Top 10 Most Powerful Black Male Characters in Film

[geechiedan]

"Clubber Lang" and "Candyman" (among others) are neither "superheroes" nor "heroic." Even Morgan Freeman's God and president are cheap caricatures. He really didn't follow his own premise, as he's clearly severely limited in his "powerful" criteria and/or black film knowledge. He just went with a very superficial, POP definition of "heroic," and an extremely inconsistent one at that.

okay...turn that high powered sense of cinematic perception on yourself and give us YOUR to 10 most powerful black characters

 

[Blunt]

“When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.”

Ummm, the critique is of a mediocre film and an annoying performance, not the "person" (obviously).

 

[Blunt]

okay...turn that high powered sense of cinematic perception on yourself and give us YOUR to 10 most powerful black characters

Haven't you read this thread? My points-of-reference for "powerful black characters" (with examples) are made abundantly clear.

 

[bigjayler]

What about Charles Dutton in Menace 2 Society or Laurence Fishburne in Boyz in the Hood?

 

[DaleMabry]

Good calls on both of those characters

 

[Imhotep]

bump

 

[Smakk]

spike lee movie....u think x would have been the same without spike lee?

X was prob Denzel best movie by far....IMO i think Will Smith is just as good as Denzel if not better nowadays.

hes not being paid 30+ mil for nothing.

it may be like this...Denzel = Jordan Will Smith = Kobe agrees?

Actually I agree.Will Smith has grown as an actor and I think he could have done X as well.He's an all around good actor and he can make you laugh.

 

[Mr.Bizkits]

pick your poison:

Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Don Cheadle
James Earl Jones
Lawrence Fishburne
Danny Glover
Wesley Snipes
Sidney Potier
Forest Whitaker
Samuel L. Jackson
Jamie Foxx

 

[RyjinX]

Damn if you're gonna list Wesley Snipes list New Jack City as Nino Brown, that was his best role.

My top 10 would be:
Julius Carry as SHO'NUFF in The Last Dragon
Sho'nuff: Am I the meanest?
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the prettiest?
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the baddest mofo low down around this town?
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Well who am I?
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Who am I?
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: I can't hear you...
Sho'nuff 's Goons: Sho'nuff!

Denzel as Alonzo Harris in Training Day.

Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown in New Jack City, the "American Gangster" of 1991. Nino Brown <=> Frank Lucas.

Frank Lucas(Denzel again) in American Gangster, that was just a badass role/movie.

Robert Townsend in Meteor Man, showed us how a black superhero truly shines in a neighborhood that really needs him.

Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, playing such an important role that showed how it was during the Rwandan genocide.

James Earl Jones as Darth Vader.

Richard Roundtree as Shaft.

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.

Samuel Jackson as Jules in Pulp Fiction, he was my favorite character in the movie.

 

[Blunt]

Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Don Cheadle
James Earl Jones
Lawrence Fishburne
Danny Glover
Wesley Snipes
Sidney Potier
Forest Whitaker
Samuel L. Jackson
Jamie Foxx

Those aren't "characters."

 

[bong!]

still one of my top 3 sam jack characters

 

[Mello Mello]

Dan Freeman from Spook Who Sat by the Door

Alonzo Training Day

Mister Mann in Rosewood

Bumpy Johnson in Hoodlum

Fred Williamson as Black Ceasar etc.

Slaughter

Jules Winnfield Pulp Fiction.

Richard Roundtree Shaft.

Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown and Blade

Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

c/s ^ The only add I would do is Denzel as Malcolm X. I also liked Will Smith in Pursuit of Happiness.

 

[SmoothD]

Anything with Clarence Williams III
He always gives an oscar worthy performance

Sugar Hill (as Wesley Snipes heroin addicted father. POWERFUL!!)
Deep Cover
Hoodlum

 

[bgque12]