Do the Right Thing 1989

Do the Right Thing (1989) has 13 Black credited characters out of 42.

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The Van Lathan Ratio · 31%

31% of the credited cast.

Directed by Spike Lee · 120 min

On The Rewatchables

Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.

#	Actor	Character	Black
1	Danny Aiello	Sal
2	Ossie Davis	Da Mayor	●Counted as Black
3	Ruby Dee	Mother Sister	●Counted as Black
4	Richard Edson	Vito
5	Giancarlo Esposito	Buggin Out	●Counted as Black
6	Spike Lee	Mookie	●Counted as Black
7	Bill Nunn	Radio Raheem	●Counted as Black
8	John Turturro	Pino
9	Paul Benjamin	ML	●Counted as Black
10	Frankie Faison	Coconut Sid	●Counted as Black
11	Robin Harris	Sweet Dick Willie	●Counted as Black
12	Joie Lee	Jade	●Counted as Black
13	Miguel Sandoval	Officer Ponte
14	Rick Aiello	Officer Long
15	John Savage	Clifton
16	Samuel L. Jackson	Mister Señor Love Daddy	●Counted as Black
17	Rosie Perez	Tina
18	Roger Guenveur Smith	Smiley
19	Steve White	Ahmad	●Counted as Black
20	Martin Lawrence	Cee	●Counted as Black
21	Leonard L. Thomas	Punchy	●Counted as Black
22	Christa Rivers	Ella
23	Frank Vincent	Charlie
24	Luis Antonio Ramos	Stevie
25	Richard Habersham	Eddie
26	Gwen McGee	Louise
27	Steve Park	Sonny
28	Ginny Yang	Kim
29	Sherwin Park	Korean Child
30	Shawn Elliott	Puerto Rican Icee Man
31	Diva Osorio	Carmen
32	Chris Delaney	Stevie's Friend
33	Angel Ramirez Jr.	Stevie's Friend
34	Sixto Ramos	Stevie's Friend
35	Nelson Vasquez	Stevie's Friend
36	Travell Lee Toulson	Hector
37	Joel Nagle	Sergeant
38	David E. Weinberg	Plain Clothes Detective
39	Yatte Brown	Double Dutch Girl
40	Mecca Brunson	Double Dutch Girl
41	Shawn Stainback	Double Dutch Girl
42	Soquana Wallace	Double Dutch Girl