Potential Cast

1. Renelle Nicole

Renelle Nicole, known for Friend Request (BET), Chicago Med (NBC), Empire (FOX), & Chicago Fire (NBC), is an actress & singer from the Chicagoland area, currently residing in Los Angeles, CA.

She was commonly seen on theatre stages throughout Chicago. Previously, Ain't Misbehavin' (Portland Stage/...

2. Jacob Latimore

Actor | Vanishing on 7th Street

Jacob Latimore has been hailed by Variety, Los Angeles Times and The Wrap as a breakout star. He was selected as one of the top 30 Under 30 Celebrities of 2019 by Forbes. In 2018, Indiewire named him as one of The Best American Actors Under 30.

Jacob is one of the stars of the ensemble cast on the ...

3. Yara Shahidi

Actress | Salt

Yara Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Salt (2010), Black-ish (2014) and Grown-ish (2018).

4. Trevor Jackson

Actor | Superfly

Trevor Jackson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and director, known for SuperFly (2018), Grown-ish (2018) and Burning Sands (2017).

5. Daniel Kaluuya

Actor | Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).

He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).

He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".

For his work in...

6. LaKeith Stanfield

Actor | Sorry to Bother You

LaKeith Lee Stanfield is an actor and rapper from Victorville, California. At the age of fifteen, LaKeith began attending the John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center in Orange County. A few years later, he auditioned for Destin Cretton's then college thesis film Short Term 12 (2008). Later, the ...

7. Brooke Monroe Conaway

Actress | Young Love

Brooke Monroe Conaway is a 10-year-old actress from Baltimore Maryland who is represented by Stewart Talent NYC. Brooke got her start by sharing videos of her and her dad bonding through performing old school Hip Hop and R&B music on social media. Brooke and her dad's videos made people happy which...

8. Kj Smith

Actress | Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Sophisticated and hard-working, with undeniable talent, veteran actress KJ Smith's honest portrayals of strong female characters are the true personification of black excellence, leaving her mark on Hollywood as one of its hottest stars.

This year, Smith can be seen starring in the leading role of ...

9. Jonathan Majors

Actor | The Harder They Fall

Jonathan graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an MFA in acting. Jonathan is a recipient of the National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) National Drama Competition. Jonathan made his screen debut starring in the ABC miniseries "When We Rise" and has since landed strong roles, cementing ...

10. McKinley Freeman

Actor | End of Watch

McKinley Freeman was born on June 9, 1973 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for End of Watch (2012), Crosstown (2013) and Delta Farce (2007).

11. Laz Alonso

Actor | Avatar

Chosen as one of Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and part of the new breed of leading men in Hollywood, Laz Alonso is starring in Amazon Prime's series THE BOYS. He can also be seen playing opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in their new series LA'S FINEST. He previously starred opposite...

12. Joshua Boone

Actor | Premature

Joshua Boone was born in 1988 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Premature (2019), A Jazzman's Blues (2022) and Seven Seconds (2018).

13. Michael Shannon

Actor | Take Shelter

Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.

Shannon began his professional stage career in Chicago. His ...

14. Deborah Ayorinde

Actress | Them

Deborah Ayorinde was born in London, England. At age seven, she performed in her first play with a drama school in the Forest Gate area of London. It was there that she developed a passion for the arts. When she was eight years old, she and her family relocated to San Jose, California. She ...

15. Emayatzy Corinealdi

Actress | Middle of Nowhere

Emayatzy Corinealdi was born on January 14, 1980 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for Middle of Nowhere (2012), The Invitation (2015) and Roots (2016).

16. Paige Hurd

Actress | Power Book II: Ghost

Paige Hurd is a well-known actress born and raised on 20th July 1992, in Dallas, Texas. She was born to African American, Puerto Rican mother and an African American father. She is best known for her magnificent role as Tasha Clarkson on the American hit sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005). Some of...

17. Morris Chestnut

Actor | Kick-Ass 2

A tall, handsome, and versatile American actor, Morris Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, to Shirley (Wynn) and Morris Chestnut, Sr. He first came to be recognized by moviegoers starring as Ricky in Boyz n the Hood (1991), a role where he played a high school running back using his football...

18. Da'Vinchi

Actor | The Way Back

Da'Vinchi, born Abraham D. Juste, is a Haitian-American actor with a magnetic charm. Starting his career in NYC as a spoken word artist and rapper, he quickly fell into the acting realm. Studying the craft under one of his mentors Marc John Jeffries, Da'Vinchi booked Marvel's Jessica Jones, and ...

19. Kareem J. Grimes

Actor | All American

Kareem J. Grimes is known for All American (2018), The Vince Staples Show (2024) and S.W.A.T. (2017).

20. Noah Gray-Cabey

Actor | Lady in the Water

From the age of nine, Noah Gray-Cabey has established quite a name for himself, both as a musician and an actor.

