Who was the first black actor to play a US president on TV or film?

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Who was the first black actor to play a US president on TV or film?

2007-02-16 03:52:25 · 2 answers · asked by D Piddy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting

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With all due respect to Morgan Freeman...James Earl Jones beat him to the punch by several years, in the 1972 film "The Man."

2007-02-16 08:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Morgan Freeman is the first to portray a black elected sitting President in the film Deep Impact(1998). The movie about the earth being struck by a meteor.

2007-02-16 12:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by dr 7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