African American Presidents In Hollywood History
US Weekly compiled a fun batch of photos of fictional African American Presidents of the US from TV and film and I thought it’d be cool to share some of my faves. As I said before, the pessimist in me never believed that I’d live to see an African American elected to the highest office in the land and, yet, that day has come. But, before Senator Barack Obama became President-elect Obama we were introduced to a few fictional African American Presidents in movies and on TV:
James Earl Jones became “president” in the 1972 film The Man and Morgan Freeman became “president” in the 1998 film Deep Impact (about the improbability that a meteor could crash into Earth and destroy mankind). My fave fictional African American Presidents are the Palmer brothers, David and Wayne, who ruled the country in a few seasons of the hit FOX TV series 24. President David Palmer, I gotta say, is my fave fictional President of all time. But with the election of Barack Obama as our Nation’s leader, there is no longer a need for Hollywood to create fictional African American leaders … I guess they’ll have to resort to creating fictional female presidents (like in the upcoming new season of 24) instead. It’s pretty remarkable how far this country has come with one Presidential election.
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Tags: '24', 'Deep Impact', 'President David Palmer', 'President Douglass Dilman', 'President Tom Beck', 'President Wayne Palmer', 'The Man', Barack Obama, D.B. Woodside, Dennis Haysbert, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman
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November 5th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
What a great picture of Obama! This country took a huge step last night and I am so proud of our new President, Barack Obama. I just hope we can come together and unite under the common goal of achieving a better America…because once the red and blue on the electoral maps fade- we are still Americans, we all share that common bond. I hope that we continue to make great strides in this nation, as Barack Obama as our leader- I don’t think that anything is out of reach.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Don’t forget The Fifth Element. Debo was the president!!
November 5th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
While I didn’t vote for Obama, the fact that we finally have our first president of different ethnic origin than that 43 past presidents of our every-aging country continues to make my heart swell with pride. Huge, huge strides… it’s amazing.
David Palmer is my favorite fictional president of all time. I love his voice, it commands attention.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
u forgot about the guy in the 5th Element! ha..the reason I remembered is because It was on the other nite..=)
November 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Ha! I thought of the 5th Element too!
November 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I’ve heard more than once that if it wasn’t for David Palmer, Obama’s fight would have been much more difficult.
Also, my son said “well, now that we have an African-American president, can our own Jack Bauer be far behind?” LOL
November 5th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
There’s already a lot of female presidents [Laura Rosylin = My Fave <3 ] so we must not resort to Asians and Jews. Which actors would be best?
November 5th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
LOVE IT!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
You forgot Tiny Lister from The Fifth Element!
November 6th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Don’t forget the president from the fifth element.. He was black also.. you know the one with the funky eye
November 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Don’t forget that Chris Rock movie when he ran for president!! It was on the other day!
November 6th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
What about Terry Crews as President Camacho in “Idiocracy”?
November 7th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I hope Barack ends up being as cool as David Palmer was in 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I’m not a fan of Obama, but that’s only b/c I don’t belive in his political views. I couldn’t care less what color the man is. I have no problem if ppl voted for him b/c they belived in his policical view. Ppl that voted for him b/c of the color of his skin r also wrong as not voting for him b/c of is skin color. Another thing that really gets me is that ppl keep saying he’s “black” he is only 6% african american that does not make a person black!!!! He is 44% Arab and 50% white, he is more of a white man then he is black!