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- 1860s
- 1870s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- See also
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. {{dynamic list|date=February 2013}} 1800s - Ira Aldridge{{spaced ndash}} 1807
1860s - Ernest Hogan{{spaced ndash}} 1865
- Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (also known as The Black Patti){{spaced ndash}} 1868
- George H. Reed{{spaced ndash}} 1866
- Bob Cole{{spaced ndash}} 1868
1870s - George Walker{{spaced ndash}} 1873
- Bert Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1874
- Bill Robinson{{spaced ndash}} 1878
- Jesse Graves{{spaced ndash}} 1879
1880s - Noble Johnson{{spaced ndash}} 1881
- Clinton Rosemond{{spaced ndash}} 1881
- Sam McDaniel{{spaced ndash}} 1886
- Dooley Wilson{{spaced ndash}} 1886
- Spencer Bell{{spaced ndash}} 1887
- Tim Moore{{spaced ndash}} 1887
- Clarence Muse{{spaced ndash}} 1889
1890s - Ernest Whitman{{spaced ndash}} 1893
- Spencer Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1893
- Moms Mabley{{spaced ndash}} 1894
- Rex Ingram {{spaced ndash}} 1895
- Hattie McDaniel{{spaced ndash}} 1895
- Bill Walker{{spaced ndash}} 1896
- Ethel Waters{{spaced ndash}} 1896
- Johnny Lee{{spaced ndash}} 1898
- Paul Robeson{{spaced ndash}} 1898
- Lillian Randolph{{spaced ndash}} 1898
- Blue Washington{{spaced ndash}} 1898
- Oscar Polk{{spaced ndash}} 1899
1900s - Ruby Dandridge {{spaced ndash}} 1900
- Adelaide Hall{{spaced ndash}} 1901
- Louise Beavers{{spaced ndash}} 1902
- Stepin Fetchit {{spaced ndash}} 1902
- Mantan Moreland{{spaced ndash}} 1902
- Everett Brown{{spaced ndash}} 1902
- Fredi Washington{{spaced ndash}} 1903
- James Baskett{{spaced ndash}} 1904
- Pigmeat Markham{{spaced ndash}} 1904
- Eddie Anderson{{spaced ndash}} 1905
- Frederick O'Neal{{spaced ndash}} 1905
- Ernestine Wade{{spaced ndash}} 1906
- Fred Toones{{spaced ndash}} 1906
- Victoria Spivey{{spaced ndash}} 1906
- Alvin Childress{{spaced ndash}} 1907
- Cab Calloway{{spaced ndash}} 1907
- Louis Jordan{{spaced ndash}} 1908
- Helen Martin{{spaced ndash}} 1909
1910s - Nick Stewart (also known as Nicodemus or Nick O'Demus){{spaced ndash}} 1910
- Scatman Crothers{{spaced ndash}} 1910
- Napoleon Whiting{{spaced ndash}} 1910
- Muriel Rahn{{spaced ndash}} 1911
- Rosetta LeNoire{{spaced ndash}} 1911
- Nina Mae McKinney{{spaced ndash}} 1912
- Roy Glenn{{spaced ndash}} 1914
- Woody Strode{{spaced ndash}} 1914
- Juanita Moore{{spaced ndash}} 1914
- Willie Best (also known as Sleep 'n' Eat){{spaced ndash}} 1916
- Ossie Davis{{spaced ndash}} 1917
- Lena Horne{{spaced ndash}} 1917
- Davis Roberts{{spaced ndash}} 1917
- Isabel Sanford{{spaced ndash}} 1917
- James Edwards{{spaced ndash}} 1918
- Nipsey Russell{{spaced ndash}} 1918
- Nat 'King' Cole{{spaced ndash}} 1919
1920s - Allen "Farina" Hoskins{{spaced ndash}} 1920
- LaWanda Page{{spaced ndash}} 1920
- Esther Rolle{{spaced ndash}} 1920
- Dorothy Dandridge{{spaced ndash}} 1922
- Redd Foxx{{spaced ndash}} 1922
- Roscoe Lee Browne {{spaced ndash}} 1922
- Muriel Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1923
- Ruby Dee{{spaced ndash}} 1924
- Cicely Tyson{{spaced ndash}} 1924
- Matthew "Stymie" Beard{{spaced ndash}} 1925
- Sammy Davis Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1925
- Harry Belafonte{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Rupert Crosse{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Robert Guillaume{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Brock Peters{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Sidney Poitier{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Eartha Kitt{{spaced ndash}} 1927
- Maya Angelou{{spaced ndash}} 1928
- Moses Gunn{{spaced ndash}} 1929
- Roxie Roker{{spaced ndash}} 1929
1930s - Abbey Lincoln{{spaced ndash}} 1930
- James Earl Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1931
- Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas{{spaced ndash}} 1931
- Ivan Dixon{{spaced ndash}} 1931
- Marla Gibbs{{spaced ndash}} 1931
- Carl Gordon{{spaced ndash}} 1932
- Nichelle Nichols{{spaced ndash}} 1932
- Melvin Van Peebles{{spaced ndash}} 1932
- Godfrey Cambridge{{spaced ndash}} 1933
- Greg Morris{{spaced ndash}} 1933
- Flip Wilson{{spaced ndash}} 1933
- Wilbert "Bill" Cobbs{{spaced ndash}} 1934
- Diahann Carroll{{spaced ndash}} 1935
- Louis Gossett Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1936
- Bill Cosby{{spaced ndash}} 1937
- Morgan Freeman{{spaced ndash}} 1937
- Billy Dee Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1937
- Sherman Hemsley{{spaced ndash}} 1938
- Madge Sinclair{{spaced ndash}} 1938
- Fred Williamson{{spaced ndash}} 1938
- John Amos{{spaced ndash}} 1939
- Cleavon Little{{spaced ndash}} 1939
- Clarence Williams III{{spaced ndash}} 1939
- Yaphet Kotto{{spaced ndash}} 1939
- Paul Winfield{{spaced ndash}} 1939
1940s - Richard Pryor{{spaced ndash}} 1940
- John Witherspoon{{spaced ndash}} 1942
- Isaac Hayes{{spaced ndash}} 1942
- Richard Roundtree{{spaced ndash}} 1942
- Leslie Uggams{{spaced ndash}} 1943
- Georg Stanford Brown{{spaced ndash}} 1943
- Margaret Avery{{spaced ndash}} 1944
- Patti LaBelle{{spaced ndash}} 1944
- Diana Ross{{spaced ndash}} 1944
- Ja'net Dubois{{spaced ndash}} 1945
- Charlie Robinson{{spaced ndash}} 1945
- James Avery{{spaced ndash}} 1945
- Ernie Hudson{{spaced ndash}} 1945
- Melba Moore{{spaced ndash}} 1945
- Danny Glover{{spaced ndash}} 1946
- Gregory Hines{{spaced ndash}} 1946
- Ben Vereen{{spaced ndash}} 1946
- Demond Wilson{{spaced ndash}} 1946
- Glynn Turman{{spaced ndash}} 1947
