Young Black Hollywood

Chadwick Boseman (born 1982)[1] is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter who graduated from Howard University and the British American Dramatic Academy at Oxford.

He starred in the 2013 film 42 as Jackie Robinson.[2] He has also had television roles in Lincoln Heights as Nathaniel "Nate" Ray and his role as Sergeant McNair in the NBC television series, Persons Unknown. Boseman also stars as Lt. Samuel Drake in the action-thriller The Kill Hole.[3]

September 20, 1986 (age 26) Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge was born in Onslow County, North Carolina on September 20, 1986.[1] Both of his parents, (Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson), served in the U.S. Marine Corps. [2] Hodge's mother is from Florida, while his father is of Dominica descent.[3]

Hodge played both the clarinet and the violin as a child, but as an adult, his focus is on the violin; he purchased his first at the age of 18.[4] In addition to acting, Hodge designs watches, writes, paints, and attends the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, although he does take breaks from attending full time due to his acting work.[5]

In 2007, Hodge was awarded the role of Alec Hardison on the day of his twenty-first birthday.[6] In 2010, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for this role on Leverage[7] The win went to Aaron Paul of AMC's Breaking Bad.[8]

As of June 2012, Hodge expressed interest in playing the lead role in a Black Panther film.[9]

Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge.

Edwin Martel Basil Hodge (born January 26, 1985) (age 28) is an American actor. Hodge is the older brother of actor Aldis Hodge. Hodge was born on January 26, 1985,[2] in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Aldis Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, but he was raised in New York.[3] Hodge's mother is from the state of Florida and his father is Dominican. He recently guest starred on an episode of the TNT series Leverage which stars his younger brother. He guest starred on an episode of One Tree Hill.[4]

June 20, 1985 (age 33) Collins Pennie is an American actor (born June 20, 1985) from Fort Greene Brooklyn, New York and Is of Trinidadian descent. Collins is best known for his roles in Prom Night as Ronnie Heflin, In Time as Time Keeper Jaeger and TNT's Hawthorne as Marcus Leeds. Collins has also starred in films Fame and Stomp The Yard: Homecoming. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Collins began his career with roles on both NBC's hit drama "Law & Order" as well as playing a drug-addicted thief on "Without a Trace." His television work quickly caught the eye of Ford Model Management, who signed Collins, consequently leading him to the successful "ck one" fragrance campaign for Calvin Klein. Collins currently resides in Los Angeles, New York & Atlanta. While not on camera Collins spends most of his time dancing, writing and mastering his many crafts. Collins hit the stage in the summer of 2010 where he appeared in Rent with actors Neil Patrick Harris and Wayne Brady, performing in a three-day limited engagement at the Hollywood Bowl. Collins' prolific dance moves also landed him the lead male role in Beyonce's "Run the World (Girls)" video, which was released May 18, 2011. Collins has also kept busy on the silver screen, appearing in Ryan Fleck's award winning film Half Nelson (2007), opposite Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps. In addition, Collins has lead roles in Prom Night (2008) and the musical Fame (2009), an adaptation of the 1980 cult-classic. For 2010, Collins was the lead man in Stomp the Yard Home-Coming where he played Chance Harris, a college student struggling to balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform in the national step competition. Most recently on the small screen, Collins starred on the hit series hospital drama Hawthorne, where he worked alongside Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. He also recently appeared on the silver screen in the Fox Feature film In-Time, starring opposite Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. In early 2013 Collins will be making his return to television in Regina Kings directorial debut Let The Church Say Amen. The film is based on ReShonda Tate Billingley’s 2005 novel of the same name. Royal Ties, the company King runs with her sister Reina King will produce this film for BET Networks alongside Queen Latifah’s Flava Unit Company.

Jussie Smollett (born June 21, 1983, age 30) is an American actor and photographer, and is the older brother of actress Jurnee Smollett.

He was born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is known primarily for his work on On Our Own with his brothers Jojo, Jake, and Jocqui and his sisters Jazz and Jurnee Smollett.[1]

November 23, 1981 (age 31)

Ricky Whittle is a British actor from Oldham, Greater Manchester.[2] He is best known for his role as Calvin in the Channel Four soap Hollyoaks, he came second to Chris Hollins in Strictly Come Dancing in 2009. At university, Whittle began modelling, becoming the face of a Reebok campaign in 2000. This brought him to the attention of casting agents for Sky One's Dream Team. Cast as Ryan Naysmith, Whittle left university to pursue an acting career. Carrying on with his sports ambitions, in the third series Whittle broke his leg in seven places, and was forced into a long hospital stay. The writers wrote a broken leg into the Dreamteam script, allowing Whittle a slower recuperation.

After playing his first gay character as a guest star on BBC One's Holby City, Whittle played Calvin Valentine in the popular Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, up until his character was killed off after Whittle decided to leave the show in May 2010.

In January 2008, Whittle appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link, reaching the final, but losing out to Crimewatch UK star, Rav Wilding.

In July 2012, Whittle appeared as Charles on VH1 season 2 of Single Ladies . He also appeared as Captain George East in Stephanie Meyer (Twilight) and Jerusha Hess's (Napoleon Dynamite) romantic comedy Austenland, completed in 2012.

In March 2013 Whittle appeared in hit US show NCIS, He played Lincoln, a criminal involved in a kidnapping.

