American male actors are African American. The most beautiful black actresses

Continuation of our most (in) politically correct top, which features 9 more damn cool blacks. So cool that you definitely wouldn't want to meet them in a dark alley. However, in a dark alley, you simply would not notice these black guys. And in vain!

NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT TOP
PART 2 OF 3

Footnotes:
Bro- Brother
Brotherhood- lads
Bullet- a year in county jail
Chingasos- this is a fight, not what you thought; whatever you think
Crew- team
drug- drug
gang- gang
Gat- weapon
Jail– zone; zone - prison; don't get out of prison
Loot- rob
Nigga- black
playa- one who has achieved great respect, a player in a big game.
respect- respect
Sell- sell
Skill- money
Steegmat– gay
Tecato- heroin addict
Wiggaz is the whites that portray a nigga
White figurine- Oscar.

He could be called black Vin Diesel if Paul Walker did not participate in the Fast and the Furious franchise, so diligently pushing Diesel into the background that it becomes clear that the real black man is Walker. Yet Tyrese is the fastest of the black brothers in our top and definitely very cool; if you forget about any misunderstandings, such as "Baby" and "Duel", all his roles are typical false-gloomy blacks who first shoot and then joke ("Transformers 1-3", "Death Race", "Blood for Blood ”), and sometimes they joke first, then they shoot, and then they joke again. Or they don’t shoot at all, but they look like they’re about to shoot you or even bite you.

He gets the main roles with a creak, but he works out the role of a brutal partner to the fullest, even if Jason Statham needs help, whose assistant is like a cart's fifth wheel.

Profile: Talk too much, drive cars and talk too much about how he drives cars.
Career zenith: Entered the "dream team" "Fast and the Furious 5", which proved his worth to the franchise.
Rap: Fuck yeah, released as many as five albums that someone even bought.
Respect for: The second, fifth, sixth and seventh (in advance) Fast and Furious.

The famous partner of Tom Cruise and no less famous rape victim in an even more famous film by Quentin Tarantino. Obese, as if eternally dissatisfied with something, bald and gloomy Ving Rhames. It is hard to imagine that this minor performer, as a rule, has a powerful track record in 111 paintings, and six more are being prepared for release.

Wing also theater actor, and he staged his main performance at the Golden Globes in 1998, when, having received an award, he immediately called another nominee, old Jack Lemmon, from the hall, and, in tears, handed over the prize to him. It is not known how uncomfortable Lemmon felt, but Wing, as they say, played perfectly. He starred in the films "Resurrecting the Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead", but only one of them was about zombies.

Profile: Obese disgruntled black American.
Career zenith: Like all major actors pulp fiction”, except for Bruce Willis, is it; in particular, the episode with Zed.
Tecato: Shit no!
Ma name is ma name: Shit no, real name is Irving Ramses Rhames.
Respect for: Patch.

Filming for the last 25 years in a worthless B-movie, but lighting up in the distant 70s and 80s, an actor who never claimed either a white statuette or even a much more democratic (read, pop) MTV channel award.

But still, how he rocked in "Rocky 1-4" and "Predator"! Of course, the eggs of both Sly and Schwartz invariably turned out to be cooler and in general they, like the last whites, pulled the blanket over themselves, but Carl has since fallen in love with the audience. The only pity is that for a quarter of a century he has not been given really tasty roles, as a result of which there is not as much skilla as we would like.

Profile: Be cool.
Career zenith: The only one who could measure his strength almost on an equal footing with the young Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
Respect for: Those 15 rounds in 1976...

Another black hero of the feature film "Amistad", this time - the main one. In life, Hunsu is a native of Africa, a French drifter, a model, and later a Los Angeles actor. He is best known for roles in historical films (in addition to the mentioned Amistad, he starred in Gladiator and Four Feathers), as well as for his truly brutal face. Djimon has no scars and, as a rule, he does not make faces, just all the absurd pain of being homeless in Paris could not pass without a trace. The actor seems to be always at the limit of seriousness, suffering and anger at the same time.

In the early stages of his career, he worked part-time in TV shows that seemed completely incompatible with his infernal appearance: Beverly Hills 90210, The Wild Thornberry Family and Ambulance". At a later stage, he also did not forget this field and starred in "Spy".

Profile: If Satan were black.
Career zenith: He led a slave uprising on the ship Amistad.
Gangsta: Shit no, he raised his skills in the modeling business.
Respect for: Went up the streets, got rich, didn't die.

