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Who is the oldest black actor alive? - Quora. James Earl Jones. He is 91 years old this year and is still working. Darth Vader himself provided the voice for the character in the latest incarnation of the Star Wars universe Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series 2022).
With 10 years of experience as an entertainment journalist, he previously worked at The A.V. Club and Backstage. Fans are in disbelief that Ernie Hudson is 78 years old. The actor from 1984's Ghostbusters, as well as the new sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, has gone viral on social media for his youthful looks.
1. Denzel Washington. 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.
Icons like Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Cosby, Alvin Childress, and Flip Wilson of the 1950's and 1960's through their portrayal in media brought their experiences through perseverance, strife, and overcoming racism real and allowed for the changes seen today to be made possible.
Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington Is The Only Black Entertainer To Make Forbes' Highest-Paid Actors Of 2023 List.