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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ossie Davis" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="اوسى ديفيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوسى ديفيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ossie Davis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ossie Davis</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington,_D.C._(Actor_Ossie_Davis.)_-_NARA_-_542018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington%2C_D.C._%28Actor_Ossie_Davis.%29_-_NARA_-_542018.jpg/220px-Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington%2C_D.C._%28Actor_Ossie_Davis.%29_-_NARA_-_542018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" 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style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Cogdell,_Georgia" title="Cogdell, Georgia">Cogdell, Georgia</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 4, 2005<span style="display:none">(2005-02-04)</span> (aged 87)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Beach">Miami Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output 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title="married">m.</abbr> 1948)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Guy_Davis_(musician)" title="Guy Davis (musician)">Guy Davis</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Raiford Chatman</b> "<b>Ossie</b>" <b>Davis</b> (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a>, writer, and activist.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was married to <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a>, with whom he frequently performed, until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received numerous accolades including an <a href="/wiki/Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy">Emmy</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Award">Writers Guild of America Award</a> as well as nominations for four additional <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>. Davis was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Theater_Hall_of_Fame" title="American Theater Hall of Fame">American Theater Hall of Fame</a> in 1994 and received the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> in 1995, <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> in 2004 <sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis started his career in theatre acting with the <a href="/wiki/Rose_McClendon" title="Rose McClendon">Ross McClendon Players</a> in the 1940s. He made his <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> debut acting in the post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> play <i><a href="/wiki/Jeb_(play)" title="Jeb (play)">Jeb</a></i> (1946). He earned a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical">Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical</a> nomination for his role in <i><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_(musical)" title="Jamaica (musical)">Jamaica</a></i> (1958). He wrote and starred as the title character in the satirical farce <i><a href="/wiki/Purlie_Victorious" title="Purlie Victorious">Purlie Victorious</a></i> (1961) which was adapted into a <a href="/wiki/Gone_Are_the_Days!" title="Gone Are the Days!">1963 film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purlie" title="Purlie">1970 musical</a>. </p><p>Davis's credits as a film director include <i><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Comes_to_Harlem" title="Cotton Comes to Harlem">Cotton Comes to Harlem</a></i> (1970), <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Girl_(1972_film)" title="Black Girl (1972 film)">Black Girl</a></i> (1972), and <i><a href="/wiki/Gordon%27s_War" title="Gordon's War">Gordon's War</a></i> (1973). He was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scalphunters" title="The Scalphunters">The Scalphunters</a></i> (1968). Davis also acted in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(1965_film)" title="The Hill (1965 film)">The Hill</a></i> (1965), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Adam_(film)" title="A Man Called Adam (film)">A Man Called Adam</a></i> (1966), <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Do_It_Again_(1975_film)" title="Let's Do It Again (1975 film)">Lets Do It Again</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/School_Daze" title="School Daze">School Daze</a></i> (1988), <i><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing" title="Do the Right Thing">Do the Right Thing</a></i> (1989), <i><a href="/wiki/Grumpy_Old_Men_(film)" title="Grumpy Old Men (film)">Grumpy Old Men</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(1994_film)" title="The Client (1994 film)">The Client</a></i> (1994), and <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dolittle_(1998_film)" title="Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)">Dr. Dolittle</a></i> (1998). </p><p>For his portrayal of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Sr." title="Martin Luther King Sr.">Martin Luther King Sr.</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/King_(miniseries)" title="King (miniseries)">King</a></i> (1978) he was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series</a>. He was also Emmy-nominated for his roles in <i>Teacher, Teacher</i> (1969), <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Evers%27_Boys" title="Miss Evers' Boys">Miss Evers' Boys</a></i> (1997), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_L_Word" title="The L Word">The L Word</a></i> (2005). He won the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album</a> with his wife <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> for <i>Ossie and Ruby</i> (2005). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raiford Chatman Davis was born in <a href="/wiki/Cogdell,_Georgia" title="Cogdell, Georgia">Cogdell, Georgia</a>, the son of Kince Charles Davis, a railway construction engineer, and his wife Laura (<i>née</i> Cooper; July 9, 1898 – June 6, 2004).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He inadvertently became known as "Ossie" when his birth certificate was being filed and his mother's pronunciation of his name as "R. C. Davis" was misheard by the <a href="/wiki/Clinch_County,_Georgia" title="Clinch County, Georgia">Clinch County</a> courthouse clerk.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis experienced <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> from an early age when the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">KKK</a> threatened to shoot his father, whose job they felt was too advanced for a black man to have. His siblings included scientist <a href="/wiki/William_Conan_Davis" title="William Conan Davis">William Conan Davis</a>, social worker <a href="/wiki/Essie_Davis_Morgan" title="Essie Davis Morgan">Essie Davis Morgan</a>, pharmacist Kenneth Curtis Davis, and biology teacher James Davis.<sup id="cite_ref-HistoryMakers_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistoryMakers-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the wishes of his parents, he attended <a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a> but dropped out in 1939 to fulfill his desire for an acting career in New York after a recommendation by <a href="/wiki/Alain_Locke" class="mw-redirect" title="Alain Locke">Alain Locke</a>; he later attended <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_School_of_General_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia University School of General Studies">Columbia University School of General Studies</a>. His acting career began in 1939 with the Rose McClendon Players in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Davis served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in the Medical Corps. He made his film debut in 1950 in the <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(1950_film)" title="No Way Out (1950 film)">No Way Out</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1939–1959:_Acting_debut_and_Broadway_work"><span id="1939.E2.80.931959:_Acting_debut_and_Broadway_work"></span>1939–1959: Acting debut and Broadway work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1939–1959: Acting debut and Broadway work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ossiedavis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Ossiedavis.jpg/170px-Ossiedavis.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Ossiedavis.jpg/255px-Ossiedavis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Ossiedavis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>Photo by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Van_Vechten" title="Carl Van Vechten">Carl Van Vechten</a>, 1951</figcaption></figure> <p>When Davis wanted to pursue a career in acting, he ran into the usual roadblocks that black people suffered at that time as they generally could only portray stereotypical characters such as <a href="/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit" title="Stepin Fetchit">Stepin Fetchit</a>. Instead, he tried to follow the example of <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> and play more distinguished characters. When he found it necessary to play a <a href="/wiki/Pullman_porter" title="Pullman porter">Pullman porter</a> or a butler, he played those characters realistically, not as a <a href="/wiki/Caricature" title="Caricature">caricature</a>. </p><p>In 1961, he wrote and starred in the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> play <i><a href="/wiki/Purlie_Victorious" title="Purlie Victorious">Purlie Victorious</a></i>, a farce satirizing the confederate south. Davis portrayed the title character Purlie Victorious Judson, acting opposite <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a>. The film was adapted into a film titled <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_Are_the_Days!" title="Gone Are the Days!">Gone Are the Days!</a></i>, released in 1963. The Broadway cast reprised their roles for the film. <a href="/wiki/Howard_Taubman" title="Howard Taubman">Howard Taubman</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote of the play: "It is marvelously exhilarating to hear the Negro speak for himself, especially when he does so in the fullness of his native gusto and the enveloping heartiness of his overflowing laughter."