- Joe Morton{{spaced ndash}} 1947
- Jimmie Walker{{spaced ndash}} 1947
- Grace Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Phylicia Rashad{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Avery Brooks{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Samuel L. Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Lynne Thigpen{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Nell Carter{{spaced ndash}} 1948
- Pam Grier{{spaced ndash}} 1949
- Frankie Faison{{spaced ndash}} 1949
- Kene Holliday{{spaced ndash}} 1949
- Loretta Devine{{spaced ndash}} 1949
1950s - Howard E. Rollins Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1950
- Dorian Harewood{{spaced ndash}} 1950
- Debbie Allen{{spaced ndash}} 1950
- Jo Marie Payton{{spaced ndash}} 1950
- Obba Babatundé{{spaced ndash}} 1951
- Alfre Woodard{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Delroy Lindo{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Reginald VelJohnson{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Michael Dorn{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Tom Wright{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Clarke Peters{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- S. Epatha Merkerson{{spaced ndash}} 1952
- Lynn Whitfield{{spaced ndash}} 1953
- Oprah Winfrey{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- Marsha Warfield{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- Dennis Haysbert{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- James Pickens Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- Tony Todd{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- Robert Gossett{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- Denzel Washington{{spaced ndash}} 1954
- David Alan Grier{{spaced ndash}} 1955
- Roger Guenveur Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1955
- Whoopi Goldberg{{spaced ndash}} 1955
- Clarence Gilyard{{spaced ndash}} 1955
- Clifton Powell{{spaced ndash}} 1956
- Keith David{{spaced ndash}} 1956
- Arsenio Hall{{spaced ndash}} 1956
- Khandi Alexander{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Robert Townsend{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Levar Burton{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Bernie Mac{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Steve Harvey{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Spike Lee{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Mario Van Peebles{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Michael Clarke Duncan{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Mykelti Williamson{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Jenifer Lewis{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Suzzanne Douglas{{spaced ndash}} 1957
- Michael Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Angela Bassett{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Giancarlo Esposito{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Keenen Ivory Wayans{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Tom Lister Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Tony Cox{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Ice-T{{spaced ndash}}1958
- Terrence C. Carson{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Prince{{spaced ndash}} 1958
- Tamara Tunie{{spaced ndash}} 1959
- Victoria Rowell{{spaced ndash}} 1959
- Charlie Murphy{{spaced ndash}} 1959
- Irene Cara{{spaced ndash}} 1959
1960s - Courtney B. Vance{{spaced ndash}} 1960
- Anne-Marie Johnson{{spaced ndash}} 1960
- Damon Wayans{{spaced ndash}} 1960
- Rusty Cundieff{{spaced ndash}} 1960
- John Henton{{spaced ndash}} 1960
- Larry Wilmore{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Mark Curry {{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Chandra Currelley-Young{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Eddie Murphy{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Forest Whitaker{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Laurence Fishburne{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Dawnn Lewis{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Kim Wayans{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Kym Whitley{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Tim Meadows{{spaced ndash}} 1961
- Lance Reddick{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Leon Robinson (usually credited as simply Leon){{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Kim Coles{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Eriq La Salle{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Wesley Snipes{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Jasmine Guy{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Richard Brooks{{spaced ndash}} 1962
- Tommy Davidson{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Michael Beach{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Wendell Pierce{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Whitney Houston{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Isaiah Washington{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Vanessa L. Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Vanessa A. Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Darryl M. Bell{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Harold Perrineau{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Jennifer Beals{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- D.L. Hughley{{spaced ndash}} 1963
