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1. Caleb Clark

Caleb Clark is known for Bubble Guppies (2011), Satellite Flight (2019) and Godfather of Harlem (2019).

Erik LaRay Harvey is an actor, known for Luke Cage (2016), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Twister (1996). He hails from the Anacostia neighborhood in south-east Washington D.C. As a young man, his family resided in Togo, Senegal, Tanzania and Kenya. He went on to study acting at NYU Tisch School of ...

3. Howie Sheard

Actor | Farewell Amor

Howie Sheard is known for Farewell Amor (2020), Outgrown (2019) and Her Inflictions (2020).

4. Mati Diop

Director | Atlantique

Mati Diop was born on June 22, 1982 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Atlantics (2019), A Thousand Suns (2013) and Dahomey (2024).

5. Jaiden J. Smith

Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Jaiden J. Smith is the middle child of three siblings. He first started modeling at the tender age of 5 appearing in numerous print advertisements working with well known brands such as Saks, J. Crew, The Gap, Appaman, Target, and Bloomingdales to name a few. He then transitioned into acting doing ...

6. Kimani Ray Smith

Producer | Suffer

Action movie buff and all around cinephile, Kimani Ray Smith landed his first big break as a stunt performer on Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx"(94). Thereafter, Kimani spent the next 30 years garnishing numerous action roles in Hollywood blockbusters, such as; "I Robot, Salt, A-Team, Twilight, ...

7. Neil Brown Jr.

Actor | SEAL Team

Born in a rough neighborhood to strict, but loving parents. Neil Brown, Jr, who was a gifted martial artist and self proclaimed "knucklehead ", received his first role in film purely by chance, when a producer Patty Thomas Robinson walked into his karate Dojo looking for a kid to be in the TV ...

8. Allen Maldonado

Actor | Heels

Allen Maldonado is one of young Hollywood's busiest stars on the rise. The multi-talented actor, writer and entrepreneur, not only co-stars on the award-winning sitcom, Black-ish (ABC), he has also finished his second season as a full time writer on the hit Starz series, Survivors Remorse, has ...

9. Jade Eshete

Actress | Really Love

Jade Eshete was born on January 9, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Really Love (2020), Billions (2016) and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016).

10. Rick Gonzalez

Actor | Coach Carter

Rick Gonzalez was born on June 30th 1979 in New York City and raised in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. He attended the "Fame" High School of performing arts where he studied Acting. Graduating in 1997 to pursue a career, Rick briefly worked in New York and later moved to Los Angeles to continue ...

11. Y'lan Noel

Actor | Insecure

Y'lan Noel is known for Insecure (2016) and The First Purge (2018).

12. Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

Actor | Bumblebee

Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is known for Bumblebee (2018), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Night Teeth (2021).

13. Victor Cruz

Actor | Ballers

Victor Cruz was born on November 11, 1986 in Patterson, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Ballers (2015), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars (2017).

14. Amari Cheatom

Actor | Night Catches Us

Amari Cheatom is known for Night Catches Us (2010), Detroit (2017) and Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017).

15. Trae Harris

Actress | Newlyweeds

Trae Harris is known for Newlyweeds (2013), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and 195 Lewis (2017).

16. Shaka King

Director | Judas and the Black Messiah

Shaka King was born on March 7, 1980 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Newlyweeds (2013) and Mulignans (2015).

17. Daphne Rubin-Vega

Actress | Wild Things

Daphne Rubin-Vega was born on November 18, 1968 in Panama City, Panama. She is an actress and producer, known for Wild Things (1998), In the Heights (2021) and Sex and the City (2008). She has been married to Tommy Costanzo since September 2002. They have one child.

18. Julian Elijah Martinez

Actor | Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Julian Elijah Martinez is a New York and L.A.-based actor, teacher, and producer who holds an M.F.A from the Yale School of Drama. In addition to his work on screen, Elijah is also a prolific stage actor, having also performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally throughout the country. In his...

19. Robert Sweeting Jr.

Producer | Giving Me Life (in the Land of the Deadass)

Robert Sweeting Jr. is known for Giving Me Life (in the Land of the Deadass) (2017) and Jada's Walk (2013).

20. Lin Que Ayoung

Director | Cracked

Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer. Upon obtaining an MFA from NYU's Tisch Graduate Film program, her thesis film, Cracked, which won The Spike Lee Production Grant, won the 2nd Prize King Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYU's First Run Film Festival. There, it ...

21. Carra Patterson

Actress | Straight Outta Compton

Carra Patterson is known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), The Arrangement (2017) and Bloodline (2015).

22. Skye Dakota Turner

Actress | Respect

Skye Dakota Turner is known for Respect (2021), Cricket and Good Morning America (1975).

23. Sanaa Hamri

Director | Something New

Sanaa Hamri is a renowned film, television, music video, and commercial director from Tangier, Morocco. She is currently in an overall deal with Amazon Television Studios. She is directing S2 of their "Lord of the Rings" show coming off of their tentpole series S2 of "The Wheel of Time" as EP/...

24. Alexis Floyd

Actress | Inventing Anna

Alexis Floyd is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Neff in the Netflix series Inventing Anna. Alexis Floyd was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, in a musical family. Her mother, a classically trained flutist, is manager of Cleveland Youth Orchestra and her father was a ...