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970–1989:_Directorial_work"><span id="1970.E2.80.931989:_Directorial_work"></span>1970–1989: Directorial work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970–1989: Directorial work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to acting, Davis, along with <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Van_Peebles" title="Melvin Van Peebles">Melvin Van Peebles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Parks" title="Gordon Parks">Gordon Parks</a>, was one of the notable black directors of his generation: he directed movies such as <i><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Comes_to_Harlem" title="Cotton Comes to Harlem">Cotton Comes to Harlem</a></i> (1970), <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Girl_(1972_film)" title="Black Girl (1972 film)">Black Girl</a></i> (1972) and <i><a href="/wiki/Gordon%27s_War" title="Gordon's War">Gordon's War</a></i> (1973). Along with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> and Poitier, Davis was one of a handful of black actors able to find commercial success while avoiding stereotypical roles prior to 1970, which also included a significant role in the <a href="/wiki/Otto_Preminger" title="Otto Preminger">Otto Preminger</a> directed drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardinal" title="The Cardinal">The Cardinal</a></i> (1963) and the <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lumet" title="Sidney Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a> prison drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(1965_film)" title="The Hill (1965 film)">The Hill</a></i> (1965). He acted in the musical drama <i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Adam_(film)" title="A Man Called Adam (film)">A Man Called Adam</a></i> (1966), performing alongside <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a>. He played Joseph Lee in the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a>-directed western drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scalphunters" title="The Scalphunters">The Scalphunters</a></i>, acting alongside <a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a>. For his performance, Davis received a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture</a>. Critic <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Sun-Times" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Sun-Times">The Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> praised Davis's performance in the film writing: "Davis, as an educated slave, is gradually initiated into the brutal realities of frontier life. [He] emerges as a genuine comic talent in a very demanding role (actually the lead, although Lancaster gets top billing). His character changes from an Uncle Tom to a rough-and-ready cowboy before your very eyes."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this time, he acted in the western comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Sam_Whiskey" title="Sam Whiskey">Sam Whiskey</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angie_Dickinson" title="Angie Dickinson">Angie Dickinson</a>, the drama <i><a href="/wiki/Slaves_(film)" title="Slaves (film)">Slaves</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a>, and the action comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(1979_film)" title="Hot Stuff (1979 film)">Hot Stuck</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Dom_DeLuise" title="Dom DeLuise">Dom DeLuise</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Pleshette" title="Suzanne Pleshette">Suzanne Pleshette</a>. Davis starred with Cosby and Poitier in the 1975 film <i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Do_It_Again_(1975_film)" title="Let's Do It Again (1975 film)">Let's Do It Again</a></i>. Davis, however, never had the tremendous commercial or critical success that either of them enjoyed. As a <a href="/wiki/Playwright" title="Playwright">playwright</a>, Davis wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a>: All-American</i>, which is frequently performed in theatre programs for young audiences. </p><p>In 1976, Davis appeared on <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>'s novelty album for children, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ali_and_His_Gang_vs._Mr._Tooth_Decay" title="The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay">The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-RSJun16_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSJun16-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis found recognition late in his life by working in several of director <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>'s films, including <i><a href="/wiki/School_Daze" title="School Daze">School Daze</a></i> (1988), <i><a href="/wiki/Do_The_Right_Thing" class="mw-redirect" title="Do The Right Thing">Do The Right Thing</a></i> (1989), <i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Fever" title="Jungle Fever">Jungle Fever</a></i> (1991), <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a></i> (1991), <i><a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus" title="Get on the Bus">Get on the Bus</a></i> (1996), and <i><a href="/wiki/She_Hate_Me" title="She Hate Me">She Hate Me</a></i> (2004) For the final moments of <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a></i>, Davis, in voiceover, recited the actual eulogy that he wrote and delivered at Malcolm's funeral 27 years earlier. He also found work as a commercial <a href="/wiki/Voice-over" title="Voice-over">voice-over</a> artist and served as the narrator of the early-1990s <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Shade" title="Evening Shade">Evening Shade</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a>, where he also played one of the residents of a small southern town. Davis and Reynolds had also worked together on Reynolds' previous TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/B.L._Stryker" title="B.L. Stryker">B.L. Stryker</a></i> (1989-1990), aired as part of the <i>ABC Mystery Movie</i> series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–2005:_Later_work_and_final_roles"><span id="1990.E2.80.932005:_Later_work_and_final_roles"></span>1990–2005: Later work and final roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990–2005: Later work and final roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ossie_Davis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ossie_Davis.jpg/150px-Ossie_Davis.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ossie_Davis.jpg/225px-Ossie_Davis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ossie_Davis.jpg/300px-Ossie_Davis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1777" /></a><figcaption>Davis in 2000</figcaption></figure> <p>Davis also appeared in several popular 1990s films, including the studio comedies <i><a href="/wiki/Grumpy_Old_Men_(film)" title="Grumpy Old Men (film)">Grumpy Old Men</a></i> (1993) starring <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Cop_and_a_Half" title="Cop and a Half">Cop and a Half</a></i> (1993) with <a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/John_Grisham" title="John Grisham">John Grisham</a> drama film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(1994_film)" title="The Client (1994 film)">The Client</a></i> (1994) starring <a href="/wiki/Susan_Sarandon" title="Susan Sarandon">Susan Sarandon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lee_Jones" title="Tommy Lee Jones">Tommy Lee Jones</a>. He reunited with <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> acting in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus" title="Get on the Bus">Get on the Bus</a></i> (1996) and appeared his <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> documentary <i><a href="/wiki/4_Little_Girls" title="4 Little Girls">4 Little Girls</a></i> (1997) which was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature">Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature</a>. In 1998 he acted in the <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> led comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dolittle_(1998_film)" title="Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)">Dr. Dolittle</a></i>. In 1999, he appeared as a theater caretaker in the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghosts_of_Christmas_Eve" title="The Ghosts of Christmas Eve">The Ghosts of Christmas Eve</a></i>, which was released on DVD two years later. For many years, he hosted the annual National Memorial Day Concert from Washington, D.C. </p><p>In 1994, Davis played Judge Richard Farris in the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stand_(1994_miniseries)" title="The Stand (1994 miniseries)">The Stand</a></i>. From 1995 to 1996, he played Judge Harry Roosevelt in the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> legal drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(TV_series)" title="The Client (TV series)">The Client</a></i> (reprising his role from the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(1994_film)" title="The Client (1994 film)">1994 film</a></i>). Davis played Erasmus Jones in <i><a href="/wiki/Promised_Land_(1996_TV_series)" title="Promised Land (1996 TV series)">Promised Land</a></i> from 1996 to 1998. The series was a spinoff from <i><a href="/wiki/Touched_by_an_Angel" title="Touched by an Angel">Touched by an Angel</a></i> where he played multiple characters from 1996 to 2000. He played Mr. Evers in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Evers%27_Boys" title="Miss Evers' Boys">Miss Evers' Boys</a></i> (1997) starring <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne" title="Laurence Fishburne">Laurence Fishburne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfre_Woodard" title="Alfre Woodard">Alfre Woodard</a>. The film won the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Television_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie</a>. That same year he acted in the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a> television film <i><a href="/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1997_film)" title="12 Angry Men (1997 film)">12 Angry Men</a></i> (1997) playing Juror #2. He acted in an ensemble cast acting alongside <a href="/wiki/Courtney_B._Vance" title="Courtney B. Vance">Courtney B. Vance</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicholson" title="Jack Nicholson">Jack Nicholson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a>. He voiced <a href="/wiki/Anansi" title="Anansi">Anansi</a> the spider on the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a> children's television series <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> in its animation segments. He also narrated the <a href="/wiki/HBO_Storybook_Musicals" title="HBO Storybook Musicals">HBO Storybook