9 Black British Actors On The Big Screen Moments That Inspired Them. Sophie Okonedo, Naomi Ackie, Weruche Opia and more honour the Black actors before them. By Olivia Blair Updated: 16 October 2020.

Walker plays Battalion Chief Wallace Boden on NBC’s Chicago Fire, and garnered fans previously for playing Kareem Saïd in HBO’s Oz. Before his turn as a firefighter, the 61-year-old made ...

Black British actors Daniel Kaluuya and John Boyega, and animated movie "Soul," were among the early winners at Sunday's virtual Golden Globes ceremony, which took place under a cloud following a ...

Black British actors are commonly found in popular Black American films about race. Both earning over $50 million at the box office, 12 Years a Slave and Selma have Black British leads and ...

I don’t fault black British actors for coming to America for work. It’s simple pragmatism. Many have spoken about why British actors move Stateside in order to find artistic fulfillment.

However, “I feel like Hollywood believes there’s more value in British Black actors than they do in Black actors,” Tate continued. “And I think a part of it goes into, ...

Voices As a Black British actor, I’ve been stereotyped one too many times. I’m moving to America. Auditions where I’m handed a fake spliff as a prop and agents who tell me, ‘Diversity is ...

“There are a lot of black British actors in these movies,” Jackson said in an interview with the New York radio station Hot 97. “I tend to wonder what that movie [‘Get Out’] would have ...

When it comes to black English actors over the last several years, there’s one that stands out from the pack. From his role as Stringer Bell on The Wire to his most recent role in The Dark Tower ...

Sir Lenny Henry is among the best black male British actors over 60. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

David Harewood at the 34th Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles – The CW at Dolby Theater on March 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA *British actor David Harewood said white actors should be able to portray ...

Samul L. Jackson denied having implied that black British actors are stealing African-Americans' roles at the "Kong: Skull Island" premiere.