- Lela Rochon{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Harry Lennix{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Vivica A. Fox{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Lenny Kravitz{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Wanda Sykes{{spaced ndash}}1964
- Cedric the Entertainer{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Holly Robinson Peete{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Blair Underwood{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1964
- J. B. Smoove{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Viola Davis{{spaced ndash}}1965
- K. Todd Freeman{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Chris Rock{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Martin Lawrence{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Jeffrey Wright{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Kadeem Hardison{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Steve Harris{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- Todd Bridges{{spaced ndash}} 1965
- The Lady of Rage{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Gina Ravera{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Janet Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Hill Harper{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Kristoff St. John{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Gary Anthony Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Gary Dourdan{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Halle Berry{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Shanésia Davis-Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Karyn Parsons-Rockwell{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Rachel True{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Michael Kenneth Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- David Mann{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Tamela Mann{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Jeffrey D. Sams{{spaced ndash}} 1966
- Toni Braxton{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Stacey Dash{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Sherri Shepherd{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Leslie Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Michael Jai White{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Lisa Bonet{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Salli Richardson{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Mo'Nique{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Jamie Foxx{{spaced ndash}} 1967
- Seth Gilliam{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Tisha Campbell-Martin{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Allen Payne{{spaced ndash}}1968
- Matthew St. Patrick{{spaced ndash}}1968
- Cuba Gooding Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Orlando Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Eddie Griffin{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Terry Crews{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Phill Lewis{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Will Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Tracy Morgan{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- LL Cool J{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Gary Coleman{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Andre Royo{{spaced ndash}} 1968
- Kimberly Brooks - 1968
- Paula Jai Parker{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Jesse L. Martin{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Erika Alexander{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Morris Chestnut{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Ice Cube{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Terrence Howard{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Tyler Perry{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Gina Torres{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Chandra Wilson{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- D.B. Woodside{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Dondre Whitfield{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Reginald C. Hayes{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Tichina Arnold{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Wood Harris{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Kim Fields{{spaced ndash}} 1969
- Aunjanue Ellis{{spaced ndash}} 1969
1970s - Queen Latifah{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Cress Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Aisha Tyler{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Octavia Spencer{{spaced ndash}}1970
- Anthony Anderson{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Shemar Moore{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Mariah Carey{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Taraji P. Henson{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Audra McDonald{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Stephen Bishop{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Henry Simmons{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Nicole Ari Parker{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Mike Epps{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Golden Brooks{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Regina Hall{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Niecy Nash{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- DMX{{spaced ndash}} 1970
