15 Most Popular Male Black Actors in Their 50s (2023) – Ranked Based on Users Vote

Ranking Top 15 most famous male black actors in their 50s as of 2023 is not an easy task. The difficult part is, who’d you exclude from the list? Black Actors have won the hearts of millions of their fans by their handsome chiselled body that a woman can only dream of.

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1. Don Cheadle

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   Don Cheadle Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 58 years 6 months 8 days
   Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. In addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film
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2. Eriq La Salle

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   Eriq La Salle Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 60 years 10 months 15 days
   Erik Ki La Salle, better known by his stage name Eriq La Salle, is an actor, director, writer, and producer from the United States. La
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3. Wesley Snipes

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   Wesley Snipes Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 60 years 10 months 7 days
   Wesley Trent Snipes is an actor, film producer, and martial artist from the United States. New Jack City, White Men Can't Jump, Passenger 57, Rising
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4. Will Smith

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   Will Smith Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 54 years 8 months 12 days
   Willard Carroll Smith II, better known by his stage name the Fresh Prince, is an American actor, rapper, and film producer who was born on
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5. Leon Robinson

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   Leon Robinson Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 61 years 2 months 30 days
   Leon Robinson is one of Hollywood's most well-known black male actors. Leon Preston Robinson, better known by his stage name Leon, is an American actor
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6. Harold Perrineau

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   Harold Perrineau Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 59 years 10 months 0 days
   Harold Perrineau is an American actor who is best known for his appearances as Michael Dawson on Lost (2004–2008; 2010), Augustus Hill on Oz (1997–2003),
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7. Wendell Pierce

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   Wendell Pierce Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 59 years 5 months 30 days
   Wendell Edward Pierce is an actor and businessman from the United States. He is most recognised for his appearances in HBO dramas such as The
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8. Lance Reddick

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   Lance Reddick Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 60 years 5 months 7 days
   Lance Reddick is an actor and musician from the United States. He is most recognised for his roles on The Wire and Fringe as Cedric
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9. Tommy Davidson

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   Tommy Davidson Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 59 years 6 months 27 days
   Thomas Davidson is an actor and comedian from the United States. He played Mitchell on Between Brothers, Dexter on Malcolm & Eddie, Oscar Proud on
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10. Richard Brooks

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    Richard Brooks Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 60 years 5 months 29 days
    Brooks was born Reuben Sax to Russian Jewish immigrants Hyman and Esther Sax. When they emigrated to the United States in 1908 as married youths,
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11. D.L. Hughley

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    D.L. Hughley Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 60 years 3 months 1 days
    D.L. Hughley is a prominent black male actor. Darryl Lynn Hughley is a stand-up comedian, actor, political analyst, radio host, and author from the United
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12. K. Todd Freeman

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    K. Todd Freeman Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 57 years 10 months 29 days
    Since 1993, K. Todd Freeman has been a part of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's ensemble in Chicago, Illinois. He was nominated for a Tony Award
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13. J. B. Smoove

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    J. B. Smoove Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 57 years 5 months 22 days
    Jerry Angelo Brooks, better known by his stage name J. B. Smoove, is an actor, comedian, and writer from the United States. He was a
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14. Blair Underwood

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    Blair Underwood Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 58 years 9 months 13 days
    Blair Erwin Underwood is an actor from the United States. He made his screen debut in the 1985 musical Krush Groove and played as attorney
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15. Michael Beach

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    Michael Beach Age as on Today i.e. June 8, 2023: 59 years 7 months 8 days
    Michael Anthony Beach is an actor from the United States. He has appeared in the films Lean on Me, One False Move, Short Cuts, Waiting
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How have we measured the popularity of these black male actors over 50 in Hollywood as of 2023?

In present age, measuring one’s popularity is not that tough. Especially if someone has extensive footprint in digital arena i.e on internet, the task becomes even easier. One’s popularity can easily be measured by number of his Instagram followers, Twitter Followers, Facebook Followers, number of monthly Google search by his name, number of articles on Google on his name etc.. The more the value of these parameters, the more popular he is.