Musicals</a> adaptation of <a href="/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(fairy_tale)" title="The Red Shoes (fairy tale)">The Red Shoes</a> aired on February 7, 1990. In 2000, he voiced the role of Yar in <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Pictures">Disney's</a> <a href="/wiki/Live-action_animated_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Live-action animated film">live-action animated</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_(2000_film)" title="Dinosaur (2000 film)">Dinosaur</a></i>. </p><p>From 1999 to 2000, he played Mr. Parker in the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> crime drama <i><a href="/wiki/Third_Watch" title="Third Watch">Third Watch</a></i>. He also took roles in <i><a href="/wiki/Deacons_for_Defense_(film)" title="Deacons for Defense (film)">Deacons for Defense</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/JAG_(TV_series)" title="JAG (TV series)">JAG</a></i>, both in 2003. Davis's last role was a several episode guest role on the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a> drama series <i><a href="/wiki/The_L_Word" title="The L Word">The L Word</a></i>, as a father struggling with the acceptance of his daughter <a href="/wiki/Bette_Porter" title="Bette Porter">Bette</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Beals" title="Jennifer Beals">Jennifer Beals</a>) parenting a child with her lesbian partner. In his final episodes, his character took ill and died. His wife Ruby Dee was present during the filming of his own death scene. That episode, which aired shortly after Davis's own death, aired with a dedication to the actor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Davis's death, actor <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Haysbert" title="Dennis Haysbert">Dennis Haysbert</a> portrayed him in the 2015 film <i><a href="/wiki/Experimenter_(film)" title="Experimenter (film)">Experimenter</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg/170px-Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg/255px-Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg/340px-Ossie_Davis_and_Ruby_Dee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="655" /></a><figcaption>Davis and Dee</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage">Marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1948, Davis married actress <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a>, whom he had met on the set of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ardrey" title="Robert Ardrey">Robert Ardrey</a>'s 1946 play <i><a href="/wiki/Jeb_(play)" title="Jeb (play)">Jeb</a></i>. In their joint autobiography <i>With Ossie and Ruby,</i> they described their decision to have an <a href="/wiki/Open_marriage" title="Open marriage">open marriage</a>, later changing their minds.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1960s they moved to the New York suburb of <a href="/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York" title="New Rochelle, New York">New Rochelle</a>, where they remained ever after.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their son <a href="/wiki/Guy_Davis_(musician)" title="Guy Davis (musician)">Guy Davis</a> is a blues musician and former actor, who appeared in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Beat_Street" title="Beat Street">Beat Street</a></i> (1984) and the daytime soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i>. Their daughters are Nora Davis Day and Hasna Muhammad. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_activism">Political activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_(left)_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg/170px-Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg/255px-Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg/340px-Opera_star_Stacey_Robinson_%28left%29_with_Ossie_Davis_in_1998.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Davis with activist and opera star Stacey Robinson (left) in 1998</figcaption></figure> <p>Davis and Dee were well known as <a href="/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" title="Civil and political rights">civil rights</a> activists during the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a> and were close friends of <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> and other icons of the era. They were involved in organizing the 1963 civil rights <a href="/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a>, and served as its <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Ceremonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Ceremonies">emcees</a>. Davis, alongside Ahmed Osman, delivered the <a href="/wiki/Eulogy" title="Eulogy">eulogy</a> at the funeral of Malcolm X.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He re-read part of this eulogy at the end of Spike Lee's film <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X_(1992_film)" title="Malcolm X (1992 film)">Malcolm X</a></i>. He also delivered a stirring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, at a memorial in New York's Central Park the day after King was assassinated in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis was found dead in a <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Beach">Miami Beach</a> hotel room on February 4, 2005. He was 87 years old. An official cause of death was not released, but he was known to have had heart problems.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His ashes were interred at <a href="/wiki/Ferncliff_Cemetery" title="Ferncliff Cemetery">Ferncliff Cemetery</a>. </p><p>Davis's funeral was held in New York City on February 12, 2005. The line to enter The Riverside Church, located on the edge of Harlem, stretched for several blocks, with a thousand or more members of the public unable to attend as the church filled to its 2,100 capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speakers included Davis's children and grandchildren, as well as <a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amiri_Baraka" title="Amiri Baraka">Amiri Baraka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avery_Brooks" title="Avery Brooks">Avery Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attallah_Shabazz" title="Attallah Shabazz">Attallah Shabazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tavis_Smiley" title="Tavis Smiley">Tavis Smiley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sanchez" title="Sonia Sanchez">Sonia Sanchez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a>, and former president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a> performed a musical tribute. Burt Reynolds, who early in his career had worked with Davis, said "Ossie Davis took the bad parts of the South out of me.... I know what a man is because of Ossie Davis." Ms. Shabazz, oldest daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, spoke lovingly of the man she and her five sisters called Uncle Ossie, saying he had provided exceptional support to her and her sisters after her father's assassination. Bill Clinton arrived midway through the service, and said from the pulpit "I asked to be seated in the back. I would proudly ride on the back of Ossie Davis's bus any day," adding that Davis "would have made a great president."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Delivering the eulogy, Harry Belafonte said: Ossie Davis "embraced the greatest forces of our times. Paul Robeson, Dr. <a href="/wiki/W.E.B._DuBois" class="mw-redirect" title="W.E.B. DuBois">W.E.B. DuBois</a>, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Philip Randolph, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Thurgood Marshall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and so many, many more. At the time of one of our most anxious and conflicted moments, when 'Our America' was torn apart by seething issues of race, Ossie paused, at the tomb of one of our noblest warriors, and in the eulogy he delivered, insured that history would clearly understand the voice of Black people, and what Malcolm X meant to us in the African-American struggle for freedom.... It is hard to fathom that we will no longer be able to call on his wisdom, his humor, his loyalty and his moral strength to guide us in the choices that are yet to be made and the battles that are yet to be fought. But how fortunate we were to have him as long as we did."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(1950_film)" title="No Way Out (1950 film)">No Way Out</a></i></td> <td>John Brooks</td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Hours" title="Fourteen Hours">Fourteen Hours</a></i></td> <td>Cab Driver</td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Joe_Louis_Story" title="The Joe Louis Story">The Joe Louis Story</a></i></td> <td>Bob</td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1963</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_Are_the_Days!" title="Gone Are the Days!">Gone Are the Days!</a></i></td> <td>Rev. Purlie Victorious Judson</td> <td>aka <i>Purlie Victorious</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardinal" title="The Cardinal">The Cardinal</a></i></td> <td>Father Gillis</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shock_Treatment_(1964_film)" title="Shock Treatment (1964 film)">Shock Treatment</a></i></td> <td>Capshaw</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(1965_film)" title="The Hill (1965 film)">The Hill</a></i></td> <td>Jacko King</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Adam_(film)" title="A Man Called Adam (film)">A Man Called Adam</a></i></td> <td>Nelson Davis</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967</td> <td><i>Silent Revolution</i></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scalphunters" title="The Scalphunters">The Scalphunters</a></i></td> <td>Joseph Lee</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sam_Whiskey" title="Sam Whiskey">Sam Whiskey</a></i></td> <td>Jed Hooker</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slaves_(film)" title="Slaves (film)">Slaves</a></i></td> <td>Luke</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Comes_to_Harlem" title="Cotton Comes to Harlem">Cotton Comes to Harlem</a></i></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sheriff" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="The Sheriff">The Sheriff</a></i></td> <td>James Lucas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Girl_(1972_film)" title="Black Girl (1972 film)">Black Girl</a></i></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gordon%27s_War" title="Gordon's War">Gordon's