On this moment we all beloved sergeant Mertau starred in 133 feature films and serials (moreover, in "2012" he even repeated the success of Morgan Freeman and played the president), and in the near future he will replenish his piggy bank with 11 more roles. Glory rather late caught up with this charismatic stately uncle, world fame he got it already after forty, and he played his first at least somewhat noticeable role at almost forty. But, as you know, it is not so important when exactly to get respect, the main thing is in this life.

In addition to a rich, albeit not leading roles, acting career, Danny Glover is known for his social activities. He is practically the Bono of the black world, a UN goodwill ambassador, a champion of prosperity and well-being, an opponent of racism and the Hugo Boss brand.

Profile: The one who is always too old for this shit.
Career zenith: Sat on the toilet with a bomb.
Rap: Shit no, he is too old for this shit!
Respect for: Was not a pussy, confidently took the place of Schwarzenegger in the sequel to "Predator" and endured his shame until the credits, without flinching.

A TV star who you could say would deserve a lot more if it was really just TV and not HBO. One of the main characters in Obama's favorite TV series The Wire, the most charismatic black man for all five seasons (and he manages to achieve this in three), a lanky gangster economist with a shrewd look of a kite. After The Wire, Idris Elba received the main and diametrical role in the television series Luther, and then received an Emmy for her.

For a long time, this actor was not easily seen in a big movie, he flashed in "28 Weeks Later", in "The Unborn" and "Rock and Roll", but then he could already be seen among the main characters in the films of such titans as Guillermo del Toro and Ridley Scott (however, in "Prometheus" and "Pacific Rim" he played essentially the same role). And if you ever need to play the wise boa constrictor Kaa in human form, there is no better candidate for this role.

Profile: Basketball drug dealer.
Career zenith: Went to lectures on economics to better sell heroin.
Ma name is ma name: Fuck yeah, didn't change my native name.
Respect for: Not shaken by his reputation and starred in Ghost Rider 2.

The most good-natured black actor in Hollywood, who paradoxically took his Oscar for the sensational role of the cruelest dictator Dada Amin. For this job, Forest, in general, had to become as overweight as we all know him. That's why it's hard to believe that the actor was seriously fond of sports at school and college, up to a spinal injury, and now he often meditates and boasts a black belt in karate.

This, along with undoubted acting talents, provided Forest with another unforgettable job in the cinema: the role of a modern killer, an adherent of ancient Eastern traditions, in Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. There appears literally the quintessence of Whitaker's main role - a silent, meditative bro, looking for a long time somewhere definitely below the stars. This is facilitated not only by the facial expressions of the actor, but also by the disease of the left eyelid, ptosis, which does not allow him to fully open up, but, it seems, allows Whitaker himself to fully open up.

Profile: A philosophizing tyrant.
Career zenith: He put on the uniform of Uganda and shouted from the podium.
Jail: Shit no!
Respect for: Communicated in English with an ice cream man who knew only French.

Outstanding physical form(height 196 cm, weight 142 kg!) helped Duncan work as a bouncer in Chicago and a bodyguard in Los Angeles, she also helped him get into the movies and naturally gain a foothold in the top ten coolest black guys. Once looking at his exaggerated figure, it was already impossible to forget. Frank Darabont, who directed The Green Mile, also helped in this, where the already rather big actor was diligently enlarged, turning into a real giant. Many viewers still think that he is as huge as his character John Coffey, and some suspect that he even knows how to resurrect mice.

Despite all his numerous kilograms of muscle, Michael Clarke Duncan was remembered by the audience mainly for the comedic images of Bugai (“Armageddon”) and Frankie Figgs (“9 Yards”), where he played with a pale-faced Bruce Willis. In 2012, he snatched a month and a half from death, miraculously (and the quickness of his girlfriend) surviving after a heart attack.

Profile: Charming mountain of muscles.
Career zenith: He let Tom Hanks execute him.
Jail: Only in the Green Mile, but even there he was just an angel.
Respect for: He dropped out of university to support his sick mother and sister.

Surprisingly, dark colors attract mosquitoes 10-20% more than light ones. But larger bloodsuckers shy away from any suspicious dark subjects. If in real world and there are vampires, even they respect Snipes. Because it's practically Chuck Norris, only without a hat and black, i.e. still at least a little fashion. He owns capoeira, which he does not get tired of convincing his opponents, whom he breaks his arms and legs with grace and crunch.