Which search term have we used to find out the number of articles on Google against an old black actors in their 50s?

To find out the number of articles published on any famous young black male actors in Hollywood, we’ve used allintitle:Name of the actor in Google search field. See the picture below to better understand. Here allintitle: operator returns all the search results which have the name of the actor in the title of the article.

We searched allintitle:Richard Brooks (No space after colon) and got the result. He is having 34,000 articles published on Google as on June 7, 2023 as shown in the picture above.

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Who are Black Americans?

Black Americans or African Americans are an ethnic group in America with total or partial ancestry links to black racial groups in Africa. African Americans, today, constitute the third largest ethnic group in America. Arrival of Black Americans in America mostly started from 16th century as a part of transatlantic slave trade by Europeans. They mostly transported to mainland America from West and Central Africa. The first record of arrival of these black people dates back to August 1619. The record “20 and odd negroes“, which states, they were shipped to Jamestown, Virginia via Cape Comfort. Today Black Americans are as successful on American soil as other Europeans. Below is the list of Top 15 most famous male black actors in their 50s in Hollywood as of 2023.

15. Will Smith, 54 years 8 months 12 days

14. K. Todd Freeman, 57 years 10 months 29 days

13. J. B. Smoove, 57 years 5 months 22 days

12. Don Cheadle, 58 years 6 months 8 days

11. Blair Underwood, 58 years 9 months 13 days

10. Eriq La Salle, 60 years 10 months 15 days

Did You Know – Eriq La Salle

1. Eriq La Salle is an alumnus of Weaver High School and the Artists Collective, Inc. in Hartford.
2. He attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate Acting Program
3. La Salle directed the episode “Wingman” in the Fox series Lucifer
4. La Salle’s first novel Laws of Depravity was published in 2012
5. he produced a feature film The Salton Sea in 2002

9. Leon Robinson (usually credited as simply Leon), 61 years 2 months 30 days

Did You Know – Leon Robinson

1. Leon Preston Robinson is known as Leon
2. Robinson is best known for his roles as David Ruffin in the TV Movie The Temptations (1998)
3. Robinson’s early film roles included a football teammate of Tom Cruise in All the Right Moves (1983)
4. Robinson has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of three singers: David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, Little Richard in the self-titled 2000 NBC movie biography, and JT in the 20th Century Fox movie, The Five Heartbeats directed by Robert Townsend.
5. Robinson starred in the 20th Century Fox thriller Cover, directed by Bill Duke, and starred alongside Danny Masterson and Dominique Swain in the indie comedy The Brooklyn Heist, directed by Julian Mark Kheel.
6. Robinson is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the band, Leon and the Peoples
7. Robinson first appeared in the movie Sole Survivor as Gang Leader

8. Harold Perrineau, 59 years 10 months 0 days

Did You Know – Harold Perrineau

1. His parents changed his name to Williams when he was a child
2. Perrineau has been married to former actress and model Brittany Perrineau (née Robinson) since 2002
3. Harold Perrineau is best known for his roles as Michael Dawson on the television series Lost (2004–2008; 2010), Link in The Matrix franchise (2003), and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
4. Perrineau was born in Brooklyn, New York City.
5. Perrineau was cast as the original Tyrone Jackson in the world premiere of the stage adaptation of the 1980 hit movie Fame (now known as Fame: The Musical) at the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7. Wendell Pierce, 59 years 5 months 30 days, Black actors in their 50s

Did You Know – Wendell Pierce

1. Pierce was born to a teacher and a decorated World War II veteran who worked as a maintenance engineer
2. Pierce was raised in the black middle-class community of Pontchartrain Park, the first African-American post-war suburb
3. Pierce graduated in 1981[5] from both Benjamin Franklin High School
4. Pierce is also a theater producer and produced the Broadway show, Clybourne Park.
5. Pierce became the host of the nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning radio program, Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2009
6. Pierce considers himself a “true capitalist” and a “classic entrepreneur”
7. Pierce was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton
8. Pierce was arrested in 2016 and charged with simple battery for an alleged attack against a female Bernie Sanders supporter outside Atlanta Loews Hotel