25. Ricardo Alves

Visual_effects | Ready Player One

Ricardo Alves is known for Ready Player One (2018), Assassin's Creed (2016) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

26. Alex de la Sotilla

Visual_effects | Gran Turismo

Alex de la Sotilla is known for Gran Turismo (2023), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Damsel (2024).

27. Navjin Khosravi

Visual_effects | Thor: Ragnarok

Navjin Khosravi is known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Christopher Robin (2018) and Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018).

28. Victoire Le Dourner

Visual_effects | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Victoire Le Dourner is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Oxygen (2021) and The Little Mermaid (2023).

29. Gabriel Lopez

Visual_effects | Kingsman: The Secret Service

Gabriel Lopez is known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), World War Z (2013) and Terminator Genisys (2015).

30. Judit Navarro Lopez

Visual_effects | Nope

Judit Navarro Lopez is known for Nope (2022), Disenchanted (2022) and Atlas (2024).

31. Manuel Rico

Visual_effects | Guardians of the Galaxy

Manuel Rico is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and The Jungle Book (2016).

32. Alberto Mielgo

Animation_department | Love, Death & Robots

Alberto Mielgo is known for Love, Death & Robots (2019), The Windshield Wiper (2021) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

33. George Varodi

Animation_department | Love, Death & Robots

George Varodi is known for Love, Death & Robots (2019), Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie (2024).

34. Sherman Augustus

Actor | Virus

Sherman Augustus was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Virus (1999), The Foreigner (2003) and Colors (1988).

35. Amy McLeish

The Predator

Amy is an independent filmmaker whose work has screened at various festivals in North America. She is also the Senior Producer overseeing production and development of the scripted and unscripted audio slate at Monkeypaw Productions. She is a Producer on Monkeypaw's first fiction podcast, "Quiet ...

36. Kamil Oshundara

Producer | Wendell & Wild

Kamil Oshundara is a writer and filmmaker from Los Angeles. They previously worked as the Cultural Executive for Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, where they served as an on-set producer and cultural researcher to help develop projects such as; US, HUNTERS, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY & the CANDYMAN (...

37. Gabriella Logan

Music_department | The Harder They Fall

Gabriella "Guitar Gabby" Logan is an Atlanta Native and proud graduate of Spelman College and Vermont Law School. Her environmental and music law background fueled her desire to start and manage the international touring collective Guitar Gabby & The TxLips Band, LLC. Logan believes artists must be...

38. Rob Lowry

Music_department | Cha Cha Real Smooth

With over a decade of experience, award-winning music supervisor Rob Lowry has mastered the art of weaving songs together to tell a story and show you something that visuals simply cannot. From a young age, the prolific supervisor has used music as a vessel to build a narrative. Whether it was ...

39. Vanessa Beletic

Director | Catching Spirits

Haitian born and raised, Vanessa Beletic is an award winning writer & Director. Her first narrative short Catching Spirits, won the Jury Award Live Action Short at the New Hampshire Film Festival 2022, making it Oscar eligible in 2023. It screened at 19 other BAFTA/Oscar qualifying film festivals, ...

40. Isaac Keys

Actor | Jurassic World

Isaac Keys is starring on the STARZ new highly acclaimed drama series "Power Book IV: Force" opposite Joseph Sikora. "Power Book IV: Force" marks the third spin-off from the "Power" juggernaut franchise. Isaac's strong presence as Diamond, a gentle giant with a dark side. Before being imprisoned ...

41. Tiffany Boone

Actress | Hunters

Tiffany Boone stars as the beautiful and street smart "Roxy Jones" in the highly anticipated Amazon drama series HUNTERS opposite Al Pacino and created by Jordan Peele. The series, set to debut in early 2020, follows a diverse group of Nazi hunters on a quest for justice in 1977 New York City. This...

42. Ismael Cruz Cordova

Actor | In the Blood

Ismael Cruz- Córdova is an actor, entrepreneur currently based in New York. Born and raised in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. At age fifteen, Ismael began working locally in commercials, TV and film shortly after joining his High School Drama Club. In 2006 he decided to further pursue his dream and ...

43. Rachel Raimist

Director | Nobody Knows My Name

Rachel Raimist is known for Nobody Knows My Name (1999), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024) and Roswell, New Mexico (2019).

44. Tendo Nagenda

Producer | Mulan

Tendo Nagenda was born on April 2, 1975 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Mulan (2020), 50/50 (2011) and The Haunted Mansion (2003).

45. Chheangkea

Director | Skin Can Breathe

Chheangkea is known for Skin Can Breathe (2022), A Fire That Never Dies (2021) and Deep Tissue (2023).

46. Sonequa Martin-Green

Actress | Star Trek: Discovery

Sonequa Martin-Green (born March 21, 1985) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her television role as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead, a role she played from 2012 to 2017. Before that, she had starred in several independent films before gaining her first recurring role as ...

47. T. Love

Actor | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

SAG-award-winning Travis T. Love rose from teaching in public schools to the big and small screen with drive and determination. You may know him as the arrow-slinging bowman in season 3 of "The Walking Dead" or a Jabari warrior in the infamous motion picture, "Black Panther." Through acting coaches...