List of black animated characters

This list of black animated characters lists fictional characters found on animated television series and in motion pictures. The Black people in this list include African American animated characters and other characters of Sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, the southern West Asia, and the Siddi of southern South Asia).

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

In the 1960s

Character	Title	Duration	Voice Actor	Creator	Ref.
Bem	Humanoid Monster Bem	1968–1969	Kiyoshi Kobayashi	Akira Adachi	[1]
Franklin	Peanuts	1965-	Robin Reed	Charles M. Schulz	[2][3][4]
				Lee Mendelson
				Bill Melendez
			Jake Miner		[5]
			Marleik "Mar Mar" Walker		[6]
			Caleel Harris		[7]
			Christian Dal Dosso		[8]
			Caleb Bellavance		[9]
			Antonio Wilson		[10]
Pete Jones	The Hardy Boys	1969–1971	Dallas McKennon	Filmation	[11]

In the 1970s

Character	Title	Duration	Voice Actor	Creator	Ref.
Astrea	Space Sentinels	1977	Dee Timberlake	Filmation	[12][13]
Hubert "Geese" Ausbie (Multi Man)	Harlem Globetrotters	1970–1971	Johnny Williams	Hanna-Barbera	[14]
	The Super Globetrotters	1979		Andy Heyward	[15]
Black Vulcan	Super Friends	1973–1986	Buster Jones	Hanna-Barbera	[16]
Nate Branch (Liquid Man)	The Super Globetrotters	1979	Scatman Crothers	Andy Heyward	[15]
Brown Hornet	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	1972-1985	Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby	[17]
Bucky			Jan Crawford		[18]
Valerie Brown	Josie and the Pussycats	1970-1971	Barbara Pariot	Dan DeCarlo	[19]
			Patrice Holloway	Richard Goldwater
Cosmo	Rickety Rocket	1979-1980	Bobby F. Ellerby	Ruby-Spears Productions	[20] [21]
William "Bill" Cosby	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	1972-1985	Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby	[22]
Russell Cosby			Jan Crawford
Rude "Rudy" Davis			Eric Suter		[23][22]
Louis "Sweet Lou" Dunbar (Gizmo)	The Super Globetrotters	1979	Adam Wade	Andy Heyward	[15]
J.C. "Gip" Gipson	Harlem Globetrotters	1970-1971	Richard Elkins	Hanna-Barbera	[14]
Freight Train	Where's Huddles?	1970	Herb Jeffries		[11]
Granny	Harlem Globetrotters	1970-1971	Nancy Wible		[14]
George "Meadowlark" Lemon			Scatman Crothers		[11][14]
Bobby Joe Mason			Eddie "Rochester" Anderson		[14]
Micro Woman (Christy Cross)	Tarzan and the Super 7	1978-1980	Kim Hamilton	Filmation	[24]
			Norm Prescott
James "Mushmouth" Mush	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	1972-1985	Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby	[22]
Freddie "Curly" Neal (Super Sphere)	Harlem Globetrotters	1970-1971	Stu Gilliam	Hanna-Barbera	[14]
	The Super Globetrotters	1979		Andy Heyward	[15]
"Dumb" Donald Parker	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	1972-1985	Lou Scheimer	Bill Cosby	[25][22]
"Fat" Albert Robertson			Bill Cosby		[18]
Pablo Robertson	Harlem Globetrotters	1970-1971	Robert DoQui	Hanna-Barbera	[14]
	The New Scooby-Doo Movies	1972-1973			[26][27]
James "Twiggy" Sanders (Spaghetti Man)	The Super Globetrotters	1979	Buster Jones	Andy Heyward	[15]
Weird Harold Simmons	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	1972-1985	Gerald Edwards	Bill Cosby	[23]
Splashdown	Rickety Rocket	1979-1980	Johnny Brown	Ruby-Spears Productions	[20][21]
Super Stretch (Chris Cross)	Tarzan and the Super 7	1978-1980	Ty Henderson	Filmation	[28]
Sunstroke	Rickety Rocket	1979-1980	John Anthony Bailey	Ruby-Spears Productions	[20][21]
Lt. Uhura	Star Trek: The Animated Series	1973-1974	Nichelle Nichols	Gene Roddenberry	[29]
Venus	Rickety Rocket	1979-1980	Dee Timberlake	Ruby-Spears Productions	[20][21]

