#6: Samuel L Jackson
Sam Jackson has been happy to play everything from a hostage negotiator to a uniformed LAPD officer and more. Who can forget about his 1971 genre-creating role as Shaft? Whether one views the 1970’s Blaxploitation genre as empowering to black Americans or as a propagator of stereotypes against them, Sammy J is arguably the first Blaxploitation star in the history of cinema. Nevertheless, Jackson – made famous for playing the role of a lawman on several occasions – has been as vocally anti-police as anyone on this list. He attempted to start a viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge-style internet trend to call out racist white police officers in 2014. Thankfully, it didn’t catch on.
