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Denzel Washington Reveals How Black Actors Are Eliminated For White Ones
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1. Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington has been regarded as a paragon of acting excellence throughout his decades-long career. He was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York.
In 2022, 67.3% of the Actors workforce were White, of which 45.2% were women and 54.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.8%) and Two or More Races (9.66%).
Or Moonlight, which made history as the first film with an all-black cast to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2017.
What Is Casting? Casting is a pre-production process that involves choosing actors to fill the roles in a particular TV show, movie, commercial, or play. Directors and producers will hire a casting director to oversee the casting process, which includes auditioning, screen tests, and callbacks.
In the year 1963, Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Lilies Of The Field. Poitier was also the first Black man to be nominated for any acting Oscar for The Defiant Ones (1958).