Mekhi was featured in a lot of the nineties music videos... man, I miss them!I like Mekhi Phifer... Actually he does look expressive to me but with the italian voices even not good actors sound great, so maybe in the original language he's not good, I don't know. He's hot though.... anyways, and loves Africa.
Steve James, an actor who left before his time had arrived. Probably best known as 'Kung Fu Joe" in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the American Ninja films. Seeing him in the Chuck Norris flick Hero and the Terror (at age 8 was the first time that I noticed the trend of killin' off brothas in the movies. At the time of his passing, he was actually getting better roles and expanding his range as an actor. Plus, the was the ONLY other consistent Black action actor in the '80s! Although usually playing sidekicks, he was clearly the better martial arts fighter and had more charisma then the leading actor. He had a couple leading roles in films like Street Hunter and Riverbend (a good B-movie)
"I don't really have... 12 inches."
"But what about your kinfolk?":lol:
"You can take the window or the stairs."
Hollywood Shuffle is another movie I love!!
Steve James, an actor who left before his time had arrived. Probably best known as 'Kung Fu Joe" in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the American Ninja films. Seeing him in the Chuck Norris flick Hero and the Terror (at age 8 was the first time that I noticed the trend of killin' off brothas in the movies. At the time of his passing, he was actually getting better roles and expanding his range as an actor. Plus, the was the ONLY other consistent Black action actor in the '80s! Although usually playing sidekicks, he was clearly the better martial arts fighter and had more charisma then the leading actor. He had a couple leading roles in films like Street Hunter and Riverbend (a good B-movie)
My other favorite of course is none other than...
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson- The man who makes and produces his own films (which are known for having IR scenes). Formed his own production company Po' Boy productions to make the films that he wanted to when Hollywood wanted to offer him sidekick roles, pimp or criminal roles. Has three rules: 1) You can't kill him. 2) He wins all the fights. 3) he gets the girl (if he want's her). Other than Steve James, he was the only Black action star throughout the '80s. While his films aren't 'classics', they are important to me.
Honorable Mention:
Carl Weathers (yeah, the first time I saw Apollo get killed, I cried because the shit pissed me off.)
Billy Dee Williams
Ron Van Clief (better martial artist than Jim Kelly, and should have gone further in action films)
Sidney Poitier
Thalmus Rasulala (very underrated 70s actor)
John Amos (he WAS Good Times! TV's first Black father? The producers fired him to have the show focus on Jimmie Walker's minstrel-type antics)
Ron O'Neal
Richard Roundtree
James Earl Jones
Samuel L. Jackson
Blair Underwood
An impressive looking man.
), Dave Chapelle, Denzel, Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan, Ice Cube, all the Wayans brothers, Samuel L Jackson ... I think that's it, though I could be forgetting someone. OH! I remembered one Romany (the dude in 40 Year Old Virgin and if I remember right, I think he's in an IR relationship), and that guy "Romeo" who was murdered who was in the Steve Harvey show, but I'm forgetting his name right now. I liked him because he looked strikingly similar to my man at that age, quite "trippily" so 
, I like Steve Harvey too.
Jim Brown is the man! On top of helping the Cleveland Browns win their last title in 1964, he was a straight up ass-kicker in all his movies and got the prettiest ladies. So yes, Moskvichka, he would have definitely ravaged youTalking about "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka", I thought Jim Brown was extremely good-looking. It's a man like this that you look at and think he'd be hell in bed.
that guy "Romeo" who was murdered who was in the Steve Harvey show, but I'm forgetting his name right now. I liked him because he looked strikingly similar to my man at that age, quite "trippily" so
