Othelo
If you are referring to the African American character new to season seven his name is Omar Miller and he plays Walter Simmons. However if you're referring to the former character of Eric Delko (Who is in fact not African American but Hispanic), he is played by Adam Rodriguez.
Probably the most famous African main character in a play by William Shakespeare would be Othello - the "Moor of Venice". None of the characters in Shakespeare's plays were "American" in any sense, let alone "African-American". Scholars still debate whether he was supposed to be Arab or sub-Saharan. All that is certain is that he was dark skinned - but then again, most ethnic groups are darker skinned than most Elizabethan English persons were.
Octavia Spencer plays the character Minny Jackson in the movie "The Help." Minny is a strong and outspoken African American maid who works for a white family in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s civil rights movement.
Edward Norton
A former enslaved African-American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence from Britain.
Steve Carell.
Will ferrel
Grant Harvey plays Grants character on The Secret Life of The American Teenager.
Brian. Daley has written: 'Star wars' -- subject(s): American Radio plays, American Science fiction plays, Fiction, Han Solo (Fictitious character), Radio plays, American, Science fiction plays, American, Star Wars fiction
Is this a joke? Jimi Hendrix should be the first person coming to mind.
The newest Gap commercials have Common singing. Not sure if he plays a piano....I only saw it once.
Steve Carell