Top 10 Best Black Actors

I'm reading a wonderful book set in the 1930s, and there's a great character named Booley who's a manager at a stable training thoroughbred race horses. He's in a position of being a manager over white workers who all respect him. He's the smartest, most well-read, funniest, and wisest man on the farm, and he's wiry and wonderful. I can only see Morgan Freeman in this role, as he has the kind of acting ego that becomes the character. He is probably my favorite American actor. I read the book in draft form, and it's called "The Field of Dead Horses" by Nick Allen Brown. It should be a movie!

The Great Debaters, American Gangster, Déjà Vu, Inside Man, The Manchurian Candidate, Man on Fire, Out of Time, Antwone Fisher, John Q, Training Day, Remember the Titans, The Hurricane, The Bone Collector, The Siege, He Got Game, Fallen, The Preacher's Wife, Courage Under Fire, Devil in a Blue Dress, Crimson Tide, Philadelphia, The Pelican Brief, and even Much Ado About Nothing - the best, I think, is Malcolm X. Ricochet, Mo' Better Blues, Glory, The Mighty Quinn, plus some others which I haven't watched. Each performance is just as awesome as I would expect.

Dig this - the man is on a whole different level from these guys or any other actor, hands down!

The only Hollywood actor alive to have confidently appeared in more movie roles than any other movie actor or actress alive. This man is truly a bridge between life and productivity in movie art.

His acting ability is brilliant, and when he speaks, it seems like poetry.

Watch many of his movies, such as Snakes on a Plane, Pulp Fiction, The Negotiator, and more.

Samuel L. Jackson is simply incredible with his amazing performances in Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Avengers, and many more.

Will Smith is my man. He's so sexy, and I like him in the movies "Pursuit of Happyness" and "Ali." Denzel Washington is my idol when it comes to acting. He deserves his Oscars. I like him in "Philadelphia."

Morgan Freeman is a good example of "No small role for a great actor." Samuel L. Jackson is the perfect guy for either drama or action, very versatile. Sidney Poitier - this is the man who started it all. An Oscar winner, the first African-American to win the Oscar, my respect for him is 100%.

Forest Whitaker is, of course, a fine actor of his time, really good when it comes to acting. Cuba Gooding Jr., who could forget Cuba? The guy will take on anything in the name of art. Jamie Foxx, of course, the Oscar winner, is the best example of great and fine acting.

These are my best actors, in no particular order. They are all number one to me.

Please watch Hoodlum and you'll agree he's such a great actor.

Great actor. Should be number two or three on the list, in my opinion.

I love his work. We need to see more of you on screen.

Don Cheadle is the most underestimated actor in Hollywood. His naturalness, versatility, intimacy, and power make him unforgettable. I hope he goes on to make many more movies.

Cheadle is cool and all-sided. Everything about him is so down-to-earth, and he speaks really intelligently. He's played everything from a Brooklyn gangster to a hotel owner in Rwanda.

He should be number one - such a versatile actor with perfect character portrayals in diverse dramas and comedies. Brilliant and very underrated.

Really and truly an amazing actor. Give credit where credit is due. Hollywood doesn't appreciate true talent.

Put him back on the silver screen.

Samuel Jackson was barely noticeable in Eddie's Coming to America. Eddie's been a top star longer than most of the top five actors on the list.

For God's sake, this is ridiculous. Eddie Murphy is amazing. He should be in the top five!

My number two... behind Morgan Freeman.

Sidney Poitier has class, and he is a marvelous actor. He should be number one. Morgan Freeman has class and is an amazing actor. In my mind, they are tied for first place. Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson are both excellent, and in my book, they are tied for second place.

I am white, but who cares! An actor is excellent because of the way he has honed his craft. I love and enjoy them all! Each has amazing skills. Sidney and Morgan have been around longer, so they are more experienced at their craft.

Sidney should be at number one. He is one of the pioneers of black actors. Not only was he the first to win an Oscar, but he also set a high standard in his body of work for those who followed him. I'm sorry, but in my opinion, he is the one to top and should be at the top. I agree with the last comment about his great writings and character, which is unmatched in Hollywood in these times. He is only second or tied with Harry Belafonte.

He is an amazing actor! Just watch Collateral or Django Unchained, and you will share my opinion.

He should be at least tenth in my opinion.

Largely underrated. Anybody who has seen The Soloist or Django knows he is the best out of the last couple of years!

Jamie Foxx is truly a great actor. I would like to see more of him. Make a role for him. He is truly amazing.

He not only plays diverse parts, but he also makes you believe them. I wish there were more clean-cut, wonderful actors like him. Thank him for giving me so many happy hours. When can we see more of his acting ability? He is in the top percentage of all actors.

Great guy. I hope he continues to be blessed and successful in all his endeavors. I love everything about this man.

I love everything he plays in. He can play different characters, not the same old thing all the time.

This actor has GREAT range. Glad to see him near the top. Loved him in Grand Canyon, a gem of a movie.

Predator 2, the Lethal Weapon series, and Saw proved that he is the best.

Better with age. Excellent actor, easy on the eyes!

Idris Elba is one of the most outstanding actors to come along in quite some time. Check out BBC's Luther or The Wire sometime and see for yourself.

He is the man to come. Great to see a black Brit making it globally. He commands the screen in every scene he is in and is always wonderfully edgy.

Most commanding black actor since Denzel first burst onto the screen. 34th... Really?

Talented comedian. His characters are funny and original. He should make a movie with all the Martin characters in it.

Chris Rock is a fantastic actor. He has chivalry. Chivalry is not dead.

He should be number one and deserves an award for his acting and movies.

Kevin is truly an amazing comedian and a good actor.

Kevin Hart, my man... He just got it all.

I think he is one of the greatest actors ever! He can be mean and ruthless, so much so that it makes you scared to leave your house because you forget it's a movie. He can also be the sweetest, fatherly type that just brings tears to your eyes.

Now, here's my other reason: he is fine and sexy and can play that role in all the above movies. Therefore, he should without a doubt be ranked right up there with the best, not way down here. He is in my top 10. Maybe people don't get the name with the actor, as it is kind of different!

He's one of the best black actors ever. Not sure why he's down here on the list.

I hope soon he will be up there with the other good ones.

Putting Wesley Snipes this far down on the list completely negates any credibility it has. I really can't take it seriously.

Chris Rock can't even be considered an actor, and if he was, there's no way he approaches Snipes as a better actor. The same with Mario Van Peebles - his acting is terrible, pathetically bad.

I have no problem with Freeman and Denzel at the top, but Snipes should at least be No. 3. Honestly, I think he's as good as Denzel and probably better. He's got more versatility than Cuba. People forget all the great dramatic movies he was in. My personal favorite is Rising Sun with Sean Connery.

Long story short, he's an amazing actor who doesn't get love from many because his personality is prickly, and he doesn't take the sidekick roles that black men always have to play, where they are helping the white main character.