Beginning when he was four, Noah performed classical piano in several venues throughout New England and Washington and journeyed to Jamaica for his first tour with the New England ...

21. Sean Carrigan

Actor | Ford v Ferrari

Former boxer turned actor, Sean Carrigan is best known for his role as Coach Rafferty in the Emmy nominated Netflix comedy "American Vandal", and for his long run as Dr. Ben "Stitch" Rayburn on the #1 daytime drama "The Young and the Restless".

Sean has appeared in numerous television productions ...

22. Deric Augustine

Actor | Godfather of Harlem

Deric Augustine is an actor originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. As a teenager, Deric started his career in the arts as a theater performer. He later graduated from the University of New Orleans where he studied Theatre and Drama. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City where he continued his...

23. Anya Taylor-Joy

Actress | The Queen's Gambit

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as ...

24. Alan Ritchson

Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Alan Ritchson has carved a space for himself on both the large and small screens since he made the trek from a small town in Florida to Los Angeles.

Alan Michael Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Vickie (Harrell), a high school teacher, and David Ritchson, a U.S. Air Force Chief ...

25. Ludacris

Actor | Crash

Ludacris was born Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois, where he was raised, the son of Roberta Shields and Wayne Brian Bridges. At nine years old, he started rapping. He attended Emerson Middle School and, eventually, Oak Park and River Forest High School for his freshman year. ...

26. Halle Bailey

Actress | The Little Mermaid

Halle Bailey was born on March 27, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Little Mermaid (2023), The Color Purple (2023) and Last Holiday (2006).

27. Bresha Webb

Actress | Run the World

Bresha Webb was born on May 6, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Run the World (2021), A Fall from Grace (2020) and Meet the Blacks (2016). She has been married to Nick Jones Jr. since February 4, 2023.

28. Brian Tyree Henry

Actor | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Academy Award, Emmy and Tony Award nominee Brian Tyree Henry is a versatile actor whose career spans film, television and theater. Earlier this year, Henry starred opposite Jennifer Lawrence in A24's "Causeway," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is streaming globally on...

29. Shameik Moore

Actor | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Born in Atlanta of Jamaican descent, Shameik Moore booked his first lead role of Malcolm in Rick Famuyiwa's Dope (2015), produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi. The film, which is narrated by Forest Whitaker, also stars Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoë Kravitz, Kimberly Elise and A$...

30. Amandla Stenberg

Actress | The Hunger Games

Named for the Zulu and Xhosa word for "power," Amandla was born in Los Angeles, California, to Karen Brailsford, a writer, and Tom Stenberg, a businessman. Her mother is African-American and her father is Danish (and of part Inuit-Greenlandic ancestry).

In the summer and fall of 2010, she shot her ...

31. Mahershala Ali

Actor | Leave the World Behind

Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.

He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger ...

32. Colman Domingo

Actor | Lincoln

In 2023, Mr. Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play as a producer for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham. Colman won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film ...

33. Dominique Fishback

Actress | Judas and the Black Messiah

Dominique Fishback was born on March 22, 1991 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Project Power (2020) and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).

34. Amber Stevens West

Actress | 22 Jump Street

Stevens was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actor and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens, and former model Beverly Cunningham. She has a younger sister named Chyna Stevens (Chyna Rose Stevens). She is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School. Her father is Caucasian (of Norwegian...

35. Don Benjamin

Actor | On Deck

Don Benjamin is known for On Deck, Man in the Mirror and North of the 10 (2022).

36. Marcus Callender

Actor | Power

Marcus Callender was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Power (2014), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019) and The Breaks (2017).

37. Nia Long

Actress | The Best Man

Stunning pop culture icon, Hollywood leading lady and three-time NAACP award winner Nia Long returns to the big screen this fall in the highly anticipated Universal Pictures sequel The Best Man Holiday (in theaters November 15th) where she reunites with original castmates Taye Diggs ("Private ...

38. Jeremy Allen White

Actor | Shameless

Jeremy Allen White (born 1991) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the Showtime dreamed series Shameless (2011-2021). He has also appeared in the first season of the thriller series Homecoming (2018) and in several films...

39. Will Poulter

Actor | We're the Millers

Will Poulter is an English actor, recognized for his performances as Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), and Kenny Rossmore in We're the Millers (2013). Will was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline (...

40. Meagan Good

Actress | Think Like a Man

Meagan Monique Good was born on 8 August 1981 in Panorama City, California, USA, to Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, who worked as her manager, and Leondis "Leon" Good, an LAPD officer. She began appearing on commercials at the age of four. Then she started guest-starring on series like The Parent 'Hood (1995), ...