January 14 1979 (age 34) Charles Michael Davis is an American actor and model from Dayton, Ohio.[1] He is of African American and Filipino descent. His father is from Kentucky, U.S.A. and his mother is from Manila, Philippines.[2] He is best known for his recurring role as Kwan Kirkland on the television series The Game, as well as his role as Liam Lupo on the television series Switched at Birth. Charles Michael Davis got his start with the talent agency Actors, Models, and Talent for Christ (AMTC).[3] Davis has done print modeling and commercials for Nike and FootLocker.[1]

Davis has had guest and recurring appearances in several notable television shows, including That's So Raven, Switched at Birth, and Grey's Anatomy. In 2011, he landed a recurring role on BET's The Game as Kwan Kirkland, a quarterback for the San Diego Sabers.

In February 2013, it was announced that Davis was cast in a lead role on The CW's new show The Originals. The Originals is a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, centered on the Original Family as they move to New Orleans, where Davis' character (a vampire named Marcel) currently rules.[4]

30 June 1982 (age 31) Walters is also an actor, appearing under his full name, Ashley Walters. He appeared as Omar in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles at the age of 10, and as Andy in Grange Hill at the age of 14. He appeared in Bullet Boy, where he played Ricky who had just came out of jail to start a new life, a role for which he was named Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards. He also appeared in Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

He played the role of Wolf in the film Stormbreaker, and Danny in Life and Lyrics, for which he has received many plaudits. He starred in WΔZ alongside Selma Blair and Melissa George, and Sugarhouse. He played Lacey in the BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN. He appeared in five episodes of the fourth series of BBC TV drama Hustle, playing Billy Bond. He has appeared in the MTV series Top Buzzer and played the role of Al B in the 2006 production House of 9 alongside Dennis Hopper. He has appeared on stage at the Royal National Theatre in Roy Williams’ Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads[3] and the Royal Court Theatre in Levi David Addai's Oxford Street.[4] Another feature film, Tu£sday, sees him playing a jewel thief. He appeared in Bola Agbaje's play Off the Endz at the Royal Court Theatre during February and March 2010.

He made appearances in police drama The Bill and firefighting drama London's Burning. His Grange Hill history and autobiography was referenced by the comedian Stewart Lee on 16 March 2009, on the BBC2 show Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in the episode themed on "Toilet Books". He also appeared in 2009's TV adaptation of Small Island and as Jack Holt in the short-lived drama Outcasts on the BBC in February and March 2011.

For the BBC Learning project "Off By Heart Shakespeare", Walters delivered one of Shakespeare’s best known speeches, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" from Romeo and Juliet.[5] In October 2011, Walters starred in the Arjun Rose slasher Demons Never Die. From 31 October 2011, he played Dushane in one-off drama Top Boy. In February 2012, he played Chris in the BBC drama Inside Men.

Neil Brown, Jr. (born June 19, 1980, age 34) is an American actor of mixed African American descent. He appeared in the martial arts TV series WMAC Masters[citation needed]. Perhaps best known for his role in the television series The Walking Dead as Guillermo, leader of the Vatos[5] and as "Felix" on the short-lived South Beach on the former UPN,[6]

He appeared with Denzel Washington in Out of Time and a young Colin Farrell in Tigerland. More recently he can be seen playing the smart-mouthed marine, Lcpl. Richard "Motown" Guerrero, alongside a large ensemble cast in the action film Battle: Los Angeles.[7][8] The movie reunited him with Fast and Furious castmate Michelle Rodriguez. He has since performed guest appearances in the TV shows Harry's Law, Castle, the season 8 premiere of Weeds, the first-season finale of USA's Suits, and the new independent sketch comedy King Bachelor's Pad.

Enoch was born in Westminster, London, to English actor William Russell and his second wife, Brazilian physician Balbina Gutierrez.[2] He attended Westminster School,[citation needed] a well-known public (private) school in London. He is also fluent in Portuguese,[3] and is pursuing a degree in Portuguese and Spanish at the Queen's College, Oxford. In 2001 he was cast as Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He appeared in seven of the eight Harry Potter films. Despite his character appearing several times in the part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book upon which the first Deathly Hallows film is based, Enoch only appears in the final Deathly Hallows film, released in July 2011. He also voiced the character in the video game based on first part of the film.

After the Harry Potter films, Enoch appeared in a number of plays throughout London including Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Antigone, Happy New, and The Ballard of Salomon Pavey.[4] He played Bainbridge, the Bloody Guardsman, in the Sherlock episode, "The Sign of Three".

In 2014, Enoch was cast in the series regular role of Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes.[5]

Luke Youngblood (born November 18, 1989) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Ben in The Story of Tracy Beaker, young Simba in The Lion King (musical) (during which he appeared in several London venues),[1] Lee Jordan in the Harry Potter film series, and Magnitude on the NBC comedy series Community.[2]

Eka Darville (born 11 April 1989) is an Australian actor. He went to Byron Bay High School and currently lives in Byron Bay, New South Wales, and Sydney. He enjoys skating and surfing.

Darville is most known for playing Adam Bridge on the Australian television drama series Blue Water High, Scott Truman, the Red Ranger, in Power Rangers RPM and Pietros in Spartacus: Blood and Sand.[1]