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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 09/07/24 77
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians 01/30/24 Self - Chiron 76
Rustin 11/03/23 A. Philip Randolph 76
Outlaw Johnny Black 09/15/23 Bullseye Black 76
80 for Brady 02/03/23 Mickey 76
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 10/09/22 Self 75
The Legend of Glynn Turman 08/30/22 G.T. 75
The Devil You Know 04/01/22 Lloyd Cowans 75
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist 04/17/21 Self 74
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen 12/18/20 Self - Presenter 73
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 11/25/20 Toledo 73
The Way Back 03/05/20 Doc 73
Sextuplets 08/16/19 Leland 72
Justine 06/23/19 Papa Don 72
Windows on the World 04/28/19 Lou 72
Bumblebee 12/15/18 General Whalen 71
Solace 09/23/18 Clay (Pastor Davis) 71
The Killing Floor 10/21/17 Self 70
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart 10/14/17 Self 70
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People 08/26/17 70
Race 02/19/16 Harry E. Davis 69
Act Like You Love Me 08/06/13 David Lofton 66
John Dies at the End 01/25/13 Detective Lawrence 'Morgan Freeman' Appleton 65
The Obama Effect 07/13/12 Slim Sugar 65
City Teacher 01/16/12 Kevin Sawyer 64
The Pastor's Secret 01/01/12 64
Super 8 06/08/11 Dr. Woodward 64
Burlesque 11/23/10 Harold Saint 63
Takers 08/26/10 Chief Detective Duncan 63
Preaching To The Pastor 01/01/09 Bishop Hightower 61
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery 01/14/08 Sheriff Bob Monroe 60
Kings of the Evening 01/01/08 Clarence Brown 60
Uncle P 06/26/07 Dr. Niles 60
Sahara 04/06/05 Dr. Frank Hopper 58
The Seat Filler 08/05/04 Derrick's Dad 57
Air Rage 07/24/01 Ted Bigelow 54
The Visit 04/20/01 Parole Board Member Reingold 54
Fire & Ice 01/22/01 Robert Aimes Sr. 53
Men of Honor 09/13/00 Chief Floyd 53
Freedom Song 02/27/00 T-Bone Lanier 53
Light It Up 11/04/99 Principal Allan Armstrong 52
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 08/14/98 Dr. Shakespeare 51
Buffalo Soldiers 12/07/97 Sgt. Joshua 'Joyu' Judges Ruth 50
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 11/23/96 Coach Powell 49
Subterfuge 02/23/96 Stallworth Hubbs 49
Someone Else's Child 12/04/94 Judge Roullard 47
The Inkwell 04/22/94 Spencer Phillips 47
Deep Cover 04/15/92 Russell Stevens Sr. 45
Ask Max 11/02/86 Lloyd Lyman 39
Out of Bounds 07/25/86 Lieutenant Delgado 39
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom 02/25/85 Joshua 38
Secrets of a Married Man 09/24/84 Jesse 37
Gremlins 06/08/84 Roy Hanson 37
Manimal 09/30/83 Ty Earl 36
Penitentiary II 04/02/82 Charles Johnson 35
Thornwell 01/28/81 James Thornwell 33
Attica 03/02/80 Raymond Franklin 33
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold 10/23/78 Preston de Cordiva 31
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 12/14/77 Nigeria 30
The Serpent's Egg 10/28/77 Monroe 30
The Richard Pryor Special? 05/05/77 Booster Johnson 30
Minstrel Man 03/02/77 Harry Brown Jr. 30
The Tapestry 12/30/76 29
J.D.'s Revenge 08/25/76 Isaac / 'Ike' 29
The River Niger 04/14/76 Jeff Williams 29
Cooley High 06/25/75 Leroy "Preach" Jackson 28
Carter's Army 05/25/75 Pvt. George Brightman 28
The Blue Knight 05/09/75 Edwin Beall 28
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men 01/06/75 Theo 27
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 09/18/74 27
Together Brothers 08/07/74 Dr. Johnson 27
Thomasine & Bushrod 04/10/74 Jomo J. Anderson 27
Five on the Black Hand Side 10/25/73 Gideon 26
AWOL 06/12/72 Mohammed G. 25
Honky 11/26/71 Sailor at Bus Station 24
In Search of America 03/23/71 Bodhi 24