War</a></i></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kongi%27s_Harvest_(film)" title="Kongi's Harvest (film)">Kongi's Harvest</a></i></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wattstax" title="Wattstax">Wattstax</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1975</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Do_It_Again_(1975_film)" title="Let's Do It Again (1975 film)">Let's Do It Again</a></i></td> <td>Elder Johnson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Shadows_on_a_Silver_Screen" title="Black Shadows on a Silver Screen">Black Shadows on a Silver Screen</a></i></td> <td>Documentary<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Countdown_at_Kusini" title="Countdown at Kusini">Countdown at Kusini</a></i></td> <td>Ernest Motapo</td> <td>Also director </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(1979_film)" title="Hot Stuff (1979 film)">Hot Stuff</a></i></td> <td>Captain John Geiberger</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker" title="Benjamin Banneker">Benjamin Banneker</a>: The Man Who Loved the Stars</i></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1984</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_%26_Son" title="Harry & Son">Harry & Son</a></i></td> <td>Raymond</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_House_of_God_(film)" title="The House of God (film)">The House of God</a></i></td> <td>Dr. Sanders</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Avenging_Angel_(1985_film)" title="Avenging Angel (1985 film)">Avenging Angel</a></i></td> <td>Captain Harry Moradian</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/From_Dreams_To_Reality:_A_Tribute_to_Minority_Inventors" class="mw-redirect" title="From Dreams To Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors">From Dreams To Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dick" title="Crown Dick">Crown Dick</a></i></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>Director; Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/School_Daze" title="School Daze">School Daze</a></i></td> <td>Coach Odom</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing" title="Do the Right Thing">Do the Right Thing</a></i></td> <td>Da Mayor</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Joe_Versus_the_Volcano" title="Joe Versus the Volcano">Joe Versus the Volcano</a></i></td> <td>Marshall</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1991</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Otto_Preminger" title="Otto Preminger">Preminger</a>: Anatomy of a Filmmaker</i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Fever" title="Jungle Fever">Jungle Fever</a></i></td> <td>The Good Reverend Doctor Purify</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gladiator_(1992_film)" title="Gladiator (1992 film)">Gladiator</a></i></td> <td>Noah</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X_(1992_film)" title="Malcolm X (1992 film)">Malcolm X</a></i></td> <td>Eulogy Performer</td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1993</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cop_and_a_Half" title="Cop and a Half">Cop and a Half</a></i></td> <td>Detective in Squad Room</td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Grumpy_Old_Men_(film)" title="Grumpy Old Men (film)">Grumpy Old Men</a></i></td> <td>Chuck</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(1994_film)" title="The Client (1994 film)">The Client</a></i></td> <td>Harry Roosevelt</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus" title="Get on the Bus">Get on the Bus</a></i></td> <td>Jeremiah</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Rappaport_(film)" title="I'm Not Rappaport (film)">I'm Not Rappaport</a></i></td> <td>Midge Carter</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/4_Little_Girls" title="4 Little Girls">4 Little Girls</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1998</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dolittle_(1998_film)" title="Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)">Dr. Dolittle</a></i></td> <td>Archer Dolittle</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Alyson's Closet</i></td> <td>Postman Extraordinaire</td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i>The Unfinished Journey</i></td> <td>Narration</td> <td>Voice; Documentary short </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2000</td> <td><i>The Gospel According to Mr. Allen</i></td> <td>Narrator</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_(2000_film)" title="Dinosaur (2000 film)">Dinosaur</a></i></td> <td>Yar</td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Here%27s_to_Life!" title="Here's to Life!">Here's to Life!</a></i></td> <td>Duncan Cox</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><i>Voice of the Voiceless</i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2002</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Can%27t_We_Be_a_Family_Again%3F" title="Why Can't We Be a Family Again?">Why Can't We Be a Family Again?</a></i></td> <td>Narrator</td> <td>Voice; Documentary short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bubba_Ho-Tep" title="Bubba Ho-Tep">Bubba Ho-Tep</a></i></td> <td>Jack </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2003</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Unchained_Memories" title="Unchained Memories">Unchained Memories</a></i></td> <td>Reader #6</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nat_Turner" title="Nat Turner">Nat Turner</a>: A Troublesome Property</i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beah:_A_Black_Woman_Speaks" title="Beah: A Black Woman Speaks">Beah: A Black Woman Speaks</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Baadasssss!" title="Baadasssss!">Baadasssss!</a></i></td> <td>Granddad</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/She_Hate_Me" title="She Hate Me">She Hate Me</a></i></td> <td>Judge Buchanan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Proud_(film)" title="Proud (film)">Proud</a></i></td> <td>Lorenzo DuFau</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><i>A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho</i></td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1955</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kraft_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Kraft Theatre">Kraft Theatre</a></i></td> <td>Brutus Jones</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Emperor_Jones_(1955_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Emperor Jones (1955 film)">The Emperor Jones</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Play_of_the_Week_(TV_series)" title="Play of the Week (TV series)">Play of the Week</a></i></td> <td>Will Harris</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Episode: "John Brown's Raid" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Defenders_(1961_TV_series)" title="The Defenders (1961 TV series)">The Defenders</a></i></td> <td>District Attorney</td> <td>8 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><i>Seven Times Monday</i></td> <td>Will</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><i>The Catholic Hour</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Episode: "The Sign of Fire" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962–1963</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Car_54,_Where_Are_You%3F" title="Car 54, Where Are You?">Car 54, Where Are You?</a></i></td> <td>Officer Omar Anderson</td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Adventure_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)">The Great Adventure</a></i></td> <td>John Ross</td> <td>Episode: "Go Down, Moses" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctors_and_the_Nurses" class="mw-redirect" title="The Doctors and the Nurses">The Doctors and the Nurses</a></i></td> <td>Dr. Farmer</td> <td>Episode: "The Family Resemblance" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><i>CBS Show of the Week</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Episode: "Neighbours" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series)" title="The Fugitive (1963 TV series)">The Fugitive</a></i></td> <td>Lieutenant Johnny Gaines</td> <td>Episode: "Death is the Door Prize" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966–1967</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Run_for_Your_Life_(TV_series)" title="Run for Your Life (TV series)">Run for Your Life</a></i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967</td> <td><i>12 O'Clock High</i></td> <td>Major Glenn Luke</td> <td>Episode: "The Graveyard" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/N.Y.P.D._(TV_series)" title="N.Y.P.D. (TV series)">N.Y.P.D.</a></i></td> <td>Dempsey</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bonanza" title="Bonanza">Bonanza</a>: The Wish</i></td> <td>Sam Davis</td> <td>Episode: "The Wish" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(TV_series)" title="The Name of the Game (TV series)">The Name of the Game</a></i></td> <td>Kubani</td> <td>Episode: "The Third Choice" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery_(film)" title="Night Gallery (film)">Night Gallery</a></i></td> <td>Osmund Portifoy</td> <td>Pilot; Segment: "The Cemetery" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sheriff_(1971_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Sheriff (1971 film) (page does not exist)">The Sheriff</a></i></td> <td>Sheriff James Lucas</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love,_American_Style" title="Love, American Style">Love, American Style</a></i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Episode: "Love and High Spirits" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)" title="Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)">Hawaii Five-O</a></i></td> <td>Ramon Borelle</td> <td>Episode: "Hara-Kiri: Murder" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tenth_Level" title="The Tenth Level">The Tenth Level</a></i></td> <td>Reed</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td><i>Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid</i></td> <td>Dr. Fredericks</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="King (TV miniseries)">King</a></i></td> <td>Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.</td> <td>Miniseries </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Next_Generations" title="Roots: The Next Generations">Roots: The Next Generations</a></i></td> <td>Dad Jones</td> <td>Miniseries </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Freedom Road</i></td> <td>Narrator</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1980</td> <td><i>All God's Children</i></td> <td>Blaine Whitfield</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1981</td> <td><i>Ossie and Ruby!