41. Apryl Jones

Actress | The Comeback

Apryl Jones is known for The Comeback (2023), Who's Cheating Who? and Goon Squad (2024).

42. Taye Diggs

Actor | House on Haunted Hill

Taye Diggs was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was raised in Rochester, New York. He is the son of Marcia (Berry), a teacher and actress, and Andre Young, a visual artist. When he was a child, his mother married Jeffries Diggs, whose surname Taye took. He received a BFA degree in musical theater ...

43. Mia Isaac

Actress | Don't Make Me Go

Mia Isaac was born on May 24, 2004. Mia is an actor, known for Don't Make Me Go (2022) and Not Okay (2022).

44. Rekha Sharma

Actress | The Core

Rekha Sharma is known for The Core (2003), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) and Love Happens (2009).

45. Marci T. House

Actress | Godzilla

Marci T House was born in Chicago, the traditional, ancestral homeland of many Nations: the Three Fires Confederacy, comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadmi Nations, as well as the Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Myaami, and Illiniwek/Illionois Nations. She began acting on stage at age seven, in community ...

46. Kamel Goffin

Actor | Godfather of Harlem

Kamel Goffin is known for Godfather of Harlem (2019), Colin in Black & White (2021) and Power (2014). He has been married to Lashawnda Goffin since April 27, 2013. They have two children.

47. Tasha Smith

Actress | The Whole Ten Yards

Tasha Smith is a multifaceted actress and director whose work brings style and intensity to the projects she works on, whether in front of or behind the camera. From her roles as "Carol" on Fox's hit drama Empire, "Brenda" in Netflix's Running Out Of Time, to her critically-acclaimed portrayal of ...

48. Jaime M. Callica

Actor | Trap House

Jaime M. Callica grew up in Toronto, Ontario to a single Trinidadian Mother of mixed Chinese, Indian and Spanish ancestry. Growing up, Jaime would be regularly seen putting on performances for relatives and friends from the tender age of two, where he'd impersonate his idol - Michael Jackson. From ...

49. Brant Daugherty

Actor | Fifty Shades Freed

Brant Daugherty was born on August 20, 1985 in Mason, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Pretty Little Liars (2010) and Dear White People (2017). He has been married to Kimberly Daugherty since June 15, 2019. They have two children.

50. Clare Bowen

Actress | Nashville

Years before landing the iconic role of Scarlett O'Connor on the CMT/HULU TV series Nashville (2012) and launching her career as a singer/songwriter, Clare Bowen, a pediatric cancer survivor, was growing up in Dharawal Country on the Minnamurra River, Australia.

Bowen heard her first broadcast of ...

51. Skyh Black

Actor | All the Queen's Men

From dancing on stage alongside best-selling music artists Beyonce', Rihanna, and Mariah Carey to starring in back-to-back hit television series, the striking, commanding and charismatic multi-hyphenate talent Skyh Black dominates Hollywood in the new generation of leading men.

This year, Black ...

52. Trevante Rhodes

Actor | Moonlight

Trevante Nemour Rhodes is an American actor. He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his performance as Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. In his youth, he was an accomplished track and field sprinter, winning a gold medal at the Pan American Junior Athletics ...

53. Nicole Beharie

Actress | 42

Nicole Beharie is an American actress.

Her critically acclaimed film debut was in the film American Violet (2008) alongside Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson and Will Patton. Beharie also played Ernie Davis' girlfriend in the movie The Express (2008). Her upcoming projects include My Last Day Without ...

54. Madison Skye Validum

Actress | Best. Christmas. Ever!

Madison Skye Validum was born on July 22, 2013. She is an actress, known for Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023), Ivy & Bean (2022) and Dashing Through the Snow (2023).

55. Hailey Kilgore

Actress | Respect

Hailey Kilgore is an American actress born in Humble, Texas and raised by her adoptive parents in Oregon. She started singing and performing at an early age. At the age of 9, she began singing the National Anthem for sporting events in the Portland area, including the Trailblazers, Winterhawks, and...

56. Marsai Martin

Actress | Little

Rising star Marsai Martin, at just 18-years-old, is already on course to be a whirlwind sensation. At the age of five she landed her first national commercial and shortly after relocating to Los Angeles, she was cast as Diane Johnson on the ABC Emmy-nominated hit comedy Black-ish (2014). Alongside ...

57. Sean Sagar

Actor | The Covenant

Sean Sagar was born on February 20, 1990. He is an actor, known for Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023), The Gentlemen (2019) and Our Girl (2013).

58. Nick Sagar

Actor | The Princess Switch

Nick Sagar was born on January 7, 1988. He is an actor and producer, known for The Princess Switch (2018), Shadowhunters (2016) and Ill Manors (2012).

59. Albert Simpson

Producer | Swap

Albert Simpson is known for Swap, Dimensional Shift (2019) and Pen Pals (2024).