My Blackman Cast! (Batman w/ only black actors)
by AndyWarth | created - 01 Apr 2011 | updated - 17 Apr 2011 | PublicI saw someone suggest this in a TDKR board, as an all black Batman casting! I love the idea! here's what I've got!
1. 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 ...
as BATMAN/BRUCE WAYNE. I like Taye a lot, and I'd love him to have such a big role. He'd be perfect. And of course, it'd be a nice twist to have Christian Bale's Equilibrium co-star.
2. Jaden Smith
Actor | The Karate Kid
Jaden Smith is an actor, known for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Karate Kid (2010) and After Earth (2013). In addition to being an actor he is also a dancer, songwriter and rapper who won an MTV award for his performance in The Pursuit of Happyness. He co-starred with his father Will Smith ...
as ROBIN/DICK GRAYSON. Yes, we'll eventually need a Robin. The new Karate Kid (Kung Fu kid?) wasn't all that hot, but he did an amazing job. He's shown he can carry a movie on his own, and would be a fantastic Dick Grayson.
3. Halle Berry
Actress | Catwoman
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...
as SELINA KYLE/CATWO... er wait a minute....scratch that...
4. Lauren London
Actress | ATL
Lauren London first appeared in the film, ATL, opposite actor and recording artist, Tip "TI" Harris. Due to London's breakout success in ATL, she received an offer to star in the film, This Christmas, with Loretta Devine, Idris Elba and Regina King. Her next film role was in the teen romantic ...
as SELINA KYLE/CATWOMAN. Yes, that's better. Such a sexy and talented gal.
5. Morgan Freeman
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...
as ALFRED PENNYWORTH. Because you know he'd be perfect.
6. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
as LUCIOUS FOXX. Did you see what I did there?
7. Billy Dee Williams
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissian in the last two ...
as JAMES GORDON. Ok, too late for Harvey Dent, but not late at all for such an awesome ally.
8. Tika Sumpter
Actress | Southside with You
Tika Sumpter was born in New York and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College. Sumpter began her career as model, before she landed the role of "Layla Williamson" in ABC's daytime soap opera, One Life to Live (1968) (2005-2010, 2011).
After she left the soap, Sumpter won a recurring role in the ...
as BATGIRL/BARBARA GORDON haven't seen enough about her, but I liked her role on Salt. I think she would be a terrific Barbara
9. Dennis Haysbert
Actor | Far from Heaven
Dennis Haysbert was born on June 2, 1954 in San Mateo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Far from Heaven (2002), 24 (2001) and Heat (1995). He was previously married to Lynn Griffith and Elena Simms.
as THOMAS WAYNE because we all LOVE President David Palmer as the (EPIC) voice of reason and courage.
10. Angela Bassett
Actress | Strange Days
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...
as MARTHA WAYNE and I think it would definitely break me to see them die...
11. Jamie Foxx
Actor | Collateral
Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...
as THE JOKER. Not so sure about this one, you know, but still, he has proven to be a very resourceful actor. And nobody thought Ledger would be so amazing to begin with.
12. Robin Thede
Writer | A Black Lady Sketch Show
Robin Thede is a comedy writer, sketch/improvisational comedian and actress. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, earning a B.S.J. degree in Broadcast Journalism and African-American Studies. After college, Robin studied improvisation, sketch and comedy writing at The Second ...
as HARLEY QUINN. Haven't seen her on anything sadly, but to me at least, her face shape, her smile, her eyes... she just looks the part.
13. Samuel L. Jackson
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...
as RA'S AL GHUL. We alread had a Master Jedi playing this part. Let's have another one, a more badass one.
14. Zoe Saldana
Actress | Avatar
Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...
as TALIA AL G'HUL. And she'd be one hell of a Talia. I'd love to see her work together with SLJ
15. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
as HARVEY DENT/TWO FACE Who else to play the embodiment of honor, justice and correctness AND depravity, vengeance and insanity in ONE character than Denzel? Mr. Washington is one of the best living actors, and he'd surely OWN this character.