- Method Man{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Erykah Badu{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Tasha Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Rozonda Thomas{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Lamman Rucker{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Taye Diggs{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Regina King{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Sanaa Lathan{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Jada Pinkett Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Chris Tucker{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Shawn Wayans{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Katt Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Tupac Shakur{{spaced ndash}} 1971
- Keegan-Michael Key{{spaced ndash}}1971
- Richard T. Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Darrin Henson{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Common{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Maya Rudolph{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Jill Scott{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Sharon Leal{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Essence Atkins{{spaced ndash}}1972
- Wayne Brady{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Leonard Roberts{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Anika Noni Rose{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Marlon Wayans{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Gabrielle Union{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Deon Cole{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Tracee Ellis Ross{{spaced ndash}} 1972
- Omar Epps{{spaced ndash}} 1973
- Rockmond Dunbar{{spaced ndash}} 1973
- Yasiin Bey{{spaced ndash}} 1973
- Dave Chappelle{{spaced ndash}} 1973
- Michael Ealy{{spaced ndash}} 1973
- Keesha Sharp{{spaced ndash}}1973
- Lark Voorhies{{spaced ndash}}1973
- Mahershala Ali{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Donald Faison{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Russell Hornsby{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Tamala Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Mekhi Phifer{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Derek Luke{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Joy Bryant{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Omari Hardwick{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Chad L. Coleman{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- De'Aundre Bonds{{spaced ndash}} 1974
- Brian White{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Lauryn Hill{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Aisha Hinds{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Malinda Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- 50 Cent{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Tory Kittles{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Sharif Atkins{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Paula Patton{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Larenz Tate{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Jill Marie Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Andre Benjamin{{spaced ndash}} 1975
- Sterling K. Brown{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Kellie Shanygne Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Jaleel White{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Rashida Jones{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Rochelle Aytes{{spaced ndash}}1976
- Omar Gooding{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Pooch Hall{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Mike Colter{{spaced ndash}} 1976
- Chadwick Boseman{{spaced ndash}} 1977
- Erica Ash{{spaced ndash}} 1977
- Kerry Washington{{spaced ndash}} 1977
- Chris Bridges{{spaced ndash}} 1977
- RonReaco Lee{{spaced ndash}}1977
- Wesley Jonathan{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Tyrese Gibson{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Kenan Thompson{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Omar Benson Miller{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Nelsan Ellis{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Anthony Mackie{{spaced ndash}} 1978
- Aaliyah{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Lil Rel Howery{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Jason Weaver{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Kevin Hart{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Nate Parker{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Keshia Knight Pulliam{{spaced ndash}}1979
- Andre Holland{{spaced ndash}}1979
- Brandy Norwood{{spaced ndash}}1979
- Tituss Burgess{{spaced ndash}}1979
- Jordan Peele{{spaced ndash}}1979
- Cory Hardrict{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Rutina Wesley{{spaced ndash}} 1979
- Tiffany Haddish{{spaced ndash}} 1979
1980s - Mehcad Brooks{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- Malcolm Barrett{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- Nick Cannon{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- Lamorne Morris{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- Neil Brown Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- William Jackson Harper{{spaced ndash}} 1980
- Marques Houston{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Jennifer Hudson{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Alicia Keys{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Meghan Markle{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Beyoncé Knowles{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Jesse Williams{{spaced ndash}}1981