In the 1980s

Character	Title	Duration	Voice Actor	Creator	Ref.
Albert	The Simpsons	1989-	Hank Azaria	Matt Groening	[30]
Alex	Turbo Teen	1984-1985	T. K. Carter	Michael Maurer	[31] [32]
James Dwight "J.D." Corey Bennett	Bionic 6	1987	Norman Bernard	Ron Friedman	[33][34]
Big Lob	G.I. Joe: The Movie	1987		Hasbro	[35]
Carl Carlson	The Simpsons	1989-	Hank Azaria	Matt Groening	[36]
			Alex Désert
Cyborg 008 (Pyunma)	Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy	1980	Kazuyuki Sogabe	Shotaro Ishinomori	[37]
Diana	Dungeons and Dragons	1983-1985	Tonia Gayle Smith	Kevin Paul Coates	[38]
				Dennis Marks
				Takashi
Doc (Carl W. Greer)	G.I. Joe: The Movie	1987	Buster Jones	Hasbro	[39]
	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	1989-1992		DIC Entertainment	[40][41]
Shana Elmsford	Jem	1985	Cindy McGee	Christy Marx	[42]
Walter "Doc" Hartford	The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers	1986	Hubert Kelly	Robert Mandell	[43][44]
Heavy Duty (Lamont A. Morris)	G.I. Joe	1989-1992		DIC Entertainment	[45]
Dr. Julius Hibbert	The Simpsons	1989-	Harry Shearer	Matt Groening	[46]
			Kevin Michael Richardson
Hotwing	Silverhawks	1986	Adolph Caesar	Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment	[47]
			Doug Preis
Max Jones	Spiral Zone	1987	Hal Rayle	Diana Dru Botsford	[48]
Claudia LaSalle[a]	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	1982-1983	Noriko Ohara	Shōji Kawamori	[50][51]
			Christine Auten		[52][53]
Lothar	Defenders of the Earth	1986-1987	Buster Jones	Marvel Productions	[54]
LJ (Lothar Junior)			Dion Williams	King Features Syndicate	[55]
Hondo MacLean	M.A.S.K.	1985-1986	Doug Stone	Terrence McDonnell	[56]
				Gary Warne
				Jack Olesker
Mario	Denver, the Last Dinosaur	1988	Cam Clarke	Peter Keefe	[57]
Mister T	Mister T	1983-1985	Mr. T	Steve Gerber	[58]
Martin Pasko
Misty Magic	The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!	1981-1982	Jere Fields	Filmation	[59]
Moleculad	Space Stars	1981-1982	David Raynr	Hanna-Barbera	[60]
Officer Black	Dragon Ball	1986-1989	Christopher Sabat	Akira Toriyama	[61][62]
Paul	Dinosaucers	1987	Richard Yearwood	Michael E. Uslan	[63]
Roadblock (Marvin Hinton)	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	1989-1992	Kene Holliday	DIC Entertainment	[64][45]
Robbie Robertson	Spider-Man	1981-1982	Unknown[b]	Stan Lee	[65][66]
Shanelle Spencer	Beverly Hills Teens	1987	Michelle St. John	Jack Olesker	[67]
				Michael Maliani
				Barry O'Brien
Stalker (Lonzo Wilkenson)	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	1989-1992	Arthur Burghardt	DIC Entertainment	[68][45]
Thomas	Dirty Pair	1985	Charlotte Chun	Haruka Takachiho	[69]
		1987-1988
Baldwin P. "Bulletproof" Vess	COPS	1987	Ken Ryan	Bruce Shelly	[70][71]
Winston Zeddmore	The Real Ghostbusters	1986-1991	Arsenio Hall	Joe Medjuck	[72][73]
			Buster Jones	Michael C. Gross

In the 1990s

Main article: List of black animated characters: 1990s

In the 2000s

Main article: List of black animated characters: 2000s

In the 2010s

Main article: List of black animated characters: 2010s

In the 2020s

Main article: List of black animated characters: 2020s

See also

• African characters in comics
• Ethnic stereotypes in comics
• List of black superheroes
• List of black video game characters

Notes

1. She later appeared as Claudia Grant in Robotech, a 1985 American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, as a single TV series, where she was voiced by Iona Morris[49]
2. Cannot determine whether Buster Jones or Lewis Bailey voiced him

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Further reading

• Behnken, Brian D.; Smithers, Gregory D. (2015). Racism in American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito. Santa Barbara, California: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781440829765.
• Benhamou, Eve (October 2014). "From the Advent of Multiculturalism to the Erasure of Race: The Representation of Race Relations in Disney Animated Features (1995-2009)". Exchanges. 2 (1): 153–167.
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• Gainer, Darius S.. (2021). Black Representation in the World of Animation. San Diego, California: Amatl Comix/San Diego State University. ISBN 9781879691988.
• Klein, Hugh; Shiffman, Kenneth S. (2006). "Race-Related Content of Animated Cartoons". Howard Journal of Communications. 17 (3): 163–182. doi:10.1080/10646170600829493. PMC 6136259. PMID 30220835.
• Lehman, Christopher P. (2007). The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558497795.
• Joffe, Sheri Lee (2014). A Critical and Contextual Analysis of the Changes in African-American Character Representation in Disney Animated Films from Dumbo (1941) to The Princess and the Frog (2009) (M.A. thesis). University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
• Kim, Minjeong; Brunn-Bevel, Rachelle J. (2023). "No Face, No Race? Racial Politics of Voice Actor Casting in Popular Animated Films". Sociological Forum. 38 (2): 510–531. doi:10.1111/socf.12892.
• King, C. Richard; Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K.; Lugo-Lugo, Carmen R. (2010). "Animated Representations of Blackness". Journal of African American Studies. 14 (4): 395–397. doi:10.1007/s12111-010-9141-2.
• Lehman, Christopher (2001). "Black Characters and Social Commentary in Animated Cartoons". Journal of Popular Culture and Television. 29 (2): 74–81. doi:10.1080/01956050109601011.
• Lu, Amy Shirong (2009). "What Race Do They Represent and Does Mine Have Anything to Do with It? Perceived Racial Categories of Anime Characters". Animation. 4 (2): 169–190. doi:10.1177/1746847709104647.
• Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810832503.
• Steele, Catherine Knight (2016). "Pride and Prejudice: Pervasiveness of Colorism and the Animated Series Proud Family". Howard Journal of Communications. 27 (1): 53–67. doi:10.1080/10646175.2015.1117028.