16. Thandiwe Newton
Actress | Crash
Thandiwe Newton was born in London. She is the daughter of Zimbabwean mother Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and British father Nick Newton, who worked as a lab technician. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK, where she lived in ...
as POISON IVY. She's got that sexy insanity going on for her, I just can't get her out of my mind
17. Harold Perrineau
Actor | Romeo + Juliet
Harold Perrineau is an American actor best known for his roles as Michael Dawson on the television series Lost (2004-2008; 2010), Augustus Hill in the television series Oz (1997-2003), Link in The Matrix franchise (2003), and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996). He has also starred in ...
as HARVEY BULLOCK. Sorry Michael... er... I mean Harold, I like you, but you annoyed the crap out of me on LOST. Wouldn't you be perfect to play Batman's least menacing pain in the neck?
18. Djimon Hounsou
Actor | Blood Diamond
Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in west Africa to Albertine and Pierre Hounsou, a cook. He moved to Lyon, France, when he was 13. Hounsou has graced the catwalks of Paris and London as a popular male model. He has since left his modeling career and has worked on Gladiator (2000) by ...
as THE RIDDLER. Definitely not the Jim Carry version of the character, but a more calmed, calculating ELEGANT serial killer.
19. Ving Rhames
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Strikingly featured and muscular American actor Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames in Harlem, New York, to Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied ...
as HUGO STRANGE. I don't have major comments about this, but he totally looks the part. And he's an amazing actor, that doesn't hurt either.
20. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Actor | Farming
Born and raised in London, England, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model in Milan. He graduated with a masters degree in Law from London's prestigious Kings College, before moving to Los Angeles to make the transition to acting. Fluent in several languages, including English, ...
as BLACK (white?) MASK. Adewale, aka Mr. Eko has always seemed to me like a menacing person, but he usually ends up playing mostly good nice characters. It would be a great opportunity to let him release his talents for evil... or at least for portraying it.
21. Idris Elba
Actor | Beasts of No Nation
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...
as HUSH. He'd be a perfect counterpart for Taye's Bruce. And I've always enjoyed Elba's performances, ever since The Office.
22. Lance Reddick
Actor | John Wick
Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden ...
as VICTOR FRIES/DR. FREEZE just look at the guy, wouldn't you love to see him as the chilling Dr. Freeze? I'd surely would.
23. Forest Whitaker
Actor | The Last King of Scotland
Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...
as RUPERT THORNE. I didn't think including italian mob boss like Falcone or Maroni, it would sound retarded. But if we are going to have a Mob Boss, Rupert Thorne would be so great for Forest Withaker.
24. Don Cheadle
Actor | Crash
Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye (née North), a teacher; father Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist; sister Cindy; and brother Colin. After graduating from high...
as JOHNATAN CRANE/SCARECROW. Don Cheadle can be very unsettling and scary, and just his crazy eyes can induce more fear than any mask
25. Charles S. Dutton
Actor | Gothika
Charles S. Dutton was born on January 30, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Gothika (2003), Alien³ (1992) and A Time to Kill (1996). He was previously married to Debbi Morgan.
as THE PENGUIN Again, I don't have a big comment here, but he looks right, and it would be funny
26. Terry Crews
Actor | Idiocracy
Terry Crews was born in Flint, Michigan, to Patricia and Terry Crews Sr. He earned an art excellence scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. Crews was an All-Conference defensive end, and was a major contributor on the ...
as KILLER CROC. I wish we had an epic Killer Crock - Batman brawl. And Terry Crews surely has the body.
27. Tony Todd
Actor | Candyman
Perhaps best known for his chilling performance as "Candyman", the charismatic 6' 5" actor Tony Todd has consistently turned in compelling performances since his debut in the fantasy film Sleepwalk (1986). Born in Washington, D.C., Todd spent two years on a scholarship at the University of ...
as THE VENTRILOQUIST/SCARFACE This guy would have fit perfectly most of these roles, but I chose this one, because few actors could handle such a gimmicky character and turn him into a nightmarish force of evil.
28. Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor | The Green Mile
Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...
as BANE. And finally, one of my favorite picks, the amazing MCD as BANE, the man who broke the Bat... He doesn't even need CGI, I'd totally believe a guy like this could wipe the floor with Bats
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