The Most Famous
ACTORS from The Bahamas
This page contains a list of the greatest Bahamian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in The Bahamas. This makes The Bahamas the birth place of the 88th most number of Actors behind Haiti, and Isle of Man.
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. Kimbo Slice (1974 - 2016)
With an HPI of 45.52, Kimbo Slice is the most famous Bahamian Actor. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Kevin Ferguson (February 8, 1974 – June 6, 2016), better known as Kimbo Slice, was a Bahamian-born 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 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 suddenly in 2016.
2. Calvin Lockhart (1934 - 2007)
With an HPI of 41.95, Calvin Lockhart is the 2nd most famous Bahamian Actor. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
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.
3. Persia White (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 37.26, 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 a Bahamian-born American actress, singer and musician. White is known for her role as Denise Williams on the short-lived television series Breaker High and as Lynn Searcy on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends. White is also a member of the band XEO3, and a solo singer who released her debut album Mecca in 2009. She is also known for her role as Abby Bennett Wilson in The Vampire Diaries (2012-2017).
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 Kimbo Slice, and Calvin Lockhart. As of April 2024, 2 new Bahamian actors have been added to Pantheon including Calvin Lockhart, and Persia White.