</i></td> <td>Co-host</td> <td>TV Series </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1981</td> <td><i>Don't Look Back: The Story of <a href="/wiki/Leroy_%22Satchel%22_Paige" class="mw-redirect" title="Leroy "Satchel" Paige">Leroy "Satchel" Paige</a></i></td> <td>Chuffy Russell</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Prophet" title="Death of a Prophet">Death of a Prophet</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><i>Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved the Stars</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Television movie <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–1990</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/B.L._Stryker" title="B.L. Stryker">B.L. Stryker</a></i></td> <td>'Oz' Jackson</td> <td>12 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td><i>We'll Take Manhattan</i></td> <td>Man in Subway</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Shade" title="Evening Shade">Evening Shade</a></i></td> <td>Ponder Blue</td> <td>99 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1993</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley%27s_Queen" title="Alex Haley's Queen">Alex Haley's Queen</a></i></td> <td>Parson Dick</td> <td>Miniseries </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ernest_Green_Story" title="The Ernest Green Story">The Ernest Green Story</a></i></td> <td>Grandfather</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stand_(1994_miniseries)" title="The Stand (1994 miniseries)">The Stand</a></i></td> <td>Judge Richard Farris</td> <td>Miniseries; 4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1995</td> <td><i>Ray Alexander</i></td> <td>Uncle Phil</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Android Affair</i></td> <td>Dr. Winston</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Client_(TV_series)" title="The Client (TV series)">The Client</a></i></td> <td>Judge Harry Roosevelt</td> <td>14 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>Home of the Brave</i></td> <td>Erasmus Jones</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1998</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Promised_Land_(1996_TV_series)" title="Promised Land (1996 TV series)">Promised Land</a></i></td> <td>Erasmus Jones</td> <td>10 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–2002</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Touched_By_An_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Touched By An Angel">Touched By An Angel</a></i></td> <td>Erasmus Jones / Gabriel / Gabe</td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1997</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Evers%27_Boys" title="Miss Evers' Boys">Miss Evers' Boys</a></i></td> <td>Mr. Evers</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1997_film)" title="12 Angry Men (1997 film)">12 Angry Men</a></i></td> <td>Juror #2</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1999</td> <td><i>The Secret Path</i></td> <td>'Too Tall'</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_Collector_(1999_film)" title="The Soul Collector (1999 film)">The Soul Collector</a></i></td> <td>Mordecai</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghosts_of_Christmas_Eve" title="The Ghosts of Christmas Eve">The Ghosts of Christmas Eve</a></i></td> <td>The Caretaker</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>A Vow to Cherish</i></td> <td>Alexander Billman</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2000</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Third_Watch" title="Third Watch">Third Watch</a></i></td> <td>Mr. Parker</td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Between_the_Lions" title="Between the Lions">Between the Lions</a></i></td> <td>Woodcutter</td> <td>Episode: Bug Beard </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><i>Finding Buck McHenry</i></td> <td>Buck McHenry</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001</td> <td><i>Legend of the Candy Cane</i></td> <td>Julius</td> <td>Voice; Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Feast_of_All_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="The Feast of All Saints">The Feast of All Saints</a></i></td> <td>Jean-Jacques</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><i>Persidio Med</i></td> <td>Otis Clayton</td> <td>Episode: "This Baby's Gonna Fly" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2003</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deacons_for_Defense_(TV_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deacons for Defense (TV movie)">Deacons for Defense</a></i></td> <td>Reverend Gregory</td> <td>Television movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/JAG_(TV_series)" title="JAG (TV series)">JAG</a></i></td> <td>Terrence Minnerly</td> <td>Episode: "Close Quarters" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2005</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_L_Word" title="The L Word">The L Word</a></i></td> <td>Melvin Porter</td> <td>Final appearance; 4 episodes </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td><i>Joy Exceeding Glory</i></td> <td>Reverend Stokes</td> <td rowspan="4">Rose McClendon Players </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i>On Strivers Row</i></td> <td>Chuck Reynolds </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a></i></td> <td>Fred </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td><i>Black Women in White</i></td> <td>Performer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jeb_(play)" title="Jeb (play)">Jeb</a></i></td> <td>Jeb Turner</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Beck_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Beck Theatre">Martin Beck Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Lucasta_(play)" title="Anna Lucasta (play)">Anna Lucasta</a></i></td> <td>Rudolph</td> <td>Mansfield Touring Company </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td><i>The Leading Lady</i></td> <td>Trem</td> <td>National Theatre, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td><i>The Smile of the World</i></td> <td>Stewart</td> <td>Lyceum Theatre, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td><i>Stevedore</i></td> <td>Lonnie Thompson</td> <td>Equity Library Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td><i>The Wisteria Trees</i></td> <td>Jacques</td> <td>Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Family_(play)" title="The Royal Family (play)">The Royal Family</a></i></td> <td>Jo</td> <td>City Center, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Pastures" title="The Green Pastures">The Green Pastures</a></i></td> <td>Gabriel</td> <td>Broadway Theatre, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td><i>Remains to Be Seen</i></td> <td>Al</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morosco_Theatre" title="Morosco Theatre">Morosco Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953</td> <td><i>Touchstone</i></td> <td>Dr. Joseph Clay</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Music_Box_Theatre" title="Music Box Theatre">Music Box Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955</td> <td><i>The Wisteria Trees</i></td> <td>Jacques</td> <td>City Center, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_for_Sergeants" title="No Time for Sergeants">No Time for Sergeants</a></i></td> <td>A Lieutenant</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon_Theatre" title="Neil Simon Theatre">Alvin Theatre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_(musical)" title="Jamaica (musical)">Jamaica</a></i></td> <td>Cicero</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Theatre" title="Imperial Theatre">Imperial Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun" title="A Raisin in the Sun">A Raisin in the Sun</a></i></td> <td>Walter Lee Younger <br /> <small>(replacement)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Barrymore_Theatre" title="Ethel Barrymore Theatre">Ethel Barrymore Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Purlie_Victorious" title="Purlie Victorious">Purlie Victorious</a></i></td> <td>Purlie Victorious / Also writer</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cort_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Cort Theatre">Cort Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><i>Ballad for Bimshire</i></td> <td>Sir Radio</td> <td>Mayfair Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1865</td> <td><i>The Zulu and the Zayda</i></td> <td>Johannes</td> <td>Cort Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Supposed_to_Die_a_Natural_Death" title="Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death">Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death</a></i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Ethel Barrymore Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Take It from the Top</i></td> <td>The Lord / Also director</td> <td>New Federal Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td><i>Zora is My Name!</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>American Playhouse </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Rappaport" title="I'm Not Rappaport">I'm Not Rappaport</a></i></td> <td>Midge <small>(replacement)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Booth_Theatre" title="Booth Theatre">Booth Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><i>A Celebration of Paul Robeson</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shubert_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Shubert Theatre (Broadway)">Shubert Theatre</a>, Broadway </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><i>Two Hah Hahs and a Homeboy</i></td> <td>Performer</td> <td>Crossroads Theatre Company </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Autobiography of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Douglass" title="Frederick Douglass">Frederick Douglass</a>, Vol. 1:</i> (<a href="/wiki/Folkways_Records" title="Folkways Records">Folkways Records</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i>Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 2:</i> (Folkways, 1966)</li> <li><i>Frederick Douglass' The Meaning of July 4 for the Negro:</i> (Folkways, 1975)</li> <li><i>Frederick Douglass' Speeches inc. The <a href="/wiki/Dred_Scott" title="Dred Scott">Dred Scott</a> Decision:</i> (Folkways, 1976)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, Ossie Davis and his wife, actress/activist <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a>, were named to the <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a> Hall of Fame. In 1995, they were awarded the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a>, the nation's highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the country and presented in a <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> ceremony by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, Davis was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Theater_Hall_of_Fame" title="American Theater Hall of Fame">American Theater Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, they were recipients of the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Kennedy Center Honors: </p> <dl><dd>"The Honors recipients recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts— whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures, or television — are selected by the Center's Board of Trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; the selection process, over the years, has produced balance among the various arts and artistic disciplines."