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Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He rose to fame for his acclaimed portrayals of Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014).
Chadwick Aaron Boseman (/ ˈ b oʊ z m ə n /; [5] November 29, 1976 [a] – August 28, 2020) was an American actor, known for portraying African-American historical figures and the superhero Black Panther.
Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, [3] the son of Dorothy Gee and Solomon Reddick. [4] [5] He attended Friends School of Baltimore.As a teenager, he studied music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute, and a summer program teaching music theory and composition at the Walden School. [6]
Actor Nicholas Tucci died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Conn., according to a statement from his father Alexander Tucci on Facebook. He was 38.
Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, has died aged 87. The star died on Thursday night (28 March) in Santa Monica, California, according to his nephew ...
Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree’s longtime manager ...
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he is known for his extensive and acclaimed roles on stage and screen. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett ...