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12	!!!By Actor
13	* Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan:
14	** John Coffey from ''Film/TheGreenMile'' is more of a subversion of this trope; despite his massive size and spooky healing powers, he's a GentleGiant who was [[spoiler:[[FrameUp wrongfully convicted]] of murdering children]].
15	** Manute the mob enforcer from ''Film/SinCity''.
16	** He also played a race-swapped Kingpin in ''{{Film/Daredevil 2003}}'', precisely because he was the best actor with the size they wanted, and later reprised the role for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries''.
17	* Creator/TinyLister played this as his standard character type:
18	** ''Film/{{Friday}}'' has him playing Deebo, the BigBad bully who causes many problems for Craig and Smokey.
19	** ''Film/NoHoldsBarred'' has him playing Zeus, the utterly brutal MonsterHeel that Wrestling/HulkHogan's character Rip has to take down, and TheDragon for Brell, the BigBad.
20	** ''Film/LittleNicky'' has him playing Cassius, one of two {{Big Brother Bull\|y}}ies to the title character.
21	** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has him playing the hulking prisoner Ginty, who convinces the prison guard captain to give him the explosives detonator to do "what he should have did 10 minutes ago," presumably blowing up the other boat and saving everyone on his own boat. [[spoiler:Instead, he tosses the detonator out the window, choosing to make a principled sacrifice rather than be coerced into murder]].
22	** In ''Film/{{Circus}}'', Lister is the hulking Moose, BigBad Bruno's chief enforcer who towers over everyone else in the cast. Although normally a PunchClockVillain, even the sadistic Bruno steers clear of Moose when his BerserkButton has been pushed.
23	* Creator/TonyTodd:
24	** ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' and its sequels combine this with VengefulGhost, crafting one of the most terrifying horror antagonists to exist in the process.
25	** ''Film/JackTheReaper'': Mr. Steele must be the most terrifying museum curator in history, and delights in telling the kids stories about all the horrific ways you can be killed by a train.
26	** ''Film/TheRock'' has him as the knife-wielding Captain Darrow, who between the quote "I'd take pleasure in guttin' you, boy..." and [[spoiler:betraying and killing his superior when he won't go through with the attack, no matter if the government didn't pay the ransom money]], is very much this trope.
27	* Basically the entire oeuvre of Creator/VingRhames. Oftentimes, this will be subverted, as in the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' movies, where he turns out to be a GeniusBruiser and a very nice guy. But just as often, it's played straight. Fully half of his film roles seem to be as violent criminals with names like "Animal" and "Diamond Dog."
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29	!!!By Film
30	* Captain Dickson from ''[[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet 21]]'' and ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'', portrayed by Creator/IceCube. Domingo, the leader of The One-Percenters, also qualifies from the first film.
31	* Lieutenant Mailer, the Infected soldier in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''.
32	* Discussed in ''Film/FortyTwo'', where General Manager Branch Rickey insists that UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson must avoid being provoked into this trope no matter how many taunts and jeers he'll get for breaking baseball's color barrier.
33	-->'''Robinson:''' "You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back?"
34	-->'''Rickey:''' "No. I want a player who's got the guts ''not'' to fight back."
35	* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has Persian king Xerxes reimagined as a giant dark-skinned man covered with golden jewelry, with Brazilian actor Creator/RodrigoSantoro's skin having been [[{{Brownface}} darkened]] for the role. The real Xerxes was much lighter-skinned, and whether the UnreliableNarrator justification works for this is open to interpretation.
36	* In ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'' has the bare-chested elevator operator in the executioner's hood. Those EYES! And the song was freaky, too, as he talked about the "assorted simple tortures" awaiting the prisoners in the dungeon. Even the normally unflappable Mr. Zabladowski was visibly unnerved by him.
37	* ''Film/AbsolutePower1997'': Agent Collin (played with chilling serenity by Dennis Haysbert) will serve his President, even if that means committing cold-blooded premeditated murder. His partner Agent Burton at least [[EvenEvilHasStandards admits his disgust]] with what they've been forced to do openly, but Collin seems to have no such compunctions.
38	* ''Film/AlienResurrection'' has the quietly intense Christie, who also has much expertise in small arms.
39	* Terry, the stuntwoman in ''Film/AngelsRevenge'' is a Scary Black ''Woman'' (especially when she's helping con Jim Backus' militia group).
40	* The stewardess in ''Film/AngerManagement'' has one to back her up, and he has a taser.
41	* Quinton (Rampage) Jackson playing B.A. Baracus in ''Film/TheATeam''.
42	%%* Creator/ForestWhitaker in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''. Actually, just Creator/ForestWhitaker (see Idi Amin below).
43	* In ''[[Film/Batman1989 Batman]]'' The Joker employs one of these guys, and he's the only henchman to give Batman trouble during the final battle at the Gotham Cathedral.
44	* ''Film/BlackDynamite'', played by Creator/MichaelJaiWhite, is a parody of Main/{{Blaxploitation}} heroes, being both an irresistible womanizer but also a Kung-Fu fighting SociopathicHero who you ''DO NOT'' want to antagonize with, as he becomes quite the scary black man (especially when he chases after a terrified Cream Corn) when his buttons are pushed. His [[WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite animated counterpart]] even more, since his default expression is an intimidating [[PerpetualFrowner scowl]].
45	* ''Film/{{Blade\|Trilogy}}'', a ruthless and very intimidating {{Dhampyr}} AntiHero played by Creator/WesleySnipes.
46	* ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Despite his intimidating size, Michael is actually a GentleGiant. He's plenty scary if you're lined up against him on the football field, though.
47	* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Film/{{Blindspotting}}''. On the one hand, Miles views it as an enviable mark of authority and authenticity. However, Collin himself is increasingly fearful that being seen as such will land him swiftly back in jail, or even dead.
48	* The film ''[=CB4=]'' parodies the scary black man stereotype by having suburban young black men -- born and raised -- fake like they're gangsters from the hood in order to sell rap records. [[spoiler: MC. Gusto even steals his rap name from the BigBad in the film.]]
49	* Kynette of ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' is an evil martial artist who dispassionately guns down a helpless teenage boy for just having ''seen his face.'' This lets us cheer when Creator/SylvesterStallone [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoves his evil heart into a stalagmite.]]
50	* In ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'', when Eddie takes Vincent and Carmen to a pool hall filled with black men, Vincent urges Carmen to return to the hotel, worried that she could get raped. StreetSmart Carmen's insistence that she can take care of herself gets ignored.
51	* Diamond Dog in ''Film/ConAir''. He's a MalcolmXerox without the glasses or the soapbox. Strangely, he's one of the most well-spoken characters in the entire movie and wrote a best-selling book. And was interviewed by Geraldo. And there was talk in-story about a movie being made about him, with "[[Creator/DenzelWashington Denzel]]" being cast to play him.
52	* ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'':
53	** A GenderInvertedTrope, as Zula's a fierce black warrior woman who is introduced fending off several men at once and is a skilled ScreamingWarrior. She's tall for a woman, and bares her teeth too when fighting. Zula's on the good side, however previously she'd been part of a raiding band.
54	** Bombaata, a tall and formidable black man; in the climax especially, where he demonstrates his brutality to its fullest.
55	* In ''Film/{{Cube}}'', Quentin -- a police officer -- starts out as the apparent hero and leader of the victimized group. [[spoiler:However, he suffers SanitySlippage from the terror of the situation and ends up becoming the film's biggest threat, besides the dangerous Cube itself.]]
56	* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Played straight by Gambol, the black gangster, at least until Joker crashes his party.
57	* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'':
58	** The titular protagonist, Django (Creator/JamieFoxx), becomes quite a formidable OneManArmy of a {{gunslinger}} during the course of the movie, and is ''very'' ruthless towards anyone who dares to mess with him or those he cares about.
59	** Stephen (Creator/SamuelLJackson), a sadistic [[BoomerangBigot black slave overseer]] (technically [[BigBad Calvin Candie]]'s "Head House Slave", but still [[TheDragon the second-in-command]] and above the other slaves). How much scary is he as a scary black man? To the point of bringing Django's enslaved wife to tears and say out loud that she's scared of him.
60	* ''Film/{{District 9}}'' has the Nigerian gangsters, especially the leader Obesandjo who is [[EvilCripple confined to a wheelchair but is still scary as hell]].
61	* ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'': The male members of the voodoo cult who silently surround Biff without his noticing in "Voodoo". In particular, the hulking priest of Damballah who appears without explanation in Biff's home in London to take revenge and retrieve the stolen music.
62	* The Duke, portrayed by Music/IsaacHayes, in ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', is a villainous Scary Black Man. He's the Duke of New York! He's A-number one!
63	* In the film ''Fly-by-Night'', the rap duo King and Eye try to make it on the local rap scene. Problem is, [[spoiler: while King is a decent all-around good fellow, Eye is a scary black man who gets off on control and starting trouble. Needless to say, he's the film's BigBad.]]
64	* The Black Panther cell in ''Film/ForrestGump'' has a handful of Scary Black Men, and one MalcolmXerox ranting about The Man.
65	* Corky from ''Film/{{Fresh}}''. He tells Jake to "shut the fuck up" in one scene, and the way he and his minions exit a van in one scene is very menacing.
66	* ''Film/GameOfDeath'': Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's character is 7ft 2in tall, has SuperStrength, and is very intimidating.
67	* Hackman from ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' (played by Creator/TerryCrews) -- a black inmate and Slayers participant who's easily the largest, most dangerous, and most sadistic character in the movie.
68	* ''Film/GhostNote'': [[BigBad Eugene Burns]] was a blues musician who wrote and played songs that caused anyone who heard them to turn violent and/or suicidal. [[spoiler:And he could certainly have gained some scariness from all the metal attached to his body.]]
69	* Heavy Duty from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. The man totes a .50 cal. machine gun as a sidearm.
70	* {{Subverted\|Trope}} in ''Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay''. The title characters crash their car into a fire hydrant, which floods the street and interrupts a basketball game. When several black men pick up tools and approach the car, Harold and Kumar run off. Turns out the black men just wanted to help them fix the car. They then call the water department to report the damaged hydrant. Oh, and one of them's an orthodontist.
71	* {{Invoked\|Trope}} in ''Film/AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas'' by a pair of black Christmas tree sellers. One acts nice while the other acts like a Scary Black Man in order to sell Christmas trees.
72	* ''Film/JaggedMind'': Papa Juste appears to be a tall, menacing black man with eyes which turn blank when looking at Billie. She's understandable scared when first seeing him (being black herself, this isn't due to race). However, it turns out he's a benevolent CreepyGood vodoun priest who helps Billie to stop dark magic being used on her. It doesn't help that he only speaks Haitian Creole, which Billie doesn't understand, so his trying to help her at first isn't obvious (along with his air of unintentional menace).
73	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
74	** In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', Bond goes up against an African-American drug ring and thus meets quite a bunch of them. Baron Samedi (especially scary as it is implied that he cannot be killed, even by Bond -- he's the voodoo god of the dead, after all. Played by Creator/GeoffreyHolder), Tee Hee (fella with the metal arm, played by Creator/JuliusHarris), Mr. Big and Dr. Kananga (main antagonists, played by Creator/YaphetKotto) and Adam, one of their henchmen, all fit this trope.
75	** May Day (Creator/GraceJones) from ''Film/AViewToAKill'' is a [[GenderInvertedTrope female example]] of this trope. When she's not throwing scary {{Death Glare}}s, she kills people ruthlessly.
76	** Steven Obanno (Creator/IsaachDeBankole) in ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'' is the armed leader of [[AfricanTerrorists the Lord's Resistance Army]], who call on Le Chiffre to provide banking services for them. You don't get much scarier than someone like him wielding a machete and threatening to mutilate Le Chiffre's girlfriend after Le Chiffre loses their money to a foiled terrorist attack.
77	*** Also from ''Casino Royale'', there's Mollaka, the [[LeParkour Parkour]] bomber Bond chases down in the beginning.
78	* ''Film/KickAss'' has a muscular and imposing black guy playing Frank D'Amico's [[TheDragon dragon]]. As if that weren't scary enough, [[spoiler:he grabs a bazooka during the final battle]].
79	* ''Film/{{Kidulthood}}'' has Uncle Curtis, a cruel and terrifying Jamaican crime boss.
80	* Tanya "The Terminator" Tessaro in ''Film/{{Knockout}}'' is a Scary Black Woman. She's the world lightweight boxing champion, is relatively tall and completely jacked, and fights dirty (including headbutting and hitting after the bell). She also leaves one of her opponents comatose and paraplegic.
81	* From ''Film/TheLastDragon'', we have a subversion! Sho'Nuff! Shogun of Harlem! He kicks ass because no one fears him.
82	* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': Idi Amin, as portrayed by Creator/ForestWhitaker. Also Masanga, his security chief.
83	* ''Film/TheLastSentinel'': There is Tallis' superior, Colonel Norton as played by Keith David, an eager BloodKnight (along with his [[TalkingWeapon sapient gatling gun]]) so fond of violence it's pretty creepy. Downplayed with Tallis' TokenBlackFriend Anchilles, who kicks quite a bit of ass but is rather affable and not really scary.
84	* ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'':
85	** ''Film/LandOfTheDead'' had Eugene Clark as a scary black dead man.
86	** ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead''. The teenaged protagonists are captured by what appears to be black gang members led by a softly-spoken badass who is the embodiment of this trope. The group is visibly nervous, with the MsFanservice of the group pulling her coat across her cleavage for the only time in the entire movie. It turns out they're ex-National Guard who end up (after some aggressive negotiating) giving them the supplies they need -- which ironically enough are stolen by a group of white National Guardsmen.
87	* Rory Breaker from ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' is an unconventional variant. He's a [[TheYardies Yardie]] who dresses [[ManOfWealthAndTaste stylishly]], loves an UmbrellaDrink, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick enjoys murdering people who interfere with his main pleasures in life.]] He's also [[MisterBig five foot nine,]] considerably smaller than most of his massive bodyguards, and not a normal height for most candidates on this list, but this doesn't affect his willingness to be the [[FrontlineGeneral first on the scene]] for a murderous shoot-out. And just listen to his TranquilFury when threatening Nick the Greek for information on who stole his cannabis:
88	--> '''Rory:''' If you leave anything out, IllKillYou. If you bend the truth, or I think you're bending the truth, I'll kill you. If you forget anything, I'll kill you. In fact, you're going to have to work very hard to stay alive, Nick. Now do you understand everything I've said? Because if you don't, I'll kill you.
89	* Lorenzo, portrayed by Gbenga Akinnagbe, in the movie ''Lottery Ticket''.
90	* Serrano from the ''Film/MajorLeague'' movies starts off as an example, then subverts it all to hell after becoming a Buddhist in the second film.
91	* ''Film/MalibusMostWanted'' contains a faked version: Taye Diggs and Creator/AnthonyAnderson play a couple of straight-laced drama school-educated black actors hired to play scary ghetto gangsters to knock some sense into a PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy senator's son.
92	* Louis Fedders (played by Creator/KeithDavid) in ''Film/MenAtWork1990'', a Vietnam vet with a penchant for hurting the two main leads over things like French fries. He later plays this image up while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1iNrckWufI looking like he's about to kill the pizza guy despite holding a pellet gun]].
93	* In ''Film/MississippiBurning'', the FBI brings in a professional Scary Black Man to intimidate the corrupt mayor into revealing who committed a hate crime.
94	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' has Creator/LaurenceFishburne as Brassel, who really means well and isn't one of the corrupt agents but he's quite abrasive to Ethan considering the circumstances, constantly chewing on him with death threats and {{badass boast}}s. Though ultimately he turns to be a BenevolentBoss, who once Ethan does his job clears his name and allows him to go on honeymoon.
95	* ''Film/MortalKombat2021'' offers a female version in Mileena, who is given a RaceLift (in the games she's Asian) but remains violent and AxCrazy.
96	%%* The bouncer in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
97	* Sgt. Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.) from ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman''. Justified as it's his role as DrillSergeantNasty.
98	* Parodied in ''Film/PineappleExpress'' by Matheson. He is strangely effeminate and in touch with his feelings. He is still a stonecold killer, however.
99	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
100	** Captain Barbossa's Bo'sun in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' -- he's even got ritual scars and terrible teeth. Also, one of Blackbeard's zombie officers in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]''.
101	** Tia Dalma becomes a female example in ''At World's End'', when she is revealed to be the sea goddess Calypso trapped in human form. When restored to full power, she grows gigantic and speaks with the VoiceOfTheLegion, before conjuring a huge storm for the final battle.
102	* Moses Hightower in the ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movies ''[[BruiserWithASoftCenter seems to]]'' belong to this trope, [[GentleGiant but ONLY in appearance]]. He does get in a good [[DeathGlare scary look]] in at times, such as his first appearance. (Lining up for their first day at recruit school, the recruits are ordered to stand each with his right hand on the next person's left shoulder. We're looking at a white supremacist who finds himself surrounded by blacks, and who can't help but make a racist remark. A giant black hand falls upon his left shoulder. The racist looks left and up...and up...and up...)
103	* ''Film/{{Predator}}'' has two black men, but while Dillon is quite amicable, Mac gives bad vibes between his cold demeanor and increased distress as the Predator continues his slaughter. According to Creator/RogerEbert, [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/predator-2-1990 the Predator itself is subtly modeled after this trope]], particularly in the dreadlock-like appendages.
104	** ''Film/{{Predators}}'' has Mombasa, a death squad officer more than willing to tell about the atrocities he and his troops would commit in Usefulnotes/SierraLeone.
105	* ''Film/PulpFiction'':
106	** Jules Winnfield (again played by Creator/SamuelLJackson), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who likes to terrorize his victims before killing them, just for kicks.
107	** Jules' boss Marcellus Wallace (Creator/VingRhames) doesn't exactly [[MemeticMutation look like a bitch]], and he can be REALLY scary.
108	* Agent Carver in ''Film/{{Push}}''. Don't look him in the eye unless you want to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide eat your gun]].
109	* Played with in ''Film/RaisingArizona'':
110	-->'''Prison Counselor:''' Why do you say you feel "trapped" in a man's body? \
111	'''Scary Black Convict:''' Well, sometimes I get them menstrual cramps ''real hard.''
112	* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' pulls out a whole squad of 'em, when the Tri-Lamb head gives Gilbert the support to speak out in front of the Alpha Betas.
113	* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'', the black gang member Joe Cox is TheHyena of the group who takes a really unsettling sadistic glee in mocking Murphy as he's being tortured to death.
114	* ''Film/RockyIII'' has [[BlackBoxerStereotype Clubber Lang]] played by ''Creator/MrT''. Brutish and aggressive, Lang actively torments Rocky and taunts him in the ring and out. Not that he actually hates Balboa, [[{{Catchphrase}} but he pities the foo']].
115	* Subverted in ''Film/TheSandlot'': Mr. Mertle (Creator/JamesEarlJones) is the owner of a ferocious dog known as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Beast]]" and, as one kid tells it, will sic him on any kid who dares to climb into his backyard, which is why they have to go through such wacky hijinx to get their baseball back. When they tell Mr. Mertle about it, he's flabbergasted, since he would have retrieved the baseball himself if they'd just asked him. On top of that, his dog is actually quite friendly and just has a fondness for baseballs.
116	* Polie in ''Film/TheScavengers'', who used to be a heavyweight boxer, is the largest and strongest of ex-slaves. His hulking form suddenly looming silently in front of her as she escapes the town is -- combined with everything else that has happened to her -- enough to cause Nancy to faint.
117	* ''Film/TheSerpentAndTheRainbow:'' Peytraud and his men are sadistic black magic-worshipping Haitian SecretPolice thugs who relish the opportunity to hurt people and menace the protagonist at every turn.
118	* The 1963 film ''Film/ShockCorridor'' features an insane black KKK member who is both this and a very early example of the "black white supremacist" idea later popularized by ''The Chappelle Show''. In case you missed it, suffice to say that anti-black rhetoric somehow sounds even ''more'' terrifying when it's coming from a Scary Black Man.
119	* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' has Butch Meathook, the ColdSniper of the Commando Elite. Though he may be just an action figure, he certainly looks and acts intimidating.
120	* In the 2009 version of ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'', the trope is subverted when a female hostage asks a black man if he has a plan to fight their abductors. The annoyed man asks if she is asking because he's black, but she explains that she saw he was wearing a ring that marks him as a veteran of the elite US Airborne paratroopers.
121	* ''Film/{{Thor}}'' has [[Creator/IdrisElba Heimdall]], full stop. In [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld the sequel]] he shows just ''how'' scary.
122	** The big S.H.I.E.L.D. agent that confronts Thor.
123	--->'''Thor:''' You're big. [[BadassBoast I've fought bigger.]]
124	* Chocolate Mousse in ''Film/TopSecret'' is a parody of a Scary Black Man, doing such "classically" badass things as eating a cigar, drinking gasoline, and wielding a front-loader cannon as a sidearm. He's also an [[ImprobableAimingSkills impossibly good shot]] with a machine gun.
125	* In ''Film/TradingPlaces'', while jailed, Valentine antagonizes with a BrainsAndBrawn pair of scary black men (a [[FatBastard fat one]] and a [[DumbMuscle muscular one]] who [[VerbalTic mostly only says "Yeah"]] in response to whatever his partner says), who get angry at his pompous BlatantLies and get ready to pound him right before he's bailed out. They show up again later, but Valentine successfully impresses them now that he's become very wealthy for real.
126	* In ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'', Bobby Seale is put on trial alongside the seven protest organizers to play into this trope. He points out during the trial that he doesn't even ''know'' any of them and is only being thrown in to make the defendants look like terrifying revolutionaries because he's the co-founder of the Black Panthers -- he himself was only in Chicago for a few hours to give a speech.[[note]]And though it's not stated in the film itself, he only went to fill in for someone else.[[/note]] This backfires when Judge Hoffman's flagrant abuse of Seale's rights culminates in his ordering Seale to be shackled and gagged in open court. The ''prosecution'' asks for Seale's case to be declared a mistrial because the spectacle is so horrifying that Seale can't be viewed as anything but a victim of racism.
127	* Kirk Lazarus in ''Film/TropicThunder'' acts like this but he's really [[QuestionableCasting a white Australian who]] [[{{Blackface}} was chosen to play a black US army soldier in a Vietnam war film.]]
128	* ''{{Film/Underworld 2003}}'' has Raze, who's not only TheBrute for Lucian, but the only notable person of colour among the Lycans. His actor Creator/KevinGrevioux is known for his voice naturally being extremely deep and therefore enhancing the intimidation factor. Showing that Black creators aren't above having fun with this trope, he co-wrote the whole franchise. It's also averted with Kahn, the TokenMinority among the vampires, as he's a NiceGuy.
129	* In ''Film/WhenWeWereKings'', George Foreman is this compared to implied protagonist UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, as he is darker, bigger, and less congenial.
130	* Prince Escalus (now portrayed as a policeman) in ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet''.
131	* Another RareFemaleExample is Mabel King's rendition of Evilene, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the 1970s film version of ''Film/TheWiz''.
132	* Most of Creator/DonnieYen's Hong Kong films from the '90s, including ''Film/TigerCage'' (both of them), ''Film/InTheLineOfDuty4Witness'', ''Film/BallisticKiss'' and ''Film/CheetahOnFire'' will have him battling a huge, muscular African-American henchman who often gives Donnie problems, in a DavidVersusGoliath-style fights with Yen being the David. The black henchman is [[https://www.easternfilmfans.co.uk/exclusive-interview-with-mr-michael-woods/ Michael Woods]], a friend of Donnie's from his martial arts academy days whom Donnie convinced the studios to feature him in several of his earlier films.
133	%%* The Zulus in ''Film/{{Zulu}}''.
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