Today we celebrate President’s Day here in the United States. It’s the only time in the country when all citizens agree they like a President; though typically not the same one or whichever is currently in office. But since no one has to celebrate the same President, only the one they like, everyone is happy! It’s also Black History Month, and since there’s only one African-American President to write about, we’ve turned our attention to five great African-Americans who played POTUS in the movies. Like most Presidents, they weren’t perfect and made mistakes while facing larger-than-life problems.
Happy President’s Day And Black History Month to the five best African-American presidents the movies have ever known!
1. Morgan Freeman as President Tom Beck in Deep Impact
Back in 1998, we had dueling asteroid impact movies. One was the legendary Armageddon featuring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck along with Michael Bay’s go-to actor for president, Stanley Anderson. Over in an alternate dimension, Morgan Freeman’s buttery delicious voice and cadence lead the United States in the seldom mentioned Deep Impact. Freeman’s speech at the end isn’t quite the rousing call to action that Bill Pullman’s presidential speech in Independence Day was, but let’s be serious, that’s a tough speech to top.