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Association </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Project </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Tony_Awards" title="12th Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical">Best Featured Actor in a Musical</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_(musical)" title="Jamaica (musical)">Jamaica</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968</td> <td><a href="/wiki/26th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="26th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actor</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scalphunters" title="The Scalphunters">The Scalphunters</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hallmark Hall of Fame">Hallmark Hall of Fame</a></i>: "Teacher, Teacher"</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series">Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_(miniseries)" title="King (miniseries)">King</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award" title="Coretta Scott King Award">Coretta Scott King Award</a></td> <td>Author</td> <td><i>Escape to Freedom</i></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/36th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="36th Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a></td> <td>Adapted Drama Anthology</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/For_Us_the_Living:_The_Medgar_Evers_Story" title="For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story">For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story</a></i></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture">Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing" title="Do the Right Thing">Do the Right Thing</a></i></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/49th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="49th Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Evers%27_Boys" title="Miss Evers' Boys">Miss Evers' Boys</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="28th Daytime Emmy Awards">Daytime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Performer_in_Children%27s_Programming" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming">Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special</a></td> <td><i>Finding Buck McHenry</i></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/43rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="43rd Annual Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Best Spoken Word</a></td> <td><i>The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets</i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/57th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="57th Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series">Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series</a></td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_L_Word" title="The L Word">The L Word</a></i></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/49th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="49th Annual Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Best Spoken Word</a></td> <td><i>With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together</i></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDavis1961" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie (1961). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/purlievictorious0000davi"><i>Purlie Victorious</i></a></span>. New York: Samuel French Inc. Plays. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-573-61435-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-573-61435-4"><bdi>978-0-573-61435-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Purlie+Victorious&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Samuel+French+Inc.+Plays&rft.date=1961&rft.isbn=978-0-573-61435-4&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpurlievictorious0000davi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis1977" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/escapetofreedoms00davi"><i>Escape to Freedom: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass</i></a>. New York: Samuel French. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-573-65031-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-573-65031-4"><bdi>978-0-573-65031-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Escape+to+Freedom%3A+The+Story+of+Young+Frederick+Douglass&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Samuel+French&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-573-65031-4&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fescapetofreedoms00davi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis1982" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/langstonplay00davi"><i>Langston</i></a>. New York: Delacorte Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-440-04634-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-440-04634-9"><bdi>978-0-440-04634-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Langston&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Delacorte+Press&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-440-04634-9&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flangstonplay00davi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavisDee1984" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie; Dee, Ruby (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ossieandruby.com/books/"><i>Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(Audio)</span>. Caedmon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-694-51187-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-694-51187-7"><bdi>978-0-694-51187-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+Mosquitos+Buzz+in+People%27s+Ears&rft.pub=Caedmon&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-694-51187-7&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rft.au=Dee%2C+Ruby&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fossieandruby.com%2Fbooks%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis1992" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie (1992). <i>Just Like Martin</i>. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-671-73202-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-671-73202-8"><bdi>978-0-671-73202-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Just+Like+Martin&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster+Children%27s+Publishing&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-671-73202-8&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavisDee1998" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie; Dee, Ruby (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/withossierubyint00davi"><i>With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together</i></a>. New York: William Morrow. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-688-15396-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-688-15396-0"><bdi>978-0-688-15396-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=With+Ossie+and+Ruby%3A+In+This+Life+Together&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=William+Morrow&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-688-15396-0&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rft.au=Dee%2C+Ruby&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwithossierubyint00davi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis2006" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Ossie (2006). Dee, Ruby (ed.). <i>Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings</i>. New York: Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-416-52549-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-416-52549-3"><bdi>978-1-416-52549-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Life+Lit+by+Some+Large+Vision%3A+Selected+Speeches+and+Writings&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-416-52549-3&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Ossie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssie+Davis" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossie_Davis&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001115/awards">Ossie Davis – Awards</a> IMDb. 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ossieandruby.com/davis-credits-3.html">Ossie Davis Television Credits</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120423221029/http://www.ossieandruby.com/davis-credits-3.html">Archived</a> April 23, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Official Website of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee. 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ossieandruby.com/books.html">Books</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120423221103/http://www.ossieandruby.com/books.html">Archived</a> April 23, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Official Website oOssie Davis & Ruby Dee. 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dagan, Carmel <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-nominated-actress-ruby-dee-dies-at-91-1201219148/">Oscar-Nominated Actress Ruby Dee Dies at 91</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. June 12, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#95">Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130826194408/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html">Archived</a> 2013-08-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Ossie-Davis.html">"Ossie Davis Biography"</a>. <i>filmreference</i>. 