6. Lance Reddick, 60 years 5 months 7 days

Did You Know – Lance Reddick

1. Lance Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland
2. He attended Friends School of Baltimore
3. Reddick enrolled in the Yale School of Drama in 1991.
4. Reddick released his debut album Contemplations & Remembrances in 2007

5. Tommy Davidson, 59 years 6 months 27 days

Did You Know – Tommy Davidson

1. Tommy Davidson was born as Anthony Reed in Rolling Fork, Mississippi
2. He was abandoned in the trash at 18 months old, before being rescued by the woman who became his adoptive mother
3. Davidson started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1986
4. Davidson won an amateur stand-up competition at the Apollo Theater in 1987

4. Richard Brooks, 60 years 7 months 29 days

Did You Know – Richard Brooks

1. Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan
2. He was a student of the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School, New York City
3. Brooks net worth is estimated to be $3 million as of 2023
4. While in New York, Brooks performed in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Conference production of August Wilson’s Fences

3. D.L. Hughley, 60 years 3 months 1 days

Did You Know – D.L. Hughley

1. D.L. Hughley was born to Audrey and Charles Hughley, who was a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker in Los Angeles, California
2. Hughley also has a career as an on-air radio personality
3. Hughley and his wife, LaDonna, have two daughters, Ryan and Tyler, and a son, Kyle
4. Hughley was initiated as an honorary member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity on July 30, 2020

2. Wesley Snipes, 60 years 10 months 7 days, Black actors in their 50s

Did You Know – Wesley Snipes

1. Wesley Snipes was born to Marian (née Long), a teacher’s assistant, and Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer in Orlando, Florida
2. He made his film debut in the 1986 Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats
3. Snipes began training in martial arts when he was 12 years old
4. He has a 5th degree black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nd degree black belt in Hapkido.
5. Snipes has been married twice, first to April Snipes (née Dubois), with whom he has a son Jelani, who had a cameo role in Snipes’ 1990 film Mo’ Better Blues. In 2003, Snipes married painter Nakyung “Nikki” Park, with whom he has four children
6. On April 24, 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for willful failure to file federal income tax returns under 26 U.S.C

1. Michael Beach, 59 years 7 months 8 days

Did You Know – Michael Beach

1. Michael Beach graduated from Juilliard School with a degree for the Bachelor of Fine Arts
2. His debutante movie was End of the Line in 1987
3. Beach’s prominent hit came in 1995, playing Angela Bassett’s unfaithful husband in the comedy-drama film Waiting to Exhale.

Who is the most famous male black actor in his 50s among these 15 actors?

Based on number of articles on Google as of June 7, 2023, Soul Food actor Michael Beach is the most famous black actor in his 50s. He was born on October 30, 1963. His current age is 59 years 7 months 8 days. Michael Beach has a whopping 594,000 articles on Google as of now. He is followed by Wesley Snipes (81,600 articles) and D.L. Hughley (46,100 articles).

If popularity is measured based on number of followers on Instagram, Wesley Snipes tops the list with 1.2 million followers as on date.

Things to remember while determining the popularity of these famous male black actors over 50

The number of articles on Google and social media followers like Twitter and Instagram clearly indicate one’s popularity. The more the number of followers, the more popular one is. At the same time, it is to be remembered that popularity fluctuates over time. If one is not shown on big screen or on television, popularity may dwindle. We’ve even seen, embroiling to controversy may lower the social media followers and thus the popularity. There is a marketing parameter, called Q-score to determine one’s popularity.

What is Q Score?

Q Score is a measure of, to how many people, a celebrity or a product is favourite. It is the ratio of people to whom the celebrity or product is favourite and how many people know about the celebrity or the product multiplied by 100. Q score is represented in percentage.

For example, let’s say Michael Beach’s Q score is 24%. This means he is favourite to 24 people out of 100 people who know him.

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