The range of Snipes' emotions shown is not very large: it is either a gloomy seriousness or a sly smile. All emotions are usually shown to the on-screen opponent just before the latter's knockout.

Like any self-respecting black:
a) Played a basketball player. In a comedy mockingly titled "White People Can't Jump";
B) refused to pay white taxes. For which he landed in the zone. However, he enthusiastically played the former prisoner in The Destroyer, so he did not disappear.

Profile: Half-dance-half-fight.
Career zenith: Kick ass to all vampires, including Dracula.
Jail: Fuck yeah, hit 3 bullets in Pennsylvania.
Respect for: Doesn't rap.

Igor Talalaev, Anton Minasov

He spent his childhood in Chatnuga, Tennessee. His father left the family, and little Sam was raised by his mother and grandparents. In general, little foreshadowed that Samuel would become a Hollywood star, and even a cult one. In addition to Pulp Fiction, he also has such tapes as Django Unchained.", several parts " star wars"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, "The Hateful Eight" etc.

Eddie Murphy

Once this guy could be called a black actor No. 1! The peak of his popularity came in the 80s. Perhaps the best and most important black comedian of our time. Best known for his role as Axel Foley in the Brwerly Hills Cop series of films, as well as for the main roles in the films Trading Places, Boomerang, Doctor Dolittle, Coming to America, How to Steal a Skyscraper and others. . Murphy also recorded music albums and voiced several cartoon characters, including Donkey in the cartoon "Shrek" and its sequels.

Halle Berry

Halle Berry is the first black actress in film history to win an Oscar for Best Actress. She is also a Golden Globe and Emmy winner. Her filmography includes such super-pictures as Cloud Atlas, several parts of X-Men, Perfect Stranger", "Die but not now"etc. She is also a model, a shark charmer, a Catwomanand just beautiful!

Will Smith

At the beginning of his career, everyone perceived this guy as a comedic joker of their "Men in Black" and a hip-hop artist. But after the release of the wonderful film "The Pursuit of Happyness", it turned out that he was a wonderful dramatic actor (something that Eddie Murphy never managed to do). Then there was the biographical drama "Ali", the philosophical picture "Seven Lives" and one of his last works "Ghostly Beauty".

Octavia Spencer

She is well known to us as an actress of supporting series - where she just did not star in: this is ER, The X-Files, C.S.I. Crime Scene, The Big Bang Theory, but she deserves more. First, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in The Help. Secondly, she starred in more than a hundred films, including Divergent, Seven Lives and, of course, Hidden Figures.

Morgan Freeman


It's absolutely legendary actor!!! I am sure that someday he will be given an Oscar for special achievements - not a single failed role in the entire acting career!!! As soon as he appeared in the legendary drama The Shawshank Redemption, he was immediately nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category for this film, but received it only 10 years later for his role in the film Million Dollar Baby. It is simply impossible to count his cult roles - there are several dozen of them!

Whoopi Goldberg

The queen of comedy, universally and popularly loved by Whoopi ... And how can you not love her at all. She has never had a unique beauty, but her talent overshadows all possible limits and standards of cinema. One of the few celebrities awarded four main American prestigious awards: Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony. Her collection of awards also includes two Golden Globes, a BAFTA and a Star on the Walk of Fame. Undoubtedly, Whoopi Goldberg is one of the brightest Hollywood stars of the 80-90s! It's a pity that there are no roles for her in modern Hollywood ((

Forest Whitaker

Denzel Washington

In anticipation of the release of a wonderful film on ivi " Hidden Figures”(the premiere is expected on April 12), we decided to touch on such an interesting and almost unknown issue in our area as a cult black movie, as well as the most interesting black actors and actresses.

That one-of-a-kind Jules, the preaching gangster in " pulp fiction". Born in Chatnuga, Tennessee. His father left the family, and little Sam was raised by his mother and grandparents. In general, little foreshadowed that Samuel would become a Hollywood star, and even a cult one. In addition to "Pulp Fiction", he also has such tapes as " Django Unchained", several parts of "Star Wars", " Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" And " Hateful Eight».