- Lance Gross{{spaced ndash}}1981
- Hosea Chanchez{{spaced ndash}} 1981
- Daveed Diggs{{spaced ndash}} 1982
- Damon Wayans Jr.{{spaced ndash}} 1982
- Columbus Short{{spaced ndash}} 1982
- Terrence Jenkins{{spaced ndash}} 1982
- Donald Glover{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Brian Tyree Henry{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Ron Funches{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Gabourey Sidibe{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Jussie Smollett{{spaced ndash}}1983
- Trai Byers{{spaced ndash}}1983
- Robert Ri'chard{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Arjay Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- Tessa Thompson{{spaced ndash}} 1983
- J. Lee{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Lauren London{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- DeVaughn Nixon{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Rob Brown{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Xosha Roquemore{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Alphonso McAuley{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Brandon T. Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Scott Mescudi{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Charles Michael Davis{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Naturi Naughton{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Lee Thompson Young{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Dewanda Wise{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Lena Waithe{{spaced ndash}} 1984
- Sonequa Martin-Green{{spaced ndash}} 1985
- Janelle Monáe{{spaced ndash}} 1985
- Edwin Hodge{{spaced ndash}} 1985
- Raven-Symoné{{spaced ndash}}1985
- Aja Naomi King{{spaced ndash}}1985
- Jon Michael Hill{{spaced ndash}}1985
- Giovonnie Samuels{{spaced ndash}} 1985
- Nicole Beharie{{spaced ndash}}1985
- Collins Pennie{{spaced ndash}}1985
- Bryton James{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Sasheer Zamata{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Aldis Hodge{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Elijah Kelley{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Condola Rashad{{spaced ndash}}1986
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell{{spaced ndash}}1986
- Marcus T. Paulk{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Amber Stevens West{{spaced ndash}} 1986
- Samira Wiley{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Michael B. Jordan{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Jerrod Carmichael{{spaced ndash}}1987
- Jermaine Fowler{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Jay Pharoah{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Shad Moss{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Jason Mitchell{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Naya Rivera{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Teyonah Parris{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Christel Khalil{{spaced ndash}} 1987
- Evan Ross{{spaced ndash}} 1988
- Zoe Kravitz{{spaced ndash}} 1989
- Jordin Sparks{{spaced ndash}} 1989
- Tristan Wilds{{spaced ndash}} 1989
- Danielle Brooks{{spaced ndash}} 1989
- Logan Browning{{spaced ndash}} 1989
- Nafessa Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1989
1990s - Christopher Massey{{spaced ndash}} 1990
- Jordan Calloway{{spaced ndash}} 1990
- Marc John Jefferies{{spaced ndash}} 1990
- Lakeith Stanfield{{spaced ndash}} 1991
- Kyle Massey{{spaced ndash}} 1991
- Tyler James Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Jude Demorest{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Doc Shaw{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Tequan Richmond{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Rhyon Nicole Brown{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Keith Powers{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Paige Hurd{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Raven Goodwin{{spaced ndash}} 1992
- Leon Thomas III{{spaced ndash}} 1993
- Keke Palmer{{spaced ndash}} 1993
- Bryshere Y. Gray{{spaced ndash}} 1993
- Zendaya{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Ajiona Alexus{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Teala Dunn{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Dee Dee Davis{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Trevor Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Jacob Latimore{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Bobbe J. Thompson{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Jamia Simone Nash{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Cymphonique Miller{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Brittany O'Grady{{spaced ndash}} 1996
- Jaden Smith{{spaced ndash}} 1998
- China Anne McClain{{spaced ndash}} 1998
- Amandla Stenberg{{spaced ndash}} 1998
- Madison Pettis{{spaced ndash}} 1998
- Tyrel Jackson Williams{{spaced ndash}} 1997
2000s- Yara Shahidi{{spaced ndash}} 2000
- Caleb McLaughlin{{spaced ndash}} 2001
- Skai Jackson{{spaced ndash}} 2002
- Quvenzhané Wallis{{spaced ndash}} 2003
- Marsai Martin{{spaced ndash}} 2004
- Trinitee Stokes{{spaced ndash}} 2006
See also{{portal|African American|Biography|Film|Lists|Television in the United States|Theatre}}- Lists of actors
- List of former African-American child actors
- Lists of African Americans
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