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(puppeteer)">Richard Hunt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Oz" title="Frank Oz">Frank Oz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nelson" title="Jerry Nelson">Jerry Nelson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Sue_Anderson" title="Melissa Sue Anderson">Melissa Sue Anderson</a> / Maia Danziger / <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_McQueen" title="Butterfly McQueen">Butterfly McQueen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Aiello" title="Danny Aiello">Danny Aiello</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ken_Howard" title="Ken Howard">Ken Howard</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlo_Thomas" title="Marlo Thomas">Marlo Thomas</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Keeshan" title="Bob Keeshan">Robert Keeshan</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeline_Kahn" title="Madeline Kahn">Madeline Kahn</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Barron" title="Dana Barron">Dana Barron</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jim_Varney" title="Jim Varney">Jim Varney</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Murphy" title="Donna Murphy">Donna Murphy</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nye" title="Bill Nye">Bill Nye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ri%27chard" title="Robert Ri'chard">Robert Ri'chard</a> (1998)</li> <li>Jordan Kiziuk / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> / <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> / Kelsey Keel (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Foster_(actor)" title="Ben Foster (actor)">Ben Foster</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shia_LaBeouf" title="Shia LaBeouf">Shia LaBeouf</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Corwin" title="Jeff Corwin">Jeff Corwin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gena_Rowlands" title="Gena Rowlands">Gena Rowlands</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing">Stockard Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_McDaniel" title="James McDaniel">James McDaniel</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eion_Bailey" title="Eion Bailey">Eion Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindi_Irwin" title="Bindi Irwin">Bindi Irwin</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joey_Mazzarino" title="Joey Mazzarino">Joey Mazzarino</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2013)</li> <li>Jessica Honor Carleton (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Kidder" title="Margot Kidder">Margot Kidder</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lundy" title="Jessica Lundy">Jessica Lundy</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Kragten" title="Isaac Kragten">Isaac Kragten</a> 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href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy</i> – <i><a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him</i> – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years</i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Gallant Men</i> – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lonesome Cities</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>We Love You Call Collect</i> – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam</i> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lenny</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Good Evening</i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Great American Documents</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a></i> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Words of Gandhi</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>It's Always Something</i> – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS</i> – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Charles Kuralt's Spring</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i> – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones</i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / <i>With Ossie and Ruby</i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Always Looking Up</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. Fox">Michael J. Fox</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Earth_(The_Book)" title="Earth (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Society's Child</i> – <a href="/wiki/Janis_Ian" title="Janis Ian">Janis Ian</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America_Again" title="America Again">America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Diary of a Mad Diva</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox</i> – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Faith: A Journey for All</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis</i> − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Finding Me</i> – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kennedy_Center_Honorees_(2000s)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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Pavarotti">Luciano Pavarotti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Levine" title="James Levine">James Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Sutherland" title="Joan Sutherland">Joan Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Farrell" title="Suzanne Farrell">Suzanne Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Fleisher" title="Leon Fleisher">Leon Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson" title="Brian Wilson">Brian Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyla_Tharp" title="Twyla Tharp">Twyla Tharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a> & <a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Bumbry" title="Grace Bumbry">Grace Bumbry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1970s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1980s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1990s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2000s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2010s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2020s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/The_O%27Jays" title="The O'Jays">The O'Jays</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Dells" title="The Dells">The Dells</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler" title="Jerry Butler">Jerry Butler</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)" title="Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)">Nancy Wilson</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers">The Isley Brothers</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Battle" title="Kathleen Battle">Kathleen Battle</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Avant" title="Clarence Avant">Clarence Avant</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of 'Malcolm X</i> – <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wiley" title="Ralph Wiley">Ralph Wiley</a> (1993)</li> <li>No Award (1994)</li> <li><i>When We Were Colored</i> – <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Taulbert" title="Clifton Taulbert">Clifton Taulbert</a> (1995)</li> <li>No Award (1996)</li> <li>No Award (1997)</li> <li><i>With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together</i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (1998)</li> <li>No Award (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>No Award (2000)</li> <li><i>Sally Hemmings, An American Scandal</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tina_Andrews" title="Tina Andrews">Tina Andrews</a> (2001)</li> <li><i>Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tavis_Smiley" title="Tavis Smiley">Tavis Smiley</a> (2002)</li> <li><i>Why I Love Black Women</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hallelujah!_The_Welcome_Table" title="Hallelujah! The Welcome Table">Hallelujah! The Welcome Table</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (2004)</li> <li><i>Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_on_Our_Watch" title="Not on Our Watch">Not on Our Watch</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Prendergast_(activist)" title="John Prendergast (activist)">John Prendergast</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_My_Daughter" title="Letter to My Daughter">Letter to My Daughter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (2008)</li> <li><i>In Search of Our Roots</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr." title="Henry Louis Gates Jr.">Henry Louis Gates Jr.</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow" title="The New Jim Crow">The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Alexander" title="Michelle Alexander">Michelle Alexander</a> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place</i> – <a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oath:_The_Obama_White_House_and_the_Supreme_Court" title="The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court">The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Toobin" title="Jeffrey Toobin">Jeffrey Toobin</a> (2012)</li> <li><i>Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery</i> – <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Willis_(author)" title="Deborah Willis (author)">Deborah Willis</a> and Barbara Krauthamer (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy_(book)" title="Just Mercy (book)">Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson">Bryan Stevenson</a> (2014)</li> <li><i>Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga</i> – Pamela Newkirk (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures_(book)" title="Hidden Figures (book)">Hidden Figures</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Margot_Lee_Shetterly" title="Margot Lee Shetterly">Margot Lee Shetterly</a> (2016)</li> <li><i>Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gregory" title="Dick Gregory">Dick Gregory</a> (2017)</li> <li><i>For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics</i> – <a href="/wiki/Donna_Brazile" title="Donna Brazile">Donna Brazile</a>, Yolanda Caraway, <a href="/wiki/Leah_D._Daughtry" title="Leah D. Daughtry">Leah D. Daughtry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minyon_Moore" title="Minyon Moore">Minyon Moore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Chambers" title="Veronica Chambers">Veronica Chambers</a> (2018)</li> <li><i>The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations</i> – <a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land">A Promised Land</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2020)</li> <li><i>The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story</i> – <a href="/wiki/Nikole_Hannah-Jones" title="Nikole Hannah-Jones">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a> (2021)</li> <li><i>Finding Me</i> – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><i>The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families</i> – Karida L. 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Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Howard" title="Terrence Howard">Terrence Howard</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Howard" title="Terrence Howard">Terrence Howard</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Djimon_Hounsou" title="Djimon Hounsou">Djimon Hounsou</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Short" title="Columbus Short">Columbus Short</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Rodriguez" title="Adam Rodriguez">Adam Rodriguez</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Epps" title="Mike Epps">Mike Epps</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/O%27Shea_Jackson_Jr." title="O'Shea Jackson Jr.">O'Shea Jackson Jr.</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mahershala_Ali" title="Mahershala Ali">Mahershala Ali</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kaluuya" title="Daniel Kaluuya">Daniel Kaluuya</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tenoch_Huerta" title="Tenoch Huerta">Tenoch Huerta</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colman_Domingo" title="Colman Domingo">Colman Domingo</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" style="padding:3px"><table 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Morton">Joe Morton</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Williams_(actor)" title="Jesse Williams (actor)">Jesse Williams</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Perrineau" title="Harold Perrineau">Harold Perrineau</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Method_Man" title="Method Man">Cliff "Method Man" Smith</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Method_Man" title="Method Man">Cliff "Method Man" Smith</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Method_Man" title="Method Man">Cliff "Method Man" Smith</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Holmes" title="Adrian Holmes">Adrian Holmes</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Johns">Jasper Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence" title="Jacob Lawrence">Jacob Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">Riley "B.B." King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_Kreeger" title="David Lloyd Kreeger">David Lloyd Kreeger</a></li> <li>Harris & Carroll Sterling Masterson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McHarg" title="Ian McHarg">Ian McHarg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth" title="BellSouth">Southeastern Bell Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Abravanel" title="Maurice Abravanel">Maurice Abravanel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Belluschi" title="Pietro Belluschi">Pietro Belluschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_Brown_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carter Brown III">John Carter Brown III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_%22Honi%22_Coles" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles "Honi" Coles">Charles "Honi" Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crosby_(conductor)" title="John Crosby (conductor)">John Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn" title="Richard Diebenkorn">Richard Diebenkorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Philip_Hanes" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Philip Hanes">R. Philip Hanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Carlisle" title="Kitty Carlisle">Kitty Carlisle Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Primus" title="Pearl Primus">Pearl Primus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texaco" title="Texaco">Texaco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Houser" title="Allan Houser">Allan Houser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Saudek" title="Robert Saudek">Robert Saudek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Venturi" title="Robert Venturi">Robert Venturi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown" title="Denise Scott Brown">Denise Scott Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Acheson_Wallace" title="Lila Acheson Wallace">Lila Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Annenberg" title="Walter Annenberg">Walter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonore_Annenberg" title="Leonore Annenberg">Leonore Annenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cabell "Cab" Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Lomax_Hawes" title="Bess Lomax Hawes">Bess Lomax Hawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kunitz" title="Stanley Kunitz">Stanley Kunitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Merrill" title="Robert Merrill">Robert Merrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg" title="Robert Rauschenberg">Robert Rauschenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Styron" title="William Styron">William Styron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)" title="Paul Taylor (choreographer)">Paul Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_DeLay" title="Dorothy DeLay">Dorothy DeLay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Hawkins" title="Erick Hawkins">Erick Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Filene_Shouse" title="Catherine Filene Shouse">Catherine Filene Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Thiebaud" title="Wayne Thiebaud">Wayne Thiebaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wilbur" title="Richard Wilbur">Richard Wilbur</a></li> <li>Young Audiences</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Licia_Albanese" title="Licia Albanese">Licia Albanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gerald_Cantor" title="B. Gerald Cantor">B. Gerald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iris_Cantor" title="Iris Cantor">Iris Cantor</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Diamond_(composer)" title="David Diamond (composer)">David Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ingo_Freed" title="James Ingo Freed">James Ingo Freed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer)" title="Arthur Mitchell (dancer)">Arthur Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li>Urban Gateways</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Caldwell" title="Sarah Caldwell">Sarah Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Callahan_(photographer)" title="Harry Callahan (photographer)">Harry Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelda_Fichandler" title="Zelda Fichandler">Zelda Fichandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalo_Guerrero" title="Lalo Guerrero">Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Lewitzky" title="Bella Lewitzky">Bella Lewitzky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Vera List">Vera List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sendak" title="Maurice Sendak">Maurice Sendak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boys_Choir_of_Harlem" title="Boys Choir of Harlem">Boys Choir of Harlem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois" title="Louise Bourgeois">Louise Bourgeois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Gund" title="Agnes Gund">Agnes Gund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiley" title="Dan Kiley">Daniel Urban Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Levine" title="James Levine">James Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Villella" title="Edward Villella">Edward Villella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc 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Peters">Roberta Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Lee_Corporation" title="Sara Lee Corporation">Sara Lee Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre_Company" title="Steppenwolf Theatre Company">Steppenwolf Theatre Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Verdon" title="Gwen Verdon">Gwen Verdon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Diamond" title="Irene Diamond">Irene Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Graves" title="Michael Graves">Michael Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odetta" title="Odetta">Odetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_LeNoire" title="Rosetta LeNoire">Rosetta LeNoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Lichtenstein" title="Harvey Lichtenstein">Harvey Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza" title="Lydia Mendoza">Lydia Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Segal_(artist)" title="George Segal (artist)">George Segal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Tallchief" title="Maria Tallchief">Maria Tallchief</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_National_Medal_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1980s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" 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(1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Robinson" title="Edward G. Robinson">Edward G. Robinson</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martha_Raye" title="Martha Raye">Martha Raye</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Russell" title="Rosalind Russell">Rosalind Russell</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cagney" title="James Cagney">James Cagney</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" title="Edgar Bergen">Edgar Bergen</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Ames" title="Leon Ames">Leon Ames</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iggie_Wolfington" title="Iggie Wolfington">Iggie Wolfington</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Fabray" title="Nanette Fabray">Nanette Fabray</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Skelton" title="Red Skelton">Red Skelton</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brock_Peters" title="Brock Peters">Brock Peters</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Montalban" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricardo Montalban">Ricardo Montalban</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malden" title="Karl Malden">Karl Malden</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span 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Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (2021)</span></li> 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