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Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Gram ... ... ( read more! ) William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer and convicted sex offender. He got his start as a nightclub stand-up comic before landing a starring role in the action show I Spy (1965-1968). After various film and television roles, Cosbys greatest success came when he produced and sta ... ... ( read more! ) Calvin Lockhart (born Bert Cooper October 18, 1934 March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian-American actor on stage and in film. He was best known for the role of a big time gangster "Biggie Smalls" in the 1975 film Lets Do It Again, not to be confused with the deceased rapper Biggie Smalls. Christopher Wallace took the alias from Lockharts character before ... ... ( read more! ) John Amos (December 27, 1939 August 21, 2024) was an American actor and retired football player. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries "Roots" and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series "Good Times." He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he pl ... ... ( read more! ) James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian. Walker is best known for portraying James Evans Jr. (J. J.), the oldest son of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times which originally ran from 19741979. Walker was nominated for Golden Globe awards Be ... ... ( read more! ) Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist.Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia ... ... ( read more! ) Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas July 12, 1944) is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is known primarily for her role as high school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222, and for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBCCBS drama ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... ... ... Val Avery was an American film and television actor. ... ... ( read more! ) Morgan Roberts is an actor and director, known for Dynasty (2017), NCIS: New Orleans (2014) and My Father Die (2016). ... ... ( read more! ) ... ...