The Most Famous
ACTORS from The Bahamas
This page contains a list of the greatest Bahamian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 3 of which were born in The Bahamas. This makes The Bahamas the birth place of the 92nd most number of Actors behind Macao, and Haiti.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bahamian Actors of all time. This list of famous Bahamian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Calvin Lockhart (1934 - 2007)
With an HPI of 52.80, Calvin Lockhart is the most famous Bahamian Actor. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor. Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film Let's Do It Again.
2. Kimbo Slice (1974 - 2016)
With an HPI of 51.54, Kimbo Slice is the 2nd most famous Bahamian Actor. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Kevin Ferguson (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, professional boxer, and actor. Originally a bare-knuckle boxer, he became noted for his role in mutual combat street fight videos in the 2000s which were spread online, leading Rolling Stone to call him "The King of the Web Brawlers". Turning to mixed martial arts in 2005, Slice left the underground fighting scene and signed a professional contract with EliteXC after making his MMA debut with Cage Fury Fighting Championships in 2007, scoring a win over MMA pioneer and former UFC heavyweight contender Tank Abbott in 2008. In 2009, he competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, where he lost in his first fight to eventual series winner Roy Nelson. In his UFC debut, Slice defeated Houston Alexander in The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights finale. After becoming a free agent via his dismissal from the UFC, Slice ventured into the professional boxing circuit, competing as a pro fighter from 2011 to 2013. In January 2015, he signed a contract with Bellator MMA going on to defeat MMA icon and long time veteran Ken Shamrock. He died of heart failure in 2016.
3. Persia White (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 45.11, Persia White is the 3rd most famous Bahamian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Persia White (born October 25, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lynn Searcy on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends. She is also known for her role as Abby Bennett Wilson in The Vampire Diaries (2012–2017). White is also a singer, and released a solo album, Mecca, in 2009.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Bahamian actors born between 1934 and 1974. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bahamian actors include Persia White. The most famous deceased Bahamian actors include Calvin Lockhart, and Kimbo Slice. As of April 2024, 3 new Bahamian actors have been added to Pantheon including Calvin Lockhart, Kimbo Slice, and Persia White.
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Calvin Lockhart
1934 - 2007
HPI: 52.80
Kimbo Slice
1974 - 2016
HPI: 51.54
Persia White
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.11
