Credits include: Apocalypse Now, Malcolm X, Rookie of the Year, Devil in a Blue Dress and The Fabulous Baker Boys

Credits include: Leaving Las Vegas, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, Jennifer 8, The Paper Chase and Northfork

Actor Jeffrey Wright has earned an estimable reputation as one of the most versatile character actors of his generation, both on-stage and onscreen. After a number of television roles and much theater work, Wright scored a breakthrough film role when he was cast in the lead of 1996's Basquiat. (Rovi)

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once -- for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960..(Wikipedia)

Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE is a Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three well-received films--To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner--making him the top box office star of that year...(Wikipedia)

Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, known for his lead role as Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM. He was also in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers and acted out the role of Super Soul in the film Vanishing Point in 1971...(Wikipedia)

Credits include: Bicentennial Man, Blankman, The Paper, Novocaine and Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St Matthew

Credits include: Phenomenon, Pickup on South Street, Blackboard Jungle, Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Phenix City Story

Credits include: Blow Out, No Reservations, Pennies from Heaven, Who's That Girl? and Sweet Charity

Credits include: The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Leonard Part 6, Nothing But a Man and The Comedians

Credits include: Music Box, To Sir, with Love II, Separate But Equal, Rounding and Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists

Was an American actor. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, he starred as Earl Little in the Spike Lee-directed movie Malcolm X (1992). He died in New York City of a heart attack.