Once upon a time, this guy could be called the No. 1 black actor - the peak of his popularity came in the 80s. He is still listed as the best and most important black comedy actor of our time. He is best known for his role as Axel Foley in the film series Beverly Hills Cop", as well as the main roles in the films "Swap Places", "Boomerang", " Dr. Dolittle», « Trip to America», « How to steal a skyscraper"and others. Murphy also recorded music albums and voiced several cartoon characters, including Donkey in the cartoon " shrek and its sequels.

Halle Berry is the first black actress in film history to win an Oscar for Best Actress. She is also a Golden Globe and Emmy winner. In her filmography there are such super-pictures as " Cloud Atlas”, several parts of“ X-Men ”,“ The Perfect Stranger», « Die but not now"and others. She is also a model, a shark charmer, Catwoman and just a beauty.

At the beginning of his career, everyone perceived this guy as their comedic merry fellow. The men in black and a hip-hop artist. But after the release of a wonderful film " The Pursuit of Happyness”, it turned out that he was a wonderful dramatic actor (something that did not work out, for example, Eddie Murphy). Then there was another biographical drama " Ali", a philosophical picture " Seven lives"and one of his last works" ghostly beauty».

Yes, in Russia, unfortunately, this actress is not as well known as she deserves. First, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for " servant". Secondly, where she just didn’t star: these are the series “ Ambulance», « Secret materials”, “C.S.I. Crime scene", " The Big Bang Theory", and more than a hundred films, among which" Divergent», « Seven lives" and of course " Hidden Figures».

We fell in love with this guy as soon as he appeared in the legendary drama " The Shawshank Redemption". He was even nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Actor" for this film, but received it only 10 years later for his role in the film " baby in a million". It is simply impossible to count his cult roles - there are several dozen of them. This is an absolutely legendary actor and we are sure that someday he will be given an Oscar for special achievements.

The same guy who will remain in our hearts forever, like the guy who played the role of Driss in the movie " 1+1 for which he received the Cesar Award. He has a lot in common with his main character - Omar was born in the family of a cleaning lady and a worker from Senegal, as expected, in a poor area, the 4th of 8 children. He has also worked in such films as " Chocolate», « X-Men: Days of Future Past" and etc.

The queen of comedy, despite the color of her skin, is universally and popularly loved by Whoopi ... And how can one not love her at all ?! She has never had a standard beauty, but her talent overshadows all possible limits and standards of cinema. One of the few celebrities who has won four major American prestigious awards: Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony. Her collection of awards also includes two Golden Globes, a BAFTA and a Star on the Walk of Fame. Undoubtedly, Whoopi Goldberg is one of the brightest black Hollywood stars of all time.

This modest guy with a charming smile became the fourth African American to receive an Oscar for Best Actor. The award went to him for his role as President of Uganda, General Idi Amin, in the film " Last King of Scotland”, for the last of which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. Well, global success came to her thanks to the role of Cookie Lyon, the main character in the series " Empire". The role earned her a Golden Globe.

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The scientific community has eaten more than one dog on discrimination: anti-Semitism in Soviet science deprived us of a galaxy of outstanding scientists and discoverers, womenwere not allowed into universities and laboratories, and black scientists, if they got into the highest circles of the scientific community, then with great effort. Instead of wasting precious time on research and experimentation, scientists fought against racism and discrimination. RBC Lifestyle made a selection of ten black inventors, mathematicians and chemists who changed the world.

Astronomer, farmer, politician and surveyor Benjamin Banneker lived in Maryland in the 18th century. He was born to a freed African woman, Mary, and a former slave from New Guinea, Robert. Showing an unprecedented interest in science, Benneker worked independently, studying the basics of physics and geography here and there. At the age of 22, the young scientist was already designing watches and other amusing mechanisms with might and main, and helping his neighbors to survey territories. He later became famous for his series of astronomical almanacs, which proved to be commercially successful. Besides, Benneker corresponded with the father of American democracy, Thomas Jefferson, discussing issues of slavery and racism. Now, however, they say that the merits of the scientist are exaggerated against the background of the struggle for equality, but there is no doubt that his life and work was amazing (primarily because of the time in which it took place).

The founder of the world's first blood banks devoted his entire life to medicine. He was lucky not only to be born a talented scientist, but also to graduate from two universities: McGill in Montreal and Columbia. In those days, there were almost no black students in US universities. Charles developed a blood transfusion and storage system that saved thousands of soldiers' lives during World War II. In addition to the United States, his program has also been successfully introduced into military medicine in the UK.

Drew devoted much of his energy to convincing the United States authorities that black blood was suitable for transfusion, including to white patients. Despite this, white and black blood were stored separately in US blood banks for a very long time.

Cardiologist Daniel Williams is the second person in the history of medicine, who in 1893 performed a successful operation on the pericardium - the outer shell of the heart (the first was Henry Dalton). The decision to operate was made on an emergency basis: the patient, who was taken to the hospital late in the evening, was dying. Williams decided to operate early in the morning.

He graduated from the University of Chicago with honors, but Illinois state laws at the time prevented black doctors from working in public hospitals. Without thinking twice, the doctor founded his Providence hospital, and later established a nursing school based on it, which taught the mostly black population of Chicago. The hospital became the first non-segregated medical facility in the country. He founded the Association of African American Doctors, and towards the end of his life he was recognized at the state level and made honorary chairman of the National Association of Surgeons.

Dr. Chappelle began his career as an assistant professor at the University of Nashville. Having shown remarkable abilities in the field of natural sciences, he successfully got a job as a biochemist in the Hachelton laboratory in 1963, where he made a series important discoveries, which allowed to accelerate the pace of space exploration. First, he noticed that even elementary green organisms, such as unicellular algae, produce oxygen. This knowledge is still being used to ensure the life of astronauts going into orbit. In addition, Chappelle studied the reaction of living organisms to light and their interaction with environment. His research led to the development of the technology that NASA is now trying to apply in the search for life on Mars.

The winner of the Goldon Bell Award (an annual award for excellence in high performance computing) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in New York has pushed the mathematical and technological sciences forward all his life. The Nigerian-born created the Connection Machine, a family of supercomputers that can calculate numbers beyond the reach of the human brain. On the basis of the Massachusetts Polytechnic University, Emegwali worked in a team that was called upon to create artificial intelligence, but their developments did not lead to anything in this area, so the scientists switched to high-precision computing.

Bath was born in Harlem to African immigrant parents. Her father wrote a column for the local paper and was the first black employee on the New York subway. The Bat family highly valued knowledge, which inspired the girl to apply for a grant from Yeshiva University and win it while still at school. So she decided to become a physician and devote her career to working on vision problems.

Bath soon became a doctor of medical sciences and began working at the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. In the same place, the woman noticed that due to the social gap, black people suffer from blindness much more often than whites: they simply did not have time to treat and prevent problems. Bath began to do this, opening a charity clinic.

You can’t call Garrett Morgan a scientist in the truest sense of the word, but he got the nickname “black Edison” for a reason: this man invented a traffic light, a gas mask and a chemical composition for straightening curly hair. Morgan came up with a traffic light after having an accident: apparently, the carelessness of the drivers did its job. In 1923, he patented the "automatic traffic controller" and was later bought by the American corporation General Electric for $40 million. his death.

Professor of Statistics at the University of California at Berkeley invented mathematical methods statistical analysis financial markets(the Rao-Blackwell theorem), which have enriched more than a dozen modern brokers and businessmen. Blackwell began his career studying economics at the University of Illinois. After the young specialist decided not to stop and get a doctorate in economics. At the same time, John von Neumann, a mathematician who made his contribution to almost all the exact sciences of the 20th century, became interested in his work. Blackwell did not take this gesture, since at that time black scientists were not taken seriously by the scientific community. It turned out that Neumann really was delighted.

The scientist has applied to 105 colleges and universities across the country that have historically recruited blacks. It was not necessary to count on the rate of a professor at a “white” university. However, Blackwell soon received an invitation to take a professorship at the University of Berkeley, where he worked until the end of his life.

Without Percy Julian, humanity would probably endure excruciating pain for the most trifling reasons for a long time to come. It was this chemist, who synthesized hormones and other substances from plants, who obtained novocaine, which replaced the cocaine alkaloid. Of course, as often happened in the history of science, a Russian chemist received novocaine before this American. Jewish origin Anatoly Eingorn, but it is the patented American version that is listed for Julian and his team. He also synthesized testosterone, progesterone and a number of steroids and devoted part of his life to working on hormonal pills.

IN American history this scientist became one of the most significant figures in the struggle for the rights of the black population. In 1973, he received the title of honorary member of the American Academy of Sciences, becoming the second black scientist in the organization after the already mentioned Blackwell.

Sofia Kachinskaya