Will Smith is Muhammad Ali at this point.
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Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
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Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992)
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Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in Respect (2021)
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Respect‘s initial release date was December 2020, but has been pushed back to August 2021.
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Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in Get on Up (2014)
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Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001)
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Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
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Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
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André 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
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Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
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Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm in Mrs. America (2020)
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Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder on Saturday Night Live (1983)
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Beyoncé as Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008)
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Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith in Bessie (2015)
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David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma (2014)
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Keke Palmer as Chilli in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)
VH1 / LaFace / Arista Records
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Devon Terrell as Barack Obama in Barry (2016)
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Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) as Chuck Berry in Cadillac Records (2008)
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Andra Day as Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday premieres on Hulu on Feb. 26, 2021.
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Maya Rudolph as Beyoncé on Saturday Night Live (2014)
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Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami (2020)
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And Lil Mama as Left Eye in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)
VH1 / LaFace / Arista Records
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