The Usual Suspects (1995) has at least 1 Black credited character out of 33.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 3%
One. Technically not zero.
16 actors have no public bio we could find, so the real number may be higher. Why.
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors we counted as Black; marks actors with no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Baldwin | McManus | |
| 2 | Gabriel Byrne | Keaton | |
| 3 | Benicio del Toro | Fenster | |
| 4 | Kevin Pollak | Hockney | |
| 5 | Kevin Spacey | Verbal | |
| 6 | Chazz Palminteri | Dave Kujan | |
| 7 | Pete Postlethwaite | Kobayashi | |
| 8 | Suzy Amis | Edie Finneran | |
| 9 | Giancarlo Esposito | Jack Baer | ●Counted as Black |
| 10 | Dan Hedaya | Jeff Rabin | |
| 11 | Paul Bartel | Smuggler | |
| 12 | Carl Bressler | Saul Berg | ?No public bio we could find |
| 13 | Phillipe Simon | Fortier | ?No public bio we could find |
| 14 | Jack Shearer | Renault | ?No public bio we could find |
| 15 | Christine Estabrook | Dr. Plummer | |
| 16 | Clark Gregg | Dr. Walters | |
| 17 | Morgan Hunter | Arkosh Kovash | ?No public bio we could find |
| 18 | Ken Daly | Translator | ?No public bio we could find |
| 19 | Michelle Clunie | Sketch Artist | |
| 20 | Louis Lombardi | Strausz | |
| 21 | Frank Medrano | Rizzi | ?No public bio we could find |
| 22 | Ron Gilbert | Daniel Metzheiser | ?No public bio we could find |
| 23 | Vito D'Ambrosio | Arresting Officer | ?No public bio we could find |
| 24 | Gene Lythgow | Cop on Pier | ?No public bio we could find |
| 25 | Bob Elmore | Bodyguard #1 | |
| 26 | David Powledge | Bodyguard #2 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 27 | Bob Pennetta | Bodyguard #3 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 28 | Billy Bates | Bodyguard #4 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 29 | Smadar Hanson | Keyser's Wife | ?No public bio we could find |
| 30 | Castulo Guerra | Arturro Marquez | |
| 31 | Peter Rocca | Arturro's Bodyguard | ?No public bio we could find |
| 32 | Bert Williams | Old Cop | ?No public bio we could find |
| 33 | Scott B. Morgan | Keyser Söze (flashback) | ?No public bio we could find |
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