| Character
|
Film
TV series
Novel
|
Network
Production company
Publisher
|
Actor
Author
|
Occupation
|
| Carlton Banks
|
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
|
NBC
|
Alfonso Ribeiro
|
Student
|
| Nick Fury
|
The Avengers
|
Marvel Comics
|
Samuel L. Jackson
|
Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
|
| Dr. Julius Hibbert
|
The Simpsons
|
Fox
|
Harry Shearer
|
Doctor
|
| Phillip Banks
|
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
|
NBC
|
James Avery
|
Judge
|
| Ray Campbell
|
Sister, Sister
|
ABC/The WB
|
Tim Reid
|
Owner, Limousine Service
|
| Ron Carver
|
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|
NBC
|
Courtney B. Vance
|
District Attorney
|
| Thurgood Marshall "Goodie" Cumberbatch
|
704 Hauser
|
CBS
|
T.E. Russell
|
|
| Gabrielle Ashe
|
Deception Point
|
Ulverscroft
|
Dan Brown
|
|
| Gordon Davis
|
Protect and Defend
|
Berkley Books
|
Eric L. Harry
|
|
| Armstrong Elders
|
The Boondocks
|
Adult Swim
|
Gary Anthony Williams
|
Media Personality, hybrid of Larry Elder and Armstrong Williams
|
| William Dent
|
Girlfriends
|
UPN/The CW
|
Reggie Hayes
|
Lawyer
|
| Augustus Freeman IV ("Icon")
|
Icon (Comic book)
|
Milestone Media
|
Dwayne McDuffie
|
Superhero
|
| Jim Gardner
|
Commander in Chief
|
ABC
|
Harry Lennix
|
White House Chief of Staff (later asked by President Mackenzie Allen to accept the nomination for a vacancy in the office Vice President of the United States; first Black Vice President)
|
| Oliver Garland
|
The Emperor of Ocean Park
|
Knopf
|
Stephen L. Carter
|
|
| John Garnett
|
ATL
|
Warner Brothers
|
Keith David
|
CEO
|
| Warden Leo Glynn
|
Oz
|
HBO
|
Ernie Hudson
|
Prison Warden
|
| Jimmy James
|
Barbershop (film)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (film)
Barbershop: The Series (TV)
|
MGM (film)
Showtime (TV)
|
Sean Patrick Thomas (film)
Leslie Elliard (TV)
|
Barber/Aspiring politician
|
| Bruford Jamison, Jr.
|
Drop Squad
|
Gramercy Pictures
|
Eriq La Salle
|
|
| Ronald "Ron" Johnson, Jr.
|
A Different World
|
NBC
|
Darryl M. Bell
|
Undergraduate student
|
| Kyle
|
Get on the Bus
|
Columbia Pictures
|
Isaiah Washington
|
Military Veteran
|
| Russell A. "Linc" Lincoln
|
Linc's
|
Showtime
|
Steven Williams
|
|
| Matty
|
Roc
|
Fox
|
Joan Pringle
|
Registered nurse
|
| Wendell Perry
|
Get on the Bus
|
Columbia Pictures
|
Wendell Pierce
|
Lexus Dealership Owner
|
| Courtney Rae
|
Whoopi
|
Carsey-Werner
|
Wren T. Brown
|
Former Enron employee
|
| Dondi Reece
|
Black Panther (Comic book)
|
Marvel Comics
|
Reginald Hudlin
|
U.S. Secretary of State
|
| The Hon. Atallah Sims
|
100 Centre Street
|
A&E Network
|
Latanya Richardson
|
Judge
|
| Dr. Maxwell Stanton
|
In the House
|
NBC/UPN
|
Alfonso Ribeiro
|
Doctor
|
| Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
|
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
NBC
|
Ice-T
|
Police Detective
|
| P.K. Winsome
|
The Colbert Report
|
Comedy Central
|
Tim Meadows
|
Political Commentator/ Entrepreneur
|
