order to influence them.

Well anyway I was always going to start a thread on the best black actor around, it just fits in with the news today so, who is the best blacl actor around today, that these young black youths can look up to, they are really quite respectable. But they don’t have street cred, yeah right.


1) Denzel Washington
Samuel L Jackson
Morgan Freeman
Jamie Foxx
5) Tyrese Gibson
Andre Benjamin
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Michael Clark Duncan
Bernie Mac
10) Eddie Murphy


1) Halle Berry
Thandie Newton
Angela Bassett
Nia Long
5) Gabriel Union
Sanaa Lanthan
Queen Latifah
Whoopi Goldberg
Tamala Jones
10)Vanessa Williams

ReelMovieFan

How about Will Smith?

Escape

Notice how Will Smith never curses in his movies? He wouldn't do it in his rap either. I totally respect that about him. He said he doesn't do it because of his wise Grandmother and something she said to him one day. It was enough to deter him away from it anyways so thumbs up to her.

Sci-Fi-Guy

Yeah, I've always thought Will Smith was a great roll model for anyone not just black kids.
Plus some of his big budget movies have been favorites of mine like Independance day and Men in Black.

Samuel L Jackson, Morgan Freeman & Michael Clark Duncan seem to be pretty straight-forward and stand-up guys as well (although sammy J. does have a potty-mouth)

I don't know much about the personalities of the females mentioned there but the fact that Halle Berry played 2 different superhero chicks (Storm and Catwoman), and Whoopi Goldberg was on Star Trek TNG because she's a Trekkie gives both them top spots on my list.

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Morgan Freeman I always liked too.

Another one is Denzel Washington. The dude's been married for almost 25 years so is obviously doing something right with the amount of films he has made over the years and the many woman that must surround him at times too.

Very impressive for sure.

FBI

Thats nice. If u happen to have the article pls post it. I like reading baout inspirational life changing moments.

I am glad we have people like will smith now who doesnt feel he needs to swear and be rude to be cool. I feel that the media promotes and encourages the bad boy/girl image these days and is a terrible example to youngsters.

Escape

Yeah I heard it on an interview he did once.

Come to think of it........didn't his grandmother in I-Robot smack him on the head for saying a bad word? Maybe kind of a wink at his real grandma I'm thinking.

Tyler Durten

lol maybe it was his grandma lmao
you know how directors like to throw in some tricks like that

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Actually Tyler I was thinking that very thing as I was writing what I said above. I just left it out heheh.

I did just look it up and her name was Adrian Ricard so no relation to him. Would have been cool though.

Claireofthemoon

What about Don Cheadle? He's a great actor. More recently he was really good in Talk To Me and Rein On Me.