Actor Date of birth Denzel Washington 28 December 1954 Morgan Freeman 1 June 1937 Samuel L. Jackson 21 December 1948 Forest Whitaker 15 July 1961 Don Cheadle 29 November 1964 Laurence Fishburne 30 July 1961 James Earl Jones 17 January 1931 Danny Glover 22 July 1946 Clifton Powell 16 March 1956 Delroy Lindo 18 November 1952 Bill Cobbs 16 June 1934 Isaiah Washington 3 August 1963 Sir Lenny Henry 29 August 1958 Cedric the Entertainer 24 April 1964 Kevin Michael Richardson 25 October 1964 Ernie Hudson 17 December 1945 Billy Dee Williams 6 April 1937 Eddie Murphy 3 April 1961 Frankie Faison 10 June 1949 Dennis Haysbert 2 June 1954 Retired actor Emmanuel Lewis (age 55 years; born on 9 March 1971) – American Some older black male actors over 70 years of age